[lace] lace classes - inspections and qualifications

[sealacehaven]

I completed the Adult and Further Education Teaching qualification several 
years ago, which I passed, but when it came to receiving my certificate they 
refused to give it to me until I passed GCSE maths! Apparently I was 
supposed to have had either this or maths o'level when I enrolled for the 
course but needless to say no one told me this nor was it listed anywhere in 
the information I received about the course, they were only too happy to 
take my money! I did take maths GCSE, what a sham that was - mainly taught 
myself as the tutor wouldn't teach anyone wanting to take the higher paper 
as a grade c is all that they required students to achieve, and as I wanted 
to get at least grade b I had no option- I got an a grade and finally got my 
teaching certificate but I was rather miffed about it all.

As for the Teaching certificate - well I suppose the good thing about it was 
that it got me back into studying again - having left school aged 14 and a 
bit years old with 8 o'levels - it had been sometime since I'd done any 
academic work, as for the course itself - well the main tutor was too busy 
trying to ingratiate himself with some of the women in the class, he became 
known as "Rick the ----" - yep you probably worked that one out. I was very 
disappointed with the course as it seemed nobody really bothered to read any 
of the essays we had to write, my work was submitted to the moderator for 
assessment (at further expense to me and it wasn't cheap about £50) and it 
wasn't even looked at. I came away from the course feeling very very 
disillusioned with the system, the college, the whole process.

My classes being forced out of the college was a godsend teaching at home 
has proved so much more rewarding, relaxing and enjoyable - and the students 
like it too or they wouldn't keep coming let alone recommending them.
Nicky     in Suffolk 

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