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Tell Us About Yourself
The dreaded words. Everything that you are summarised in one paragraph. Your entire being, all your experiences wrapped up, neatly, in a little bow. “Tell us about yourself.” As soon as you hear this everything goes through your mind. Should I talk about my hobbies? My academic achievements? My work experience? How can I express…
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Now That the Shoe’s on the Other Foot…
Isn’t it funny how life pans out? Allow me to illustrate a scene for you. It is an unpleasantly frosty afternoon on 6th February 2020, Belfast. The headlines say the new flu-like virus has, to nobody’s delight, arrived in Northern Ireland. How strange. A 17-year old Grace suddenly remembers that she’s in class for Film…
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The Work Placement Blogs
A Blog Entry by Ciara Captain I’ve always been told that I ‘land in muck and come up smelling of roses’ in relation to my patterns with luck. This was one of those moments. I had only gone and secured my work placement. When I reflect over the past few weeks, I find myself using…
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“Those who can, do: those who can’t, teach”; Listen here, George Bernard Shaw…
When I tell people of my dream vocation, a secondary school teacher, they often scoff the stereotypical George Bernard Shaw quote, “Those who can, do: those who can’t, teach”[1]. I wish Shaw, and all those who scoff at my career aspirations had stood beside me in my fifth week of placement in St. Malachy’s College,…
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Writing The Wrongs
My placement occurs on a Wednesday afternoon in action mental health, Belfast (AMH). My role responsibility is that of skills coach where I devise and deliver my own unaccredited courses to vulnerable adults who are moderately to severely mentally ill and special educational needs, to aid in their recovery, promote personal wellbeing and develop resilience. The…