Moya Daly » stress

Well, last week was a nightmare!Felt quite confident when I walked into the session…………and most definitely NOT when I left-early, you remember-I had to go to my daughter’s Yr 9 Options Evening. (Also not a barrel of laughs)
Anyway, we covered Teaching and Learning Styles, matching definitions and quotes from various authors, many of whopm I had never read. My group members, however, seemed to know them all!!!! Ever felt stupid???
Anyway, this week was the first of the presentations-one on Lifelong Learning, the other on Success for All. Both of these were very professional, and filled me with dread at the thought that it will be our turn next . My research has proved very draining, and I was stressed out even more when I discovered (Friday 4pm) that my group members needed my bullet points typed up and sent by’Saturday afternoon latest’!!!!! As I work all day on Saturday, this meant that I was up till 2.30am working on this mind-numbingly boring subject to produce just seven or eight bullet points and an introduction.I don’t ever want to discuss Inclusive Learning and its Influence on Practice EVER again!!!
Incidentally, in case anyone’s intersted, I finally got home at 9.30pm on Tuesday and Polly will be taking Italian and Drama as her options, along with Latin and GCSE Music in year 10!! I have so much more admiration for my children now that I am under the pressure of deadlines myself.
I hope that my moaning doesn’t portray me as a miserable person-I’m really not-honest!! I’m sure that once this presentation is over, and the THE GRID filled in, I can proceed to completing the first assignment within the allotted time frame and move on to more interesting topics.