Educating Essex / Schooldays

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latestarterThu 03/11/11 22:43

I caught three episodes from this documentary series which finished this evening.

I found it rather heartwarming to see just how much some of the teachers went out of their way for their pupils.

School has certainly changed since my schooldays. There seems to be a lot more (for want of a better term) pastoral care. And a great rethinking in methods of discipline - with no corporal punishment (a good thing or a bad thing?). Perhaps that makes the discipline measures more like the adult world, but the replacement measures often appeared very long winded - at least for the long-suffering patience of the teachers.

These Essex pupils seemed somewhat more sad to be leaving their school than I was to leave mine. It took many years for me to gain any nostalgia for those days. In retrospect, there are certainly some teachers who I now realise went beyond their duty to help me along, but I unfortunately never got the opportunity to thank them properly.

The program awakened a lot of memories for me, and the short spell I had as a temporary teacher in a small private school. Generally happy memories.

The final stages, when the leaving pupils received their results and attended their prom, under the watchful eyes of the teachers who bade them farewell, brought a tear to the eye.

Good documentary making, and a pat on the back for good teachers.

martnthlondThu 03/11/11 23:10

Being teacher is really Great...

littlespaceboyThu 03/11/11 23:14

It was good.

I thought it was quite a good portrayal actually. I've always been concerned that most people have NO IDEA how much things have changed and exactly how much we put up with.

I'm not going to rant about how hard teachers work, and how difficult it is, etc etc. I love it. I wouldn't do it if I didn't love it.

But I am really glad that a successful show has portrayed situations I consider to be very realistic and very representative of the way teachers are treated/spoken to now.

And also, the ways we deal with it. I was very inspired by a lot of it, but equally it made me feel i am doing a good job. Much like on the show, it's REALLY hard not to take it all personally...

[Today I was told to go fuck myself, you gay wanker, for example :) Thank you Thomas, for that contribution...]

...but there are better ways to manage these things than to expel/shout/cane children. Especially the damaged ones. Everything happens for a reason- that's what I tell myself every time.

But yes- I am glad that some insight has been shared into how much effort goes into helping these kids in particular, and how, despite what pupils and parents think (at the time, anyway) that we ARE trying to make their lives better.

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