dont shoot me or anything
but when I was a kid, if there was teacher wearing trousers that were 2 inches too short, or funny glasses, or maybe a dodgy jacket, we would tear them to pieces - verbally of course. I cannot fathom what would have happened if Miss turned out to be Mister (or vice versa). Is it just a tiny little bit possible that you might have expected a teeny little bit of grief from inner city kids? Inner city or not, you know that kids are merciless.

I know that doesn't justify anything of course, and if you were teaching in an adult college or something, i think you'd have a slightly better argument.

In your case, they do sound like scum. I think if you'd worked at my school, the parents would probably have been a little bit pleased that you were there, in that middle class "I have a lot of *insert minority* type friends you know" way. The kids would have torn you a new one though. (No pun intended).
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Mon 8 Sep 2008, 14:53, Reply)