Life In The UK Test

[Alan]

Al, ... with Myrna being a teacher [like your goodself] I guess it must have been a weird feeling for her to SIT an exam of ANY sort for the first time since her university days back in the early 1980s.

All the best with your career prospects.

Myrna will know - as teachers, we NEVER stop taking exams of one kind or another - in one guise or the other. Think of appraisal -OFSTED - training courses - etc.. etc... ad nauseum!!! Yes, I also thought I'd finished after university - WRONG!!!!
Mind you, I don't mind at all - after all - if we are to be proficient professionals, we must keep 'Up to speed!'

Congrats to your lady once more - I shall toast her this evening with a glass of scotch or twelve!!!

Al.

[Arthur Little]

Myrna will know - as teachers, we NEVER stop taking exams of one kind or another - in one guise or the other. Think of appraisal -OFSTED - training courses - etc.. etc... ad nauseum!!! Yes, I also thought I'd finished after university - WRONG!!!!
Mind you, I don't mind at all - after all - if we are to be proficient professionals, we must keep 'Up to speed!'

Al.

You're absolutely RIGHT, Al. Silly me! ... what on earth was I thinking about in my initial response to your earlier post? Myrna's often spoken about yearly appraisals, regular training courses and the like. As has my son-in-law, who teaches Sixth Form Physics. There DOES seem to be an inordinate amount of administrative paperwork to contend with nowadays, though. But perhaps that's always BEEN the case. I know, too, that in the Phils, graduate probationers must pass the Teachers' Board Examination ... with marks of 80% and above before registration. And for THIS very reason it annoys me immensely that each of the UK's Educational Authorities pays scant heed to the highly-qualified standards and achievements of experienced professionals coming from abroad.