The Weekly Gripe

School teachers can't cope with out of control pupils

Schools too soft on disruptive pupils

I cannot stand it any more!

What is going on in this country? What is wrong with people? Why can't people sort out their own children and families so that conscientious teachers like I was are not forced to go off with stress.



I have had to quit my job at school as a secondary languages teacher because I can no longer stand the disgusting behaviour of many of the pupils. In the past couple of years I have been increasingly verbally abused and insulted.

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23-6-2008I think it was partially because they knew if they walked out the teacher would probably abuse them next time they saw them.friend
21-5-2008I don't know where you live or what world you're on? But if the teachers had taken that approach at our school the classfooms would be empty. They'd go fo the door faster than you can blink!The real world
21-5-2008Teaching methods are very important. When I was at school, the most effective method the teachers used was simply saying "if you don't want to learn, there is the door. Go on, leave". Everyone just sits down, shuts up, and worksfriend
18-3-2008Annaliza,I feel for you,I really do,but I feel even more for my poor 15 yr old daughter who is struggling to get any education at all.She sits amongst a class of only 15 pupils who have no desire to learn,they chat through lessons,bang rulers on desks and ignore the pleading teacher. I have to,once...moremoose
03-2-2008Annaliza - and I presume, being the social class yummy mummy that you are with your 'perfect' children, you enjoyed all the child benefit and maternity pay that my taxes pay for, and you were always finiacially supported by your husband/ex-husband. People like you show the scum in classrooms...moreEdwin
06-1-2008No it wouldn't-silly girl! Survival of the fittest-lets face it, all the scum in schools are council estaters anyway. Die Die!!!geoff d
01-1-2008Come to think of it, why would it work? Surely by bunching all the bad kids together they'd each be having bad influences on each other. Wouldn't it be better to try and dispurse them with the normal kids?jk12
29-12-2007We've tried your idea here in the USA. It doesn't work. We have "suspension sites" for kids on long-term suspension and it's just a warehouse for lousy kids with stupid parents.Mr. Watchowtsky
28-11-2007Yes, I agree, lets all be nice to each other :D Will you be my friend? We can cook marshmellows and listen to Jose Gonzalez! :Djk12
27-11-2007Lets all be nice to each other and pretend its the summer of love while Rome is burning....geoff d
21-11-2007I must admit I am enjoying this conversation with you. It is very interesting :Djk12
21-11-2007hahaha, I like to think it is I who am the sandal wearer :) I believe it was Charles Dickens who said "love is the truest form of wisdom". You might try considering those words.jk12



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