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yeh we going manchester next week
she said she's gonna visit them all
are they primary schools?
1 is the Muslim Prep school (primary girls and boys)
2 is Muslim High School for Girls
3 is Kassim Darwish grammer school for boys
the board of trustees are the same people, and the schools are kinda linked as well
Inshallah it should be ok, my brothers went KD grammer....said a few pakistani teahcers were sacked or kicked out when new management came in...mind you, i dont think its that bad tho
if you go to MHSG or KD...you probz meet Mrs Mohammed, tell her your a friend of my sister and you should get the job lol
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
ms - still impressive, you have a lot of determination, god willing you will find a decent job.
my friend taught in islamic school in bradford, think it was boys school though, and he had to enforce a lot of discipline there.
why do islamic schools have an issue? do they have certain criteria you have to meet or is it the age thing?
maybe you could do a trial there and be supervised so they know you are capable.
Salaam
Yes I’m looking to check out all the schools in Manchester. There are loads in B’ham too. However, I can see my self living in Manchester not B’ham…mainly cos I’m closer to my family that lives in Manchester.
Fizzy I don’t know why Muslim Schools have an issue with me…I’ve been told it’s an aqeedah thing. I was advised to change my CV and not mention the name of the Mosque/community centre where I previously taught cos that school don’t agree with that Mosque…
Their reservations are totally unnecessary . But its minor. As people say…if one door closes another opens somewhere else.
There’s loads of schools all over UK….someone is bound to give me a job. But I’m really reluctant to take on full time work and sign someone’s contract….its hard balancing stuff when one work full time.
Wasalaam
thats wierd... :? have u tried Islamia Girls school (Yusuf Islam's one)?
most islamic schools i've seen will take any help offered coz theyr struggling... a teacher with a PGCE is a bonus for some. maybe the ones u went to hav got to the point where they're spoilt for choice?
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what kind of study groups do you do MS and MSLS?
I wanted to do teachin when i was younger used to dream and play games about teachin, make registers have "imaginery" students and everything.
A few weeks back i was goin to try to get into teachin but i have heard some of my mates experiences and i feel i wont enjoy it, i love kids but i dont knw if I wil be able to teach them and for that reason i have decided to pack it in altogether and just finish off my third year and try getin a job with social work which again will involve helpin kids/families but whether i'll get into it is another story
My fav. teacher was my guidance teacher she was so lovely and done everythin to help us, she was a dream teacher, very sweet! I could imagine muslimsis being like her.
Salaam
Lol…all you girls are SO sweet to me.
Aasiya
I visited Islamia Girls School a few months ago. There was some function going on. The school was SO beautiful. But it took me over an hour on the tube to get there…that’s why I think it’s pointless to give out my CV there. It’ll be too difficult for me to travel that much daily…as well as coping with the workload that comes with teaching. And there's only two Islamic school in my area.
Fizzy
I lead two informal study circles a week mainly aimed towards those girls who are very far from Islam. I used to get mums telling me all the time to “sort their daughters out” so I used to tell them to come and spent some time in my house and just chill….Mum suggested that I start up a class so I did.
Every Fridays approx 20 girls aged 9-13 come to my house…this class has been going on for the last three years…I start the class with Quranic recitation and then the Qasidah…I mark their homework which is basically an essay based on what I spoke about the week before….some girls do such elaborate posters for me….boy, little girls have such a strong desire to please…If I had a classroom I would stick their work on the wall…I’m really not exaggerating when I say that some of them literally spend hours on their work…
(I'd love to post some pictures up...maybe I should do a report on that class)
I mainly speak about issues such as friends, good manners, parents, importance of incorporating Islam in every aspect of your life, the hijaab, envy etc etc etc
I name the person who has gained the honour of “best homework of the week”…and every month I give a prize to the “best student of the month”…I reward the one who is punctual, always gives homework on time, always listens and asks good questions and generally has shown improvement in their life.
Every Saturdays, I go to someone’s house where approx 20 odd girls aged 16-20 get together (sometimes I get young mums in that class too)…I try to follow the same format of my Friday class…but these girls have no desire to do essays for me-lol.
Whenever I deliver a talk…it’s always based on what I see in the class in front of me. So with that class I’m ALWAYS speaking about…Boys, relationships, dodgy music, hijaab, boys, parents, boys, hijaab, backbiting, clubbing, boys and boys etc
My sister doesnt lead any...its missions for me to get her to attend one of mine-lol
I talk too much don’t I? :?
Wasalaam
Nah not really, mainly you just post useful stuff and leave unlike most of us who waffle a lot, that was a long post but enjoyed readin it.
It shows how busy you are, you are very active wish i could learn a lesson from that!
awwww
wish i could come to one of yr classes sis
sounds like they are informative and fun
dont have anything like that round here, all the ones willing to teach are a lot older, mums or grandparents age, and they do it in urdu anyway, no point if i cant understand half of it.
not many muslim girls my age, cd get all my cousins together, but that wd only make 7 including my sisters, and two of my cousins live in yorkshire.
pooh, will think of something.
if i get married and move to yorks i will try to set something up then
Sounds like you give out prizes for everything!
Your just giving the public what they want... boys,boys,boys lol.
Generally speaking alot of the time 90% of guys refuse to grow up and take on responsibilities whereas it seems alot of the sisters are all too keen to grow up to quickly. Just an observation.
On the whole your very active/responsible and all grown up for your age. Just as a general question:
[b]
Q. By doing all this do you sometimes miss out on things that you would really have liked to do?[/b]
Back in BLACK
Its seems as if nearly everyone has a love story going on (well in my class anyway)...so I often speak about how no one can get away with doing anything undercover...how such people are always named and shamed etc etc
I always talk about what I see it front of me. Many times I come with a lecture prepared...say on "Salaah" or something...and then before I start the lecture some mum tells me to focus on boys as her girl just ran away from home two weeks ago.
Its sad.... but with older girls this topic is vital. This is a weakness amongst many girls.
I don't ever feel that I'm missing out on anything cos what I do is what I enjoy.....this is what I WANT to do....
And its only two classes a week. I have plenty of time to do other stuff.
"only"? lol girl thats a good number for just one area of London...
so these 2 islamic schools in ur area - they're the ones who rejected ur CV? how sad. :roll:
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do the girls in yr older class willingly participate?
you said the mums send them there if they have started to go far from islam, but there is a fine line between preaching and teaching.
how do you get the balance right??
usually the ones who are not willing to change or learn are the ones less likley to turn up, so how do you get around this problem??
I dont if there is a way round all you can do is keep calling them again and again and maybe they will feel it one day that so and so has been calling me everytime....u do get these types of people but u gota keep tryin.
Salaam
Aasiya….yes there’s only two Islamic schools in my town. I’ve sent both schools my CV three times as they’re always claiming that they’re “desperate for staff”…but they can’t be THAT desperate if they’ve rejected me so many times.
But it’s wrong of me to claim that Islamic schools don’t want me as I’ve only sent my CV to two places.
Fizzy
Most of the older girls in my class (18-20) don’t attend willingly- their mum makes them come. But when they sit in my class they DO listen, I have their undivided attention and I know that they’re not daydreaming cos of the questions they ask me…and they hang round afterwoulds too.
And I try to make my talk as informal as possible…I don’t like to “preach” or patronise or talk down to them. I talk to them on their level…I was only 18 a few years ago…I know what they’re thinking.
I never condemn and I try to make them feel that Islam isn’t difficult and they NEED Islam and that Islam doesn’t need them….
I too never used to attend classes willingly…I only went cos I knew that if I didn’t leave the house mum would do my head in. But I also remember that if the speaker nice …I’d always listen to the talk.
I’ve found that most Muslim girls who don’t practise Islam know deep down that they’re in the wrong…that’s why girls who are far away from Islam do attend study circles and listen. But the style of the speaker plays a HUGE part…if the speaker doesn’t condemn, judge or make the person feel that Islam is too difficult and strict. Non practising people will attend.
And that’s my target audience…its pointless trying to convert the converted.
Wasalaam
tis true
boys on the whole are lazy and immature-girls do grow up faster
why is that???
boys want to be forever young? anyone care to comment....
I'll give it a shot, its proly cuz men have that "dont care" attitude not all but some do, they are not ready to mature or start to care nor think of the future as for majority of women its more natural for them to be worried what the future holds and hence they are maturer. I also think women reach puberty at an earlier age than men so that could also be a factor.
lol - not read this thread in ages but thanx 4 the vote of confidence Admin its much appreciated!! :roll:
Personally i think teaching is the most noble and best profession, depending on what is being taught.
Those people who graduate from a madrassah and then immediately start teaching in madrassah and do that their whole lives, in my opinion are the best people on the face of the earth. Giving your whole life to teach the deen is amazing.
Today, the ulama who are famous are the ones who give speeches in different mosques, travel around a lot and are international celebrities. MashaALLAH Big respect to them aswell, they are doing a fantastic job in bringing deen to the public but in my view, that humble ustaad who remains unknown all his life but teaches hundreds of children and imparts ilm to them and makes them alim/fazil, THEY are absolutelly fantastic. I pray ALLAH rewards them in such a way that I cannot even imagine.
I am in the habit of reading a certain alims autobiography and it was amazing. He spent ALL his life with the madrassah, when he would return to his homevillage on the rare occasion, relatives would insist he stay for a few days but he would not stay one day longer than intended and his reason was because his lessons would be missed at madrassah. When invited to speak at various functions he would go after lessons, deliver his speech and return back to madrassah in time for the first lesson next day.
I really cannot express how much respect I have for such people. I would love to be like that, but wretch that I am, I am no where near it.
Ya ALLAH Madad.
Haq Chaar Yaar
Nah, just pointing out its not all roses.
And most things that are worth doing are NOT easy.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
soo tru
i went in2 my school placement in the last wk b4 they broke up 4 xmas and i received a hand-made card signed by all the kidz......i was sooo touched because that was sooo sweet!
good thing remembered 2 get them cards 2 lol
Hey MS did your parents push you into Islam? Do you teach Islam out of your own choice? And why did you grow up so fast?
I wish I had a friend like you when I was 21 :oops:
for me it has been opposite
no one pushed me into religion, sadly i dont feel anyone really taught it to me before, not so i really wanted to listen
it was only when i moved away and made some good muslim friends that i was encouraged into religion during an iftari in ramadan.
its only since then that i started practsing and encouraged my family to read more.
im still learning and have a long way to go
but i think the ppl who surround you really have an effect on you.
if yr pushed into something, regardless of whether its religion or something else, you may have an adverse reaction and try to block it out, the way to do it is encouragement
Friends have a huge influence in a person's life. I only realised that recently.
Those people who are blessed with good company are very lucky.
That sounds well intresting. I'd love to attend. Check your PM's when you have the time. But I just noticed that you said you lead your second class for 16 to 20 year olds.
At 24 Im too old for your class. But at the same time I feel that I have the Islamic knowledge of a 14 year old. Do you ever make allowances?
Lol. Sis, I rather you didn’t sit in my study circle.
I feel extremely embarrassed when people my age or older then me sit in my class….I’ve always been uncomfortable with telling people my age or older then me what they should be doing. I don’t even like mum to sit in my class…
But feel free to come over to my house and meet mum and that…..I’ll introduce you to my older and more religious friends and I’ll take you to a study circle led by a scholar one Sunday morning.
My parents have laid the foundation when it comes to Islam…I’ve always had to pray, give charity, attend classes etc as a child. But what I do today is out of my own choice…but obviously, the way I think and act today is due to my upbringing.
Do I really act older then my age? :? I think I just come across as such in the forum. I'm still intrested in the stuff that any average 21 year old is intrested in...
Salaam
In the school that I was in today..I was asked to teach RE to a class of 9year olds...the religion was "Islam".
The teacher of the class was planning the session and asked me if it was a good idea to read out the English translation of the first few chapters of the Qur'an and just make the kids write it down...I told him that I didnt think that was a good idea. :?
With kids you have to start with the basics..just five pillars would have been enough.
He told me to take that lesson...
These were some of the questions I was asked
Do you speak Moslem? Does the quran say that you have to paint your hands? (I had some mehndi on my hands) Have you had your forced marraige yet?
If you drop the qur'an accidently do you trun into a monkey? Do you HAVE to wear red on your wedding day? How do you go swimming in that scarf?
Lol-kids can be so funny.
Wasalaam
lol now if I asked those questions i'd probably be getting some strange looks.
Little kids get to have all the fun.
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