“But with the blast shields down how can I see, let alone fight?”

“Use your feelings, Luke.”

I love it how Stewart’s random StarWars quotes can suddenly make me stop worrying about ‘BIG ISSUES’. Recently, I’ve been worried about job prospects… with 30 or so Tech Teachers graduating from Glasgow and 50 (!) gradauating from Strathclyde, I felt myself recently sinking into ‘worrydom’. Hearing phrases such as ‘just your luck’ or positions “drying up”, makes me gulp and then breath out slowly.

Though I realised just there, properly (not half heartedly like before) that I’ve just got to go with my feelings. I know this is probably obvious but I’ve just got to make sure I do a damn good job at being a teacher next year so that when it comes to application forms or interviews I know that I’ve given it my best shot. The good thing is that I really want to do this, I’ve got so many ideas that I want an opportunity to try them. 

I am defenitely the sort of person that if I can’t see where I’m going or know that I can’t find an answer I start getting worried. I guess that over the next year I’m going to have to tackle it with the same frame of mind as Luke (cheesy I know) – determination, moving forward and gut feeling.