I know, I have taken note of this, but as my real personality is an over-sexed, semi-alcoholic, Symbolist poet-reading Bohemian, I've been a bit worried about this course of action. So I'm suppressing myself, and being a teacher. Not chain-smoking on school grounds, for example.
Trying to be organised is the hardest thing.
If I do pass as a successful teacher, and at the moment I'm not sure I will, I think it will only be on my own terms. I seem best suited to lower ability Yr. 7 (who are great: funny and vulnerable and lovely) and A-level (smart and up for the challenge). Year 9-11 are well tricky.
of course you'll pass. as long as you're working hard and like working with kids then you'll be fine.
year 9-11 are a challenge, but the challenge is being organised and being aware of what they're doing. which is really hard when you start.
and also, as a pgce student you feel really inhibited in showing your personality through teaching. now i have my own classes i'm sure my personality has come through a lot more because i don't feel the same pressures to be like all the teachers who i have taken over from. so i've got a lot better rapport with the kids because i felt a bit like a puppet. to some extent, you'll never get away from this during your pgce year.
i definitely had the year 7/a-level feeling to some extent last year, now i'm only doing year 10-11-12 i couldn't see myself doing year 7 again, where the need to be completely clear in what you expect at all times is really really important.
pe teachers do have something of an authority on kids. this is because their punishments are borderline sadistic, but they can get away with it because they are pe teachers.
the number one thing is tell kids when they are being rude and when their listening skills are terrible and don't expect anything less than the highest from them. and if they fall below your expectations never tolerate it or they have won.
(ps this is exactly what i didn't want to become when i began a pgce, but now
i really enjoy it, because it gets results - ie nice classes)