Blogtober14: Dream job when you were little/What is it now?

Dream job when you were little / What is it now?

When I was little, I used to line my dolls up in rows around my room, set up my desk in the front and play teacher/teacher - every single day. I had a wild imagination and I genuinely thought I was a sophisticated teacher, standing in front of a classroom of scholars.

I made my own worksheets, stuck them in work books, marked them and even recording marks and attendance for each child. I knew each child by name and there they sat at each desk - I had diligent students and naughty ones, I took drama and music lessons and I even went outside and took sports lessons - to all my imaginary students.

This is what happens when you are an only child, your mom sleeps a lot of the time and you always dream of being a teacher! I never ever wanted to be anything else... Besides a mom (although back then I didn't think that being a mom was a job!)

And what I am I doing now?

I am a qualified teacher, but stay-at-home-mom. Definitely living out my dreams.

After school, I wanted to be a teacher but I was nervous to study four years of a teaching degree and only be a teacher - what if I got into the classroom and I hated it? So I decided to study a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in English and Communications) and then decide if I wanted to do my Post Grad in Education so I could teach. And thats exactly what I did.

Unfortunately, I received my Post Grad whilst I was pregnant with SJ so I have never taught in a classroom full time but I had three months of teaching prac as well as a year of teaching locums in various grades - and I loved it. Who knows - maybe one day I will find myself back in the classroom but for now, I am loving being a mom to our little girls - teaching them in the best way that i can!

What was your dream job when you were little? And what are you doing now? Don't forget to join in 'blogging every day in October' with Taylor and Helene.

x