Today I'm happy about......

[Bruce Rioja]

Today I'm cock-a-bastard-hoop that an 11 month old baby can walk a few steps. Quick, get it all over the fecking news and the papers.

[Worthy4England]

Today, I think I'm happy that I've not seen any papers.

[TANGODANCER]

Today, I think I'm happy that I've not seen any papers.

George on the front, Rooney on the back, what more could you want?

[Bijou Bob]

New tenants

[Worthy4England]

My new Roland FA06 synth, which I've attached to my new Roland amp/speakers and my other synths via my new audio interface.

Move over Rick Wakeman.

The neighbours will be delighted.

Being very, very nearly 50 has its moments.

[Bruce Rioja]

My new Roland FA06 synth, which I've attached to my new Roland amp/speakers and my other synths via my new audio interface.

Move over Rick Wakeman.

The neighbours will be delighted.

Being very, very nearly 50 has its moments.

Mate - we have to get a session together. Ah, I see what I did there. Mate - we have to get two entirely different types of sessions together and bollocks to your neighbours

[Worthy4England]

My new Roland FA06 synth, which I've attached to my new Roland amp/speakers and my other synths via my new audio interface.

Move over Rick Wakeman.

The neighbours will be delighted.

Being very, very nearly 50 has its moments.

Mate - we have to get a session together. Ah, I see what I did there. Mate - we have to get two entirely different types of sessions together and bollocks to your neighbours

Sound good. Can feed yer guitar through my pre-amp into the speakers.

A new musical genre can be born.

[Bruce Rioja]

My new Roland FA06 synth, which I've attached to my new Roland amp/speakers and my other synths via my new audio interface.

Move over Rick Wakeman.

The neighbours will be delighted.

Being very, very nearly 50 has its moments.

Mate - we have to get a session together. Ah, I see what I did there. Mate - we have to get two entirely different types of sessions together and bollocks to your neighbours

Sound good. Can feed yer guitar through my pre-amp into the speakers.

A new musical genre can be born.

Perfect. Let me know what you're playing and I'll work on it first.

[Worthy4England]

My new Roland FA06 synth, which I've attached to my new Roland amp/speakers and my other synths via my new audio interface.

Move over Rick Wakeman.

The neighbours will be delighted.

Being very, very nearly 50 has its moments.

Mate - we have to get a session together. Ah, I see what I did there. Mate - we have to get two entirely different types of sessions together and bollocks to your neighbours

Sound good. Can feed yer guitar through my pre-amp into the speakers.

A new musical genre can be born.

Perfect. Let me know what you're playing and I'll work on it first.

I play all sorts of shizz. We might need to invite WTW, so we can have it declared as art.

[Bijou Bob]

I've only gone and won the Tower FM comp to watch England with John McGinlay!

[bwfcdan94]

I've only gone and won the Tower FM comp to watch England with John McGinlay!

Brilliant, what game are you watching with him.

[Lord Kangana]

Scotland.

[Lord Kangana]

He'll get tw*ted like David Kelly.

[KeyserSoze]

I've only gone and won the Tower FM comp to watch England with John McGinlay!

They could've feckin mentioned it on here.

[Bruce Rioja]

I've only gone and won the Tower FM comp to watch England with John McGinlay!

Ahem. Me too.

[TANGODANCER]

I've only gone and won the Tower FM comp to watch England with John McGinlay!

They could've feckin mentioned it on here.

It was mentioned on half-a-dozen threads, including non football ones, all over the site. Came across as spam. I deleted them, so you'll have to blame me.

[Gary the Enfield]

I've only gone and won the Tower FM comp to watch England with John McGinlay!

They could've feckin mentioned it on here.

It was mentioned on half-a-dozen threads, including non football ones, all over the site. Came across as spam. I deleted them, so you'll have to blame me.

Think you missed the sarcasm in that post TD ;0)

[Burnden Paddock]

I've only gone and won the Tower FM comp to watch England with John McGinlay!

Do you get to take a 'friend'?

[Prufrock]

I'd be wary of Teach First, heard bad things from a couple of people who binned it off after a year and did the PGCE.

... add a couple more to that from me too.

I've heard mixed things. The main appeal is the fact I wouldn't have to take a year out to study. I feel like teaching is the route I want to go down, and whilst it is by no means all about the money, it has to be at least a little bit about the money...

Understood .... but they play on the idea that they only select ideal candidates and then they put them in truly difficult schools (being as how they are ideal candidates) ... with minimum training.

The other teachers, as is their wont on almost everything, of course, resent them and are not unknown to be obstructive. They are certainly not helpful.

There's a large drop out rate and, in fact, the two I know would be far from "ideal" candidates so God knows how they were selected.

They love them at Smithills, ended up with some really good ones who stayed on. However it's very much sink or swim and you have to be really keen to teach, not just some youngster thinking it will be good on the CV. I get the impression Beefy isn't some fresh-faced youngster, but it does depend not just on the school, but also on the department, so I'd check those out thoroughly first before accepting.

Meant to come back to this, Beefy! Asked my friend for more detail. Her advice is:

"Apply and see what happens. The main thing you want in a school is good management but the problem with teach first is that you spend pretty much two years in one school. If it's a badly run school and you have a shit support team in school you're stuck there for two years. The PGCE is as easy or as hard, or as useful or as useless as you want to make it but unless you get a grant you don't get paid anything. Schools direct is a bit of a weird one and I wouldn't do that unless you're getting a salary, some are paid some are unpaid. He should be getting experience in a school now if he wants to try teaching to test the waters".

Seems to match what LE says. She hated her school, but sounds like if you get a good one and department (I'm assuming that's where most of the 'support team' comes from?) you'll be OK. She also said to ask if you have more questions, so feel free to ask or PM and I'll pass them on.

[bwfcdan94]

Today I am happy as I passed my last exam. I do however still have to retake one I failed last month but given I won't be going to any footy at weekends between then and when I take it next month I can do nearly as much swatting as I did for the first time I took it.