ahaha Sounds like Aussie kids too.
I'd do A-level teaching - not younger students. I wouldn't have the patience for younger kids.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:32, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Try watching 'The World's Strictest Parents'.
My God those annoying OLDER TEENAGERS make me wish that we still had national service and the birch.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:35, Reply)

And they're not even the worst
because usually they're semi-aware, and at least willing to make a change
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:36, Reply)

I nearly put my foot through the TV last night.
The girl had such an annoying nasal whine it was unreal. Fortunately the couch is about eight feet from the TV and my legs aren't that long.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:37, Reply)

aha some kids are shits, I grant you.
But I think a lot of them just act out because they're unhappy in one way or another. No point being a teacher if you're not going to help them through it.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:36, Reply)

I have a friend who was a teacher, and a bloody good one.
Unfortunately, because he was a good teacher the school gave him all the dross classes to teach, and, even though they lapped his classes up, it left him feeling really disillusioned because he felt he couldn't properly fulfil his talent. Had they mixed it up with higher set and lower set classes he might have stayed in the profession.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:40, Reply)

You can't help them through it
without investing so much time and energy into it, that the end result is neglect of the majority and poor results
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:45, Reply)

I wouldn't agree with that - I had some spectular teachers who always had really good classes,
and they just helped by making sure people knew they were open to listening if there were problems.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:46, Reply)

I may be biased
because my dad has always gravitated towards working in disadvantaged schools, but kids with real genuine problems who sometimes shouldn't be in mainstream education at all need more than a listening ear.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:53, Reply)

HAHAH
yeah, A level kids are completely well behaved

(your next line it "well at least they want to be there....")
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:50, Reply)

No, that's university students.
Who don't want to work for a living.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:55, Reply)

I'm going to ring your wife on Sunday.
I hope I catch her in her sober half-hour.
( thealternativefact, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:56, Reply)

Ring her at 5pm.
That should do it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:59, Reply)

Thank you, O Wise One.

( thealternativefact, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:00, Reply)

I haven't got where I am today, etc.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:00, Reply)