Hi everyone! Welcome to my first ever professional blog post. I'm a high school teacher from Melbourne Australia. My intention with this blog is to share with the community some of the activities that teachers get up to in their daily work life. To some people's surprise we don't just work from 9am - 3:30pm. :-) Teaching is a lifestyle rather than a career, and is something that can really take over your life if you let it. There is always work to be done to help our students reach their full potential whether it is marking work, designing curriculum, researching new content or learning new skills to share. If you want a career that is ever changing then teaching may be for you, though it is often a thankless job. I am lucky enough to be able to stretch my skills in a hugely multicultural school where in the past I have been the only individual to need to wear sunscreen on excursions. I love the diversity of thoughts that come into my classroom. We are truly enriched by