i know, it's baffling
she wasn't that old, so she hadn't spent years as a teacher being ground down or anything
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 30 Apr 2010, 0:18, 1 reply)

It's the same with persons who work with special needs people -
in any centre or school that looks after special needs peeps there is always one staff member who is a complete cow and clearly doesn't enjoy dealing with the pupils/students/clients. Why even take the job?
( Bob Todd whee, Fri 30 Apr 2010, 10:08, closed)

Extra responsibility = more money.
My GF's life (she's and NQT running a SN course for GCSE-age kids) is being made a nightmare by the head of SN teaching, who hasn't given her any of the necessary information. No marking schemes, no syllabus. Nothing.
She only accidentally found out earlier this week that she hadn't taught a whole module when she did some digging on the internet. The work had to be completed, marked, and handed in by close of play today. Luckily, it was just verbal Q&A stuff and all the kids managed to turn up to the one remaining lesson she had with them, which isn't usual since they mostly have "challenging" backgrounds.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 30 Apr 2010, 15:26, closed)

unfortunate, but true

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 30 Apr 2010, 20:37, closed)