oh crap!

hello, it's eeyore here. Feeling a little despondent about my interview. I am just too blaze for words. I think I should have prepared more (how many times have I said that in life?)

Most of it went well. I had to 'interview' four children about their thoughts on school uniforms while being observed. That was fine. (I think). Then I had to do a 'critical appreciation of a poem' which was also fine (I enjoyed it, in fact). It was just the interview. Most of the stuff was OK but then he asked me what aspect of educational research interested me and that I had been reading about recently. Well, I had to admit that I hadn't been reading anything about it - doh! But sort of flannelled my way about talking about Academies and secondary school changes. Probably clear to him that I didn't know that much. He also asked me about the last book I had read. I was able to talk about it but he asked really deep GCSE questions about what I liked about it. Heck, I read for pleasure, not analysis!!! He asked me what book I'd really LOVE to teach and why! Double bloody hell! Didn't see that one coming! I said Othello, because I love Othello and really enjoyed helping the teacher teach it in my last job. I harped on about the themes being universal and all that, but he said, it wasn't a Citizenship lesson I was teaching, tell me about the iambic pentameter. Shit again!!!! I was OK on questions like 'what would you do if a child was being disruptive in the class' that was OK. Other questions like 'what can be done with a Smart Board' which was also OK. I don't know.....

By the way there are twenty interviewees chasing four places! I thought there would be loads of us and I would have the advantage because of my experience, but the other two interviewees I saw were both 'mature' women who both worked in schools as teaching assistants. One of them had been a journalist. I'm not a negative person, but I don't think I'm going to get it. The sad thing is I think I'll make a good teacher but whether they saw any of that is another matter.

Ho hum, will hear next week. Fingers crossed.

It was nice being in a school again and sitting in a staff room. Funny, all female teachers seem to shop at the same place! Same place as me, probably! I like the way teachers dress! Slightly quirky, not too officy and interesting jewellery.

Well, made an offer on this house

Those of you who know me will be thinking 'but that's the same house as she moved from, fancy upping sticks and leaving for the country and ending up in a house exactly the same as the one she moved from' . Well, we were never that fussy, we loved our old house except for the fact we were a terrace, this one is end of terrace and you can get down the side to the back. The other one had a tiny front garden and no offstreet parking. This one has a larger front garden AND off street parking. The old one had a narrow hall which annoyed us. This one has a slightly wider hall which won't annoy us as much. This one also has a south facing garden - which is a BIG plus. It also has four bedrooms, a downstairs shower room, utility room as well as two reception rooms and kitchen. The only thing worrying hubby is where to put the bikes - eternal question. But there really is not much on the market and this house is affordable and in a prime, sought after location right next to the park. Well, the offer is in, let's wait and see.