Secondary School Teacher Reviews

I have mixed feelings about this - i spent 3 years teaching in main stream education and to be honest did enjoy my time. I enjoyed the day to day interaction with my tutor group and watching pupils develop and learn plus loved the staff i worked with. The problem for me however was the repetition of what you do on a day to day basis. ...  Read the complete review

Whenever I tell people that I am a Secondary School Teacher I get very varied responses, from the "how do you cope with that age group?" to "don't you get great holidays!" to, very occassionally "I would love to do that!". Teaching is one of those careers that is still seen by some as a vocation, for me it ...  Read the complete review

I have read - quite a few times now - that the average time of a new teacher staying in the teaching profession is 4 years. I am currently in my 6th year and preparing to leave. I have also read that the average lifespan of a lifetime teacher, once retired, is 6 months. My dad was one such teacher and died four months short ...  Read the complete review

I write the review from having experience of being present in secondary school classrooms and through conversations with a lot of colleagues and friends that are secondary school teachers . The most popular and traditional way of becoming a teacher , is to get a degree in one of your strongest fields English , Maths , I.C.T and so on ...  Read the complete review

Secondary School Teacher **Background** I have been a secondary teacher for a couple of years now and thought I would share my experience of how I got into teaching as a career and what the job entails. I went into teaching aged 25/26 and honestly feel it was best to not go in earlier at 21 as it enabled me to gain ...  Read the complete review

I found the other reviews on teaching very interesting so thought I would add my experiences as well - which seem quite different. I am in my fifth year of teaching in a secondary school - I stayed in the same one which I had my last long training placement. I think this gave me a good advantage as I could see that the school was well suited to ...  Read the complete review

I enjoyed the previous reviews on this topic so decided to add my own. I have really enjoyed working with teengers in previous roles and after seeing friends return to university and qualify as teachers was seriously considering doing the same. I had no illusions about the hours involved as I had seen from my friends how much outside of ...  Read the complete review

I have been a secondary English teacher for over 5 years now and it really has been a rollercoaster of emotions- I always say that it can be the best job in the world and the worst job in the world all in one day! I will start with the positives. Firstly coming from a call centre job, which really wasn't for me, I really love the fact ...  Read the complete review

Well, I'm afraid I am going to write a more negative review than the previous 2. Becoming a teacher has always been something I wanted to do from as far as I can remember. Because I love languages I thought it made sense to become a languages teacher. In a secondary school. After working a bit in translation I went ...  Read the complete review

When I tell people that I'm a teacher they immediately start commenting on the long holidays and how it is a part time job, all they want to talk about is the six week holidays and I do love to show up their complete ignorance of the profession and all it has to offer. Now I know the comments section will probably be filled with the usual Muppets ...  Read the complete review

Before I start - a little warning that this is going to be a long review! BACKGROUND: Teaching wasn't something that I wanted to do. When I was younger I wanted to be a solicitor because that's what my Dad did. When it came to applying for university I really couldn't face the thought of studying law for three years so decided to ...  Read the complete review