Yes absolutely and it's pretty much a whole new field for me as well! At first I felt like "send me back to uniiiiiii" because I've always been an academic person and being in uni/school was totally my comfort zone. But talking to @Matt-RO about taking days off elsewhere in the thread I realised that earlier this year, I used to skip uni so much because I just didn't feel in the mood. Then I would feel super guilty and horrible about it. Other times I didn't want to go but I forced myself, and it kinda just felt like "meh, well, at least I did it." With placement however I'm always really glad I went and have a nice time 😄 The kids are really sweet. I'll definitely try to keep a list of their positive feedback.
Haha it rang alarm bells for me because my worst-ever boss used to yell at us if we didn't look like we were doing something at all times, and even if you went and asked what you should be doing, he would scold you for not having independence and initiative. All my supervisors are really gentle and all they seem to expect of me is to try to help kids! That's why that advice really took me aback, made me worry I wasn't doing enough even though no one had given me that impression 😰 It's ok though, I don't think she meant it to come across that way.
