On Teaching and Work Experience (rant)

[hippiebanana132]

After a day, I had decided that I never want to teach in a primary school.

Firstly, government methods are AWFUL. I won't go into huge ranting detail, but basically it involves simplifying things until they are WRONG (especially in Maths and so-called Phonics). The kids are just gonna have to learn to do it all again at a later stage! This stuff may

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[firstarrival]

I have to say, I totally agree with you... some rules with schools suck now... :( The teacher's can't do anything for fear of being sacked, or at least it feels that way, and I'm a student! (Well, I say student, but I'm nowhere near uni yet, I just hate being referred to as a pupil when I'm a teenager... :P):S

I hope your work experience thing improves... :)

And RE is so interesting, I agree, I did a bit in primary and it was so cool, okay, so a lot of it was colouring in, like you said, religious symboles, but I did a bit of research on my own and found the subject fascinating! :D

[hippiebanana132]

The teacher's can't do anything for fear of being sacked - Yeah, I totally agree. When I was at primary school, if a teacher rang your parents it was the worst thing EVER - nowadays, some parents are just like, "So? What do you want me to do?" And if the teachers do anything, they'll come in and complain.

And of course so many parents and teachers are brilliant, but the few who are like this just undermine the whole system.

I just hate being referred to as a pupil when I'm a teenager - Mm, that's another thing. I think teachers often fail to understand that however young a child is, they will always consider themselves as old. When you get to teenage years, that's obvious, but even seven and eight year olds know when they're being patronised - and they don't like it.

I hope your work experience thing improves... :) - Thank you! I'm doing tennis tomorrow, so it doesn't look like it ;)

I did a bit of research on my own and found the subject fascinating! :D - Ooh, yay!! I meet so many people who hate RE because it really is badly

[salienne]

Aw yick... That just sounds like an awful place for kids, which is really sad. I remember I volunteered in a 2nd grade classroom a few years ago, and all the writing teacher did was lecture and yell at the kids. Seriously. All he did.

It was just... awful seeing them treated that way. Who would want to go to class, much less learn? I think education in both our countries definitey needs an overhaul.

Also, she wagged her finger at you? What are you, 5? And does that even work on 5-year-olds?

Hopefully you get to go somewhere better soon! (And hopefully those kids get a better teacher/education next year...)

[hippiebanana132]

Who would want to go to class, much less learn? - Exactly! If kids can't like it that young, when can they? =(

[roxyk630]

Oh God... that sounds TERRIBLY like our "No Child Left Behind" policy in the US.

We have classes for advanced students... but none of those hit until at least Elementary if not Middle school so in most cases after the ages of 12+ where the damage could have already been done.

*hughug* I hope it gets better. Just be careful. At younger ages you have the luck of students STILL wanting to be there. In 6th form... you may not always have that happy grace.

[hippiebanana132]

In 6th form... you may not always have that happy grace. - Ah, but they could have quit education at 16 and didn't. So even though their decision may have been swayed by their parents or they might resent getting up every morning still, they essentially chose to continue education. =)

[roxyk630]

That is a beautiful luxury that the US does NOT provide... *hughug*

[venefican]

I agree, I never used sticks and blocks and school and I didn't suffer for it - even though my Maths is not very good, that's because I hated it.

I loved RE, but it always really annoyed me that in my school they did everything about Christianity, where I wanted to learn about Hinduism, etc too. Still, I'm glad you're passionate about it - many of my RE teachers just didn't want to be there.

Hooray for 6th Form! At least with RE A-Levels you'll know that they want to be learning that.

[hippiebanana132]

but it always really annoyed me that in my school they did everything about Christianity - Ooh, that is annoying, isn't it? Especially in largely Christian countries. I still think it needs to be taught, but there needs to be a distinction between preaching and teaching and ... well, do we really have to come back to Christianity with every single RE topic? =S

[shinyopals]

My mum teaches primary school kids and has been steadily driven crazier and crazier. She doesn't even work full time any more because the one school she was at was so bad.

Teaching sort of appeals to me, but I'd only ever teach A level or degree level maths (or maybe A level physics). I wouldn't go any younger!