I'm working as a classroom assistant at Kilpatrick School (Formally Auchentoshan), a school for additional needs children, and loving every second of it. Never a dull moment, i work in the primary school in the morning and then the secondary in the afternoon.
Having never really done anything like it before, I am learning as I go. I just feel sorry for the poor kids involved!
On Thursdays we go on trips to places and on Fridays, the secondary pupils sell tea and cakes they have made, so, I'm not complaining!
I also work with a guy who, in a former life was none other than a BBC Scotland newsreader, as the teacher of one of the classes I help in. I went in at first and thought to myself 'He looks familiar!'. It turns out to be a certain Forbes McFall who is now a History teacher, but is working at Kilpatrick for the moment. He, in his own words, 'reinvented himself', and good luck to him, that's all I can say!
I wonder if he ever did anything involving Curling, I'll have to ask him methinks!! (oddly enough, I've never really asked him much about it as I bet everyone does that!. I have never quite brought myself to ask if he is still in touch with Jackie Bird and co either!!
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Needless to say that the kids, being too young, are blissfully unaware of his past. To them, he is simply the teacher.
Then during the holidays I should be working at various summer clubs seeing as I'm contracted to work 30 hours a week as part of the course I'm currently on.
I was also down south in London and then Southampton/Portsmouth a week or two ago for a few things.
I'm now here supping a beer and thinking that I should really get to bed but can't really be bothered too.
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