Work Experience

Hey all!

I did my first day of work experience today. It was, without a doubt, much better than I thought it would be. Seeing as I'm "working" at a primary school, I thought there would be lots of small children biting my ankles.

Surprisingly, I received no injuries throughout the day. The worst thing that happened was I got a blister from sharpening lots of pencils. No wait - scratch that. Lots of small children took it upon themselves to call me "Spanner", "Dictionary" and a newer one "Thesaurus". Those names I can laugh off, but I ended up laughing directly at a small child that called me a 'Douchebag'. I couldn't help it!

I also realised how big I had gotten. Or, to look at it differently, how small I was in primary school. I thought Hordle's field was about one third of the size of Highcliffe's, when really, it is about the size of the tennis courts + the humanities huts. It was quite astounding really.

On the topic of childhood memories, I had a mini blast from the past. I walked into the school grounds - nothing. I walked into the library and BOOM! I remember a child burping fantastically loudly in the library and that child being told off. I then recalled maths lessons with my year 3/4 teacher...she gave us biscuits. It was great.

I also got to witness the year 6 production. It was good, for the age we're talking about. It was based on lots of different countries, then a child would walk out and read some facts about said country. A song would then play and the children would sing/perform a routine based on that country.

Well, that's my first day wittled down to a few hundred words. Hopefully there'll be more good times to come!