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After 12 months of looking...

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:47 pm
by El_Freddo
I've finally secured a job!

Started on monday. Teaching with disadvantaged students. It's a real eye opener and quite sad too.

Looking forward to the years to come and the challenges that come with it.

That's my news of the week :D

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:04 pm
by steptoe
Go Bennie !! You not making them sad are you ?

Regular income yeeha. Well done. Cobaw Special School ? Close to home or you gotta shift ?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:39 pm
by taza
Great to hear mate!! Good on ya, I bet you'll love the job but it might be challenging ;)
steptoe wrote:Go Bennie !! You not making them sad are you ?
Haha
Regular income yeeha. Well done. Cobaw Special School ? Close to home or you gotta shift ?
I'd like to know this too :)

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:47 am
by stilson
Good for you Bennie.

I'm sure you'll find it rewarding in a number of ways.

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:46 am
by TOONGA
Congratulations Bennie I believe they have secured the right person for the job.

I will offer one bit of advice; no matter what these kids throw at you, stay unbiased otherwise you will end up overwhelmed and burntout.

Now get out there and teach:)

TOONGA

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:10 am
by steptoe
TOONGA wrote:Congratulations Bennie I believe they have secured the right person for the job.



TOONGA
Jules put my thoughts to words - totally reckon you will be able to inspire them, most of them anyway :D

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:56 am
by thunder039
congratulations bennie
hope you enjoy the new job!

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:10 pm
by AshR
I'm up there visiting my folks on the weekend of the 18th, beer maybe friday or saturday night?

I'll introduce you to a few people up there :)

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:35 pm
by El_Freddo
steptoe wrote:Go Bennie !! You not making them sad are you ?
Hehehe... No!
steptoe wrote:Regular income yeeha. Well done. Cobaw Special School ? Close to home or you gotta shift ?
Gotta shift - now moving to shep, it's a bit painful since we had just secured a rental property in benders, so 2 weeks into it we've already got to break that lease :evil: But it's not a huge cost to do it, just annoying for us and for the agent - we haven't even moved in!
stilson wrote:I'm sure you'll find it rewarding in a number of ways.
I already am - unfortunately due to the sensitive nature of the students I'm not allowed to talk about them or what they do. But what I can say is that they're looking for guidance, confidence, stability and role models - even if they don't know this themselves. They're a good bunch under all the layers they hide under.
TOONGA wrote:Congratulations Bennie I believe they have secured the right person for the job.
Thanks Jules - they feel the same way, it's great and the team is very close and welcoming too. The students rated my milo making skills as the best they've had so far - now I've got to be consistent!
TOONGA wrote:I will offer one bit of advice; no matter what these kids throw at you, stay unbiased otherwise you will end up overwhelmed and burntout.
Yeah I realise this and the staff are there to look after each other, there's a pretty serious support network involved with looking after their staff.
TOONGA wrote:Now get out there and teach:)
Next week I start my program - tomorrow what I'm getting organised is being discussed with the lead teacher.
steptoe wrote: totally reckon you will be able to inspire them, most of them anyway :D
We'll see how we go, I could be doing a mechanical sort of thing with them as well - loads of room to move so the students are engaging and doing things that they'll learn about and retain - and more importantly want to come to school for.
thunder039 wrote:hope you enjoy the new job!
Yeah I'm sure this one is a keeper. Looking forward to getting stuck into it!
AshR wrote:I'm up there visiting my folks on the weekend of the 18th, beer maybe friday or saturday night?
A rum would be better but I'll be there I'm sure. You bringing the brumby up or the lib? I'm guessing the liberty.

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:48 pm
by revmax
Fantastic Bennie.
I bet you could teach them a thing or subaru.

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:45 pm
by Silverbullet
Yeah well done man, full time work is good for more than just the money, satisfaction and being proud of your work does wonders for your mind as well ;)

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:58 pm
by AshR
Righto you can have your rum, yeah lib is coming up, bring baby and snow gear (I'm headed to Buller on sunday) and might be bringing the Moto up for a run in Reedy swamp as I have the monday and tuesday off :)

that'll be weather permitting and also if I get the new fuel tap it's currently leaking atm

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:07 pm
by El_Freddo
revmax wrote:I bet you could teach them a thing or subaru.
I'm sure I will. One of them has been impressed with Ruby Scoo. He's asked me about it as he's super keen on mechanics and picked up that she's not stock...

I was interested that he expressed that so willingly... Just so long as it's not from the wrong people she'll be sweet ;)

Cheeers

Bennie

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:25 pm
by taza
El_Freddo wrote:I'm sure I will. One of them has been impressed with Ruby Scoo. He's asked me about it as he's super keen on mechanics and picked up that she's not stock...

I was interested that he expressed that so willingly... Just so long as it's not from the wrong people she'll be sweet ;)

Cheeers

Bennie

That's great! Looks like you could be a role model for him :) She's far from stock alright. I hope you can teach me a thing or two when I come over in Jan ;) :cool: Can't wait too see her in person :D

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:31 pm
by El_Freddo
taza wrote:That's great! Looks like you could be a role model for him :) She's far from stock alright. I hope you can teach me a thing or two when I come over in Jan ;) :cool: Can't wait too see her in person :D
Yeah I reckon, he's super keen to get into some mechanical work!

But you mate... well, how do I say it?? A bit long in the tooth for new tricks :p

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:04 pm
by taza
El_Freddo wrote:Yeah I reckon, he's super keen to get into some mechanical work!


Thats excellent.
But you mate... well, how do I say it?? A bit long in the tooth for new tricks :p

Cheers

Bennie
**** off ;) Wanna learn from the best lol
I usually just teach myself how to do something ;) :D

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:26 pm
by El_Freddo
taza wrote:**** off ;)
Ease up there big fella! It was just a joke! Plus I already get enough of that speak at work!!
taza wrote:Wanna learn from the best lol
Flattery won't get you far, but it is welcomed at times... maybe...

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:32 pm
by taza
El_Freddo wrote:Ease up there big fella! It was just a joke! Plus I already get enough of that speak at work!!
I'm not being serious ;)

Flattery won't get you far, but it is welcomed at times... maybe...

Cheers

Bennie
Damn, oh well doesn't hurt to try ;)

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:53 pm
by El_Freddo
Well I survived a week! And I'm looking forward to next week :twisted:

Which can only be a good thing.

Cheers

Bennie