I can not believe it. I have been targeted by the DET for starting teaching next year with a permanant job. Hopefully I will prove to be worthy of the placement, and not disappoint anyone or anything like that.
I will be going to a small Central School in Central Western NSW. They haven't had a HSIE teacher (Social Sciences) in 9 years, and so I will be the first permanant HSIE teacher since 1996. The other teachers have had to cover the subjects themselves. What a strain. I will be teaching by stage, too, not by year, because there aren't enough students, really, to break each stage up into years (there are less than 20 in stage 4 and just over 20 in stage 5 [or vice versa]). That will be interesting, because that means a two year rotational program. I've heard that one of the teachers that has been teaching Geography for the last few years had made a program up recently, and it will be nice to see what that is like.
Anyway, I can't say more than I have accepted the place. It is a 6 point school (which will mean something to those that know about the point system), and I am looking forward to the challenge that will be occuring over the next few years.
Friday, November 18, 2005
The Cricket, again...
I went to the cricket again this last Sunday. Tickets...I love ING. Anyway...on with the game.
Unfortunately, NSW lost. They played a really good innings (batting first) - they scored 275, with Phil Jacques scoring 152 (not out) off 141 balls, as well as getting 22 (6, 2, 4, 2, 2, 6) runs off the last over of the innings. That could be because Brett Lee made him run 2 runs three times, when they were pushing it a little bit. :) But it was good to see. Dad didn't think that the NSWelshman had made an unbeatable score, but I thought that it might be good enough. It wasn't.
Matthew Hayden did some very good damage to the great bowler Glenn McGrath's opening overs. Ouch. Really, really bad. He was going for 9 an over after only 4 overs. However, when he returned later in the innings he got 2 wickets (one was a good bowled), but he still went for 66 runs after 10 overs. Hayden, though, was in very good form, and hit a wonderful 80-odd in a short time. I don't have the stats right here...they are in my room. Perren was also a very good batter for the team, scoring 90-odd, so, thank goodness they finally got him out. However, the damage had been done. Brett Lee, though, was on a hat-trick at one stage, and it looked as though, with 9 or so runs to get, the Queenslanders might be in a bit of trouble, losing about three or four wickets for thirty runs at the most.
Anyway, the Queenslanders got the score with 5 overs left to bowl. So, NSW lost pretty convincingly. However, it was a really good game to have seen, and well worth sticking around until the end, even for the loss being confirmed. NSW is still going well in the points scoring, and hopefully will continue that way throughout the summer. Same in the Pura Cup matches they have played so far.
Unfortunately, NSW lost. They played a really good innings (batting first) - they scored 275, with Phil Jacques scoring 152 (not out) off 141 balls, as well as getting 22 (6, 2, 4, 2, 2, 6) runs off the last over of the innings. That could be because Brett Lee made him run 2 runs three times, when they were pushing it a little bit. :) But it was good to see. Dad didn't think that the NSWelshman had made an unbeatable score, but I thought that it might be good enough. It wasn't.
Matthew Hayden did some very good damage to the great bowler Glenn McGrath's opening overs. Ouch. Really, really bad. He was going for 9 an over after only 4 overs. However, when he returned later in the innings he got 2 wickets (one was a good bowled), but he still went for 66 runs after 10 overs. Hayden, though, was in very good form, and hit a wonderful 80-odd in a short time. I don't have the stats right here...they are in my room. Perren was also a very good batter for the team, scoring 90-odd, so, thank goodness they finally got him out. However, the damage had been done. Brett Lee, though, was on a hat-trick at one stage, and it looked as though, with 9 or so runs to get, the Queenslanders might be in a bit of trouble, losing about three or four wickets for thirty runs at the most.
Anyway, the Queenslanders got the score with 5 overs left to bowl. So, NSW lost pretty convincingly. However, it was a really good game to have seen, and well worth sticking around until the end, even for the loss being confirmed. NSW is still going well in the points scoring, and hopefully will continue that way throughout the summer. Same in the Pura Cup matches they have played so far.
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