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Primary School Teachers |
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20/06/01 (506 review reads) |
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Advantages: not many at the present time!
Disadvantages: see below
I am currently studying for a geography degree and have every intention of taking aPCGE for secondary education after this. I have always wanted to be a teacher as I believe that it is both a job that I will enjoy and that I can excel in. But I have to admit that I am starting to have second thoughts because I am scared to enter a profession where you have everybody against you from the start.
It is no wonder that graduates are running scared from the profession as at the moment children have more power than the teachers, which is surely wrong? A recent example is the case of Catherine Brandley who was convicted of assualt on a nine year old child, from only the testimony of that child.I firmly believe that the childrens act is essential and that children need protecting but come on people lets have some common sense here!No jury would normally convict from a "it's your word against mine" situation and anyone who has children or works with them will accept that nine year olds can create better stories than even Charles Dickens!
Teachers now have no power to discipline, or even any forms of discipline that actually have an affect on the child, and they are not even allowed to teach properly in case their style of teaching offends race, religion, gender, age or whatever else people can come up with.
All I ask is that people stop being so naive- if children are told off, suspended etc it is for a good reason not because the teacher doesn't like the child or the family. Parents need to accept some or all the blame for misbehaving children instead of demanding that the teacher is wrong and insisting that it is them who should be disciplined and not their little angel!
We desperately need teachers so come on people lets start supporting the educational profession instead of damning it all the time!
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- 20/06/01 You are right Teachers these days have no way to uphold disciplin except suspension and even then they cannot use this as they see fit. How is a child who wants to learn able to, when a class is disrupted by one or two pupils.
I do remember a time when the Teacher was called Sir/Mam the class listned and did what they were told, they did their homework and they respected the rules and regulations of the school. What changed? Corporal punishment was abolished and PC is now rife. You were born too late to enjoy teaching, the system will no longer allow you to teach let alone enjoy it. |
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- 20/06/01 I did my PGCE back in 1991, it was a nightmare!! You are right about discpline. The kids have all the 'rights' and if you try to control them you are made to feel like a crap teacher. We spent about 30% of our entire course learning how not to be racist, sexist etc. Now I'm not knocking the value of equal opps. training, but this was way disproportionate. None of us knew how to control a class at the end of the year. But we knew about forty euphemisms for 'not very bright'. Good luck with teaching - personally, I'm glad I got out! |
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- 20/06/01 One of my best friend's is a primary school teacher and one of the most demoralising things is the fact that parents think that she is a glorified child minder that does nothing but play games all day. Mmmh I like to see them spend 5 days a week teaching 30 children. Good luck with the PGCE! |
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