Poor Teachers
I was thinking of becoming a teacher at one stage when job opportunities in the IT market were bleak. I had one look around me and changed my mind immediately.
I had no idea how bad it is here in the UK. I mean I wasn’t the most innocent person in class in my younger days (which wasn’t too long ago) but the teachers in UAE could do what they virtually wanted if you got out of hand. They’ll cane, slap, and discipline you in front of your own parents for all they care. (Actually my dad will probably join in if I were in the wrong lol).
Here are a few snippets with the links of what teachers handle on a daily basis:
“Mrs Poole (teacher) said during the trial the boy, who is now 17 and cannot be named for legal reasons, had held a screwdriver to her neck to force her to perform the sex act.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6154154.stm
“One teacher from Preston was hit on the head by a brick thrown by a pupil at a neighbouring school, and a teacher from Manchester who was assaulted by a 12-year-old pupil” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4903948.stm
“Mrs Voss (teacher) was chased in her car down a busy road and her family, including her child, received telephone threats”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4493881.stm
“A female primary school teacher had been attacked 150 times in six months. The boy responsible had kicked, punched, bitten and scratched her. He had also stabbed her with a dinner fork, jumped on her back and thrown a table at her”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4400625.stm
“The survey, taken in January, found that in 10 working days in 300 schools, teachers faced 126 physical assaults - out of a total of 964 incidents” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2883917.stm
What the hell are the parents of these kids doing at home? How in the world were these kids raised to be like that? I mean I understand cheeky, naughty and the occasional fights but this is criminal.
I learnt respect from my father who installed the fear of God into me at a young age. I knew if I stepped out of line I would regret it. I got the deadly silent (eyes wide open) treatment and the occasional backhand across the face. As I got older, my fear turned to respect and drove me to do well in life. Now as a man, my dad is one of my best friends. I say the responsibility starts with the parents, please let us not forget that!
I had no idea how bad it is here in the UK. I mean I wasn’t the most innocent person in class in my younger days (which wasn’t too long ago) but the teachers in UAE could do what they virtually wanted if you got out of hand. They’ll cane, slap, and discipline you in front of your own parents for all they care. (Actually my dad will probably join in if I were in the wrong lol).
Here are a few snippets with the links of what teachers handle on a daily basis:
“Mrs Poole (teacher) said during the trial the boy, who is now 17 and cannot be named for legal reasons, had held a screwdriver to her neck to force her to perform the sex act.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6154154.stm
“One teacher from Preston was hit on the head by a brick thrown by a pupil at a neighbouring school, and a teacher from Manchester who was assaulted by a 12-year-old pupil” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4903948.stm
“Mrs Voss (teacher) was chased in her car down a busy road and her family, including her child, received telephone threats”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4493881.stm
“A female primary school teacher had been attacked 150 times in six months. The boy responsible had kicked, punched, bitten and scratched her. He had also stabbed her with a dinner fork, jumped on her back and thrown a table at her”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4400625.stm
“The survey, taken in January, found that in 10 working days in 300 schools, teachers faced 126 physical assaults - out of a total of 964 incidents” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2883917.stm
What the hell are the parents of these kids doing at home? How in the world were these kids raised to be like that? I mean I understand cheeky, naughty and the occasional fights but this is criminal.
I learnt respect from my father who installed the fear of God into me at a young age. I knew if I stepped out of line I would regret it. I got the deadly silent (eyes wide open) treatment and the occasional backhand across the face. As I got older, my fear turned to respect and drove me to do well in life. Now as a man, my dad is one of my best friends. I say the responsibility starts with the parents, please let us not forget that!
posted by tobasco at 11/22/2006 01:36:00 pm
2 Comments:
I think it is really sad to know what the teachers went and are going through. I had a friend, whose father was a teacher, not only a teacher a college chemistry professor; he was such an example of intelligent sophisticated and highly educated people I have ever known. Sadly his own 22 years old son makes money more that he does. It's really ironic to see the son helping his dad out with financial expense. On the other hand, I can remember how badly and irresponsibly we used to treat our teachers, I regret now.
That's why the UK government is paying big bucks as incentives for graduates to become teachers. There is an endemic skills shortage in teaching.
Mind you, having been schooled in the UAE I decided early on that teaching will be one career I will not persue!
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