At my currect placement school there is another student from a different university completing a teaching practice.
This is bad news for me. At my previous school I could get away with making the occasional slip because there was no one to compare me against, except for a highly inept student with the science department. In short I came out smelling of roses.
Unfortunately the student at my new school seems highly competent so I'm going to have to pull out the stops to make sure I don't come across as the inept one.
So when the 'tone' went to signify the end of the school day I had to keep working until four o' clock to make sure I didn't leave before her and give opportunity for the maths department to say "oh, look. She's still there, planning away but he's gone home. Let's give him a 4 for 'Professional Values and Practice.'"
It's going to be a long placement.
2006-01-26 @ 12:28