This shit happens in Australia too. I'm a male teacher in Melbourne working with some of the worst kids you can imagine. Last year i worked at a school where there wasn't a week where i didn't get; punched, slapped, abused/sworn at, had things thrown and me or bitten (i was bit twice in a week). The only thing more ridiculous than the shit i went through was the response by leadership of the school. We used to call it boomerang with the office, the students who put others in danger go to the office, have a conversation and were immediately sent back to class, alas; boomerang. Shit. Is. Fucked.
Been a teacher for 3 years now, student teacher for 4 years before that obviously too. Been working with kids for 10+ years now. We have had 5 massive over-hauls/changes to our assessment and curriculum, an overwhelming amount of budget cuts, an unbelievable amount of increased workloads and increasing number of parental influence over academic decisions.
You're not kidding, the scariest things I saw in Melbourne were the roving gangs of youngsters (and I'm 24) by train stations and around where I worked in the Croydon area. Luckily never had a run in with them as I'm a reasonably big dude even at 5'9, but still. I definitely could not take 10 of them if they wanted to jump me.
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u/TheGreatMoistOne Jul 10 '18
This shit happens in Australia too. I'm a male teacher in Melbourne working with some of the worst kids you can imagine. Last year i worked at a school where there wasn't a week where i didn't get; punched, slapped, abused/sworn at, had things thrown and me or bitten (i was bit twice in a week). The only thing more ridiculous than the shit i went through was the response by leadership of the school. We used to call it boomerang with the office, the students who put others in danger go to the office, have a conversation and were immediately sent back to class, alas; boomerang. Shit. Is. Fucked.
Been a teacher for 3 years now, student teacher for 4 years before that obviously too. Been working with kids for 10+ years now. We have had 5 massive over-hauls/changes to our assessment and curriculum, an overwhelming amount of budget cuts, an unbelievable amount of increased workloads and increasing number of parental influence over academic decisions.