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HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR PGCE, AND BEYOND!
A thread (that used to exist and then got deleted) of the lessons I learned during my teacher training, and the lessons I continue to learn as an ECT….
Miss B
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Miss B
@MissBThe3rd
English teacher in their 3rd year. Mother of cats, lover of food. Wrote a viral tweet about glue sticks once. All views my own!
New World
Joined June 2020
- Giving my classroom gluesticks human names has been revolutionary. Does a student care if a glue stick goes missing? No! Do they care if DEREK the glue stick has not been returned? ABSOLUTELY. It’s like a manhunt until Derek has been returned to his rightful spot.
- Replying to @MissBThe3rdHaven’t lost a glue stick since I labelled them all with names. Y11 thought it was weird at first but now are totally invested in them. Y7 think it’s hilarious. It is win win.
- Replying to @GlazgowI let the student ceremoniously launch it in the bin while the class watch to see if they make the shot
- Highlight of my day: A girl in my tutor said ‘miss I got you something to say thanks for this year but…I got a bit hungry on the way to school and…’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
- Replying to @MissBThe3rd@Henkel pls can you see the potential of bringing out named gluesticks and pay me royalties so I can afford to get married because that thing is very EXPENSIVE.
- So I’m rewatching Glee over the summer holidays and I’m going to turn this into a thread of all the things I would CPOMS in a heartbeat. 1. A teacher’s wife asking to adopt a student’s baby without their knowledge.
- Replying to @MIYUKI2PRETTYI named them after family and friends so they all have a back story and a meaning to me 🤣 Derek is my father in law and I tell them they can’t lose him as he’s got to be at my wedding!
- ‘Miss why haven’t you marked our assessments over half term?’ Me trying to work out how to explain I’ve played 40 hours of Hogwarts Legacy instead:
GIF - I didn’t have the magical last Y11 day many others have had. I took over a set 4 group in September as an ECT, a group that didn’t have a teacher for much of last year due to long-term sickness. I have dragged them kicking and screaming (literally, at times) through their GCSE
- Replying to @InkquillI don’t name the tops as I won’t take the glue stick back unless it’s been wound down and topped! They’re in the routine now and have worked out that I’m precious about my glue 🤣
- Replying to @MissBThe3rd2. A teacher referring to students by their protected characteristics rather than their actual names. 3. Students turning up at their teacher’s house?!? 4. Teacher singing weird love songs staring lovingly into a student’s eyes
- I never thought in my wildest dreams that a tweet about my glue sticks would be seen by nearly 2 million people on Twitter and reposted on global meme pages. If only Twitter was seriously monetised and I might actually be able to afford to pay for my wedding 🥲
