I just wanted to comment on what a great day I have had. For the first time in 9 years of teaching, I haven’t had to ignore some stupid bitches that try to be ‘all that’.
Covering a citizenship lesson on reproduction and consequences of not using it. E.g. becoming pregnant. These three girls who are disruptive for most lessons, including this one, commented that one of the female pupils doesn’t need to learn this “coz she ain’t gonna get a dick inside her coz she is a lesa, and even if she ain’t she is way too ugly to pull even the ugliest man”. I was really disgusted at this comment and I actually stood there in shock, as I just didn’t expect it. The girl obviously went bright red and started crying.
Now, normally, I would have to ask the pupil it was aimed at whether or not they want any serious action taken. However, now that the school has a new conduct policy (mainly due to the ‘stabbing’ that took place last month), I instantly sent them to my office. In which later on this afternoon I took the great pleasure of sending them home early and giving them all a four-hour detention. As well as withdrawing them from going on work experience and taking them off a free annual school trip to Alton Towers. It also gave me a brilliant opportunity for me to pull them up about their choice of school uniform (I believe they were the official sponsors of Ann Summers).
I know it may sound trivial, but I am really glad that now, finally, I can make changes without all the red tape and covering my back from parents ‘complaining’.
By the way, the pupil who got injured last month is now fully recovered and awaiting to do his exams. Both pupils who committed the attack have been released on police bail awaiting court and are attending a drug rehabilitation scheme, one of them goes to his probationer once a week, where the other attends twice a week and is on a police curfew. The school is letting them sit their examinations, but only as we aren’t letting five years of hard work go down the drain like that, once they have done their exam, they will be escorted off premises.
I have no doubt now though that we will be able to put this years event behind us from September due to the new policy and penalty code
Quote:I took the great pleasure of sending them home early and giving them all a four-hour detention. As well as withdrawing them from going on work experience and taking them off a free annual school trip to Alton Towers. It also gave me a brilliant opportunity for me to pull them up about their choice of school uniform (I believe they were the official sponsors of Ann Summers).
Quote:commented that one of the female pupils doesn’t need to learn this “coz she ain’t gonna get a dick inside her coz she is a lesa, and even if she ain’t she is way too ugly to pull even the ugliest man”. I was really disgusted at this comment and I actually stood there in shock, as I just didn’t expect it. The girl obviously went bright red and started crying.
I think it's terrible that shit like this goes on but it's great that you aren't letting them get away with it
Re: Joy of the bitches
Good on you Chloe, im glad there are teachers like you around that dont turn a blind eye, when i was at school so many teachers turned a blind eye to things , or simply couldnt handle it.
Re: Joy of the bitches
Stupid Bitches! Well done you! Honestly, I could never be a teacher, if any little minx came out with a comment like that in a class, i'd really have to try and stop myself striding over to her and giving her a bloody good slap.
Re: Joy of the bitches
It seems like it has really took effect on the year group. I now have complete silence when I ask for it, usually it takes several attempts for complete silence.
Adam
I would recommend teaching as a career, but you have to be a certain type of person for secondary teaching. To an extent you have to be quite hard-skinned as you know for a fact that students will curse you blind (and recently even your family, who these students have never met), also when you have a 6ft guy who is undermining you infront of 25 people you are trying to control, it can be extremely intimidating, even though you know this person and know the chances of them physically attacking you are really slim.
One thing I have noticed is that parents hold teachers responsible for many things, such as bad GCSE results, they fail to understand is that 3 - 4 hours of English a week isn’t going to get them the A* and that they need to put the effort in at home. As John said, we do live in a very PC world now, and you there is a lot of red tape when it comes to trying to arrange the simplest things as school trips, to suspensions etc. Now you have to be a teacher, a ‘friend’, a counsellor and a parent all at the same time, when the pupil doesn’t even want to recognise you as a teacher.
There does seem to be a lot of disadvantages of teaching but you get the greatest feeling possible when a pupil will come in X years down the line, tell you they now have a degree in the lesson you taught them, or they now have persuaded a career in teaching, Literature, Media or Drama because you inspired them. It is also rewarding to watch a pupil over 5 years. To see them develop on an intellectual level as well as personal. As one of the pastoral teachers, and know the pastoral deputy head, it is gratifying when a pupil comes to you with a problem, as there is that certain aspect that they have chose ‘you’, not their mates, not their parent(s), but you.
Another good point is that not only is their loads of promotions, from head of year/departments, to deputy headteacher, to Her Majesty’s Inspector for school, the list is endless. Also, you have the weekend off, unless you have revision classes etc. and you get a fair amount of holidays.
I could literally write a list as long as…big ben of all the negative points, but I could also write just as long list of all the extremely rewarding and positive points (but I simply don’t have the time).
If teaching is something you really want to pursue, then I would definitely recommend you go after it.
There is a government website, which I think is (teach.gov.uk), if your still at school/college speak to your careers advisor and current teachers of their experiences.
If you want any more info. don’t hesitate to contact me. (Sorry if that sounds formal, but I have wrote it on letters so many times, it is just natural now).
Re: Joy of the bitches
Lol I have no choice! I have to teach a full class of primary school kids for a full day in a few weeks! It might not sound much, but the detail of the lesson planning is unbelievably tedious!
O-Ren Ishii: The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is - I collect your fucking head!
Re: Joy of the bitches
Ooh, nothing like a detailed lesson plan, marking or a report to ruin your social life.
Thankfully we have a lesson plan bank and we just simply pull out the same lesson plan from the previous year (obviously unless we adjust the lesson/teaching methods or there is a change in the syllabus).
I have only taught KS3, KS4 and KS4 (Secondary and A - Level) so I can't really give any good advice on primary students, but I always find it helps to put a timetable of the lesson on the board and as soon as the time is up on a certain part of the lesson move straight on, even if the students havent finished, this encourages them to move at a faster pace.
Plus, always believe in what your teaching, if you show passion about the topic, the students will follow, just make sure you get the balance right between being passionate about it and being obsessed by it.
And finally, when I was doing my training, which I am presuming your doing now (unless suddenly primary schools are asking anybody to come in and teach), I asked the students what they thought would make not just the lesson I taught, but any drama/eng/media lesson better in general.
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