To be a great teacher you need to have an eye for detail! Grammar, punctuation and spelling are key areas!

Also I find it quite frustrating that so many young people are coming into the profession with doubts. Did you not consider what teaching is all about before signing up to a degree with QTS?

I've had to encounter too many trainees who have not got about the job, in fact so many have not actually been in a school before rocking up as a trainee. Do yourself and the profession a favour - make a firm decision and stick to it! If you do decide to remain, expect long hours, hard work, unruly children and parents, low pay but on the flip side a fulfilling, rewarding career like no other!

trainee1992:

Just on my second year block and i dont think im doing too good.

And what do the people around you say who are actually assessing you? We all get bad days and the sense we're better off elsewhere, but it's up to you to listen to what you're being told.

Thank you! I am getting quite ok feedback and i am listening to the advice given.

 It doesn't get any easier. Just harder. Also, to be feeling like this so early on it doesn't give readers the idea you have a lot of passion for the profession? But this is just my opinion

Thank you for this.... But with some long thought and deliberation.... im going to stay! My heart is in this and your opinion is very valued. As they say, you only get out of it what you put in!

I completely understand where your coming from and your opinion is 100% valued. Thank you for the great advice and i now feel at ease with my decision. Explaining to someone what teaching is like is try to expalin to someone what it's like to drive... you never fully understand until you have done it for yourself. When i stand and teach and see that the kids are enjoying the lesson, it brings great joy! And i know some days are worse than others but.... the worse days are shorter than the good ones!

Thank you!