teaching in the u.k (Secondary School Teacher)

Member Name: tjr123

Product:	Secondary School Teacher
Date:	10/06/09 (46 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: holidays and good pay

Disadvantages: marking late in the evening

I write the review from having experience of being present in secondary school classrooms and through conversations with a lot of colleagues and friends that are secondary school teachers .

The most popular and traditional way of becoming a teacher , is to get a degree in one of your strongest fields English , Maths , I.C.T and so on and so on . Then take teacher training , usually includes a placement and finally hopefully succesfully job search .

I can imagine the main appeals of teaching being helping young people develop knowledge and skills and the 'buzz' of preparing them for what could be an exciting life .

Other obvious appeals are the numerous half-term holidays , two week easter/christmas break and the glorious 6 weeks off at summer .

Teaching is also a recession proof job , which to the more sensible people in the world is a very attractive prospect especially as you can earn a good living out of teaching . A disadvantage for the classroom teachers would be marking tonnes of books in the evening , but you cant have it all can you ?

Summary: recession proof occupation