As I write this, my feelings about the first day at school in September alternate almost daily between excited optimism and absolute dread.
Half of me cannot wait to have my own classes, my own room, be my own teacher. The other half is finding it hard to ignore the constant reminders that the stress and struggles of last year will be magnified perhaps ten-fold during my NQT year.
“Oh you think the PGCE is hard, just wait for your NQT year!”
Every time I hear that I want to curl up into the foetal position and stay there until July 2017.
The worst fears are the ones that are completely irrational: what if I’ve forgotten how to teach? What if they all hate me? What if I embarrass myself on my first day?
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