Michael+Kennedy

Secondary School Teacher



Three questions I want to answer in my research about this job 1. How many years of university do I need? 2. What subjects can I teach? 3. Could I teach english in Japan?

The sources I used to find this information. 1. http://www2.careers.govt.nz

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 * Secondary School Teachers teach one subject or more to teenagers aged 13-18.
 * Secondary School Teachers have to be good with young people and work well with them. They have to be good at organising things and speaking and presenting to groups of people.
 * Work normal school hours, but often work extra hours to plan lessons or attend meetings. They may also be involved in extracurricular activities during lunchtimes, weekends, school holidays or after school.
 * Plan, prepare and present teaching programmes. Set and mark assignments and tests. Mark students work and keep records and write reports on students. Observe and manage student behaviour in the classroom and other environments such as the gym and sports fields. Attend staff meetings and meet with parents or caregivers, individually or at parents evenings. Participate in or organise extra-curricular activities such as sports and camps.

To become a secondary school teacher you need to complete the following:

Other stuff!!
 * a specialist subject degree followed by a one-year Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
 * a combined specialist subject degree and secondary teaching qualification.
 * The rule for education is you need one degree higher than what you want to teach. So if you want to teach primary or secondary education, you need a Bachelor's degree (4 years). If you want to teach at a college level, you need at least a Master's degree (5-6 years).
 * Secondary school teachers teach classes on weekdays during school time and they also spend time after school marking things and organising things.
 * Secondary school teachers with four years' tertiary study start on about $47,000 a year, but can earn more depending on additional qualifications and experience. Pay increases each year for seven years according to a fixed scale, to a maximum pay of $71,000.

5. How is this job likely to change over time? What would that mean for me? In the future the robots will take over and teach all the schools and then they'll brainwash the kids and they'll take over the world because they're unstopable and people who havent been brainwashed will go into hiding and that'll include me and i'll be like what the heck i was supposed to be a teacher im gonna create an army and kill the robots and get my job as a teacher so i find the boy who was friends with ET and get him to call ET and tell him to bring him and his mates to kill the robots and so WW3 breaks out and its Robots VS Aliens and non brainwashed humans and so we're killin dem robots and they like ahhhh thats no fair so i say how about we play snakes and ladders to settle this so now its me and the leader robot playing SNAKES AND LADDERS so we have turns and everythings going smoothly until i land on a snake and get taken to space two and hes on space 36 so i battle hard and get some small ladders and he lands on 78 which has a snake that takes him to space 54 and im on space 56 and im like yaaaay so we keep going and then we both get to space 97 and stuff starts getting serious one of us has to get 3 or more and its his role and he gets a 3 and im like noooooooooooooooooo so i pull out my gun and shoot him in the head and then pretty much WW4 breaks out and we goin at it and im like all ninja and stuff killin all da nigga robots then i find out half of asia went into hiding and they be all smart and asian and stuff so i bribe them with seaweed so they join the war and they have gangsta as guns and weapons and they've nearly killed all the robots when peter approaches me off narnia and says they'l help fight and hes like FOR NARNIA and im like dude this is earth not your stupid ass narnia stuff you killed the white witch and shes a woman u sad guy now hurry up and help me kill these robots so he pulls out his sword and im like DUDE put that away and take this so i give him a bazooka and he shoots it and hes too weak for it cause he kills woman and he gets blasted back and he accidently shoots edmund and he starts crying and im like get over it man edmunds gay he left you for turkish delight so he stops crying and im like wheres aslan and hes like oh hes with his mrs and im like dammit we've lost him to woman we're screwed so we killin the robots and peters narnia beavers and stuff are helping and guess who joins us its CAPTAIN AMERICA and peter starts laughing and says shame you used to be a pussy and captain americas like SMACK and punches him 50 metres away and peter starts having another cry and then captain america kills some robots and then the smurfs come along and papa smurfs all like want some potion man and im like what does it do and hes like it gets you high man and im like go away this is a serious war and hes like wait wait wait this potion makes you high AND turns you into the hulk then the hulkcomes crashing down and hes like NO ME ONLY HULK and papa smurf quickly throws the potion into hulks mouth and hulk turns into the biggest thing on earth and he starts eating some maccas for some reason and im like HULK i'll give you all the maccas you want if you kill the rest of the robots and hes like WATCH THIS and he pulls out this switch and switches it and all the robots just drop dead and im like .................................... ****************** screw this i dont wanna be a teacher no more ms tutty can teach the rest of the world and miss tuttys like neccesary or unneccesary and im like miss look how much i wrote and hulks like MICHAEL NO BE TEACHER I KILL ROBOTS I BE TEACHER and then miss tutty gave him a gold star and he became a teacher and i became a rubbish truck driver. the end.
 * My conclusions about this job **
 * 1. What would you enjoy about this job- I'll be in charge. **
 * What would I not enjoy about this job- Little smartasses. **
 * 2. How do I rate my interest in this job now- LOW. **
 * 3. How well would this job match my qualities, skills, values and interests- Pretty well justr depends what i teach. **
 * 4. What would I need to do to develop the knowledge, skills and qualities needed- Work harder in school. **