FROM favouring certain pupils to poking fun at the school kids, a group of teachers have revealed their candid thoughts about their daily experiences and work.
There’s a teachers thread online which has become an area for people to go and share their biggest secrets and confessions on what goes on behind the classroom doors.
Teachers have revealed their biggest confessions and secrets when it comes to their work[/caption]
The revelations, which have appeared on the online forum Mumsnet, have had a number of different teachers posting their secrets anonymously.
One wrote: “I’m enjoying the fact that two particular pupils are no longer mine now they’ve moved up a year – although I do miss the class as a whole.
“It’s gratifying to hear that they are still up to the same old tricks with their new teacher and that it wasn’t just me they acted up for.”
And some may think that it’s the pupils who secretly pass notes around the class, but it’s actually the teachers.
An anonymous teacher wrote: “Colleagues in nearby rooms (so we could see each other’s reactions) would send notes to each other talking about the kid delivering the note.
“So you’d open up the (sealed) note and it would say ‘looks like a frog, right?’ and then you’d politely thank the student while trying not to snort with laughter at his goggly eyes.”
Whilst another teacher explained that they really do have their ‘favourite’ pupils.
They wrote: “I have two favourites.
“I’ve taught them for three years (they’re now year 10 – I’ve taught them since year seven) and I am going to be GUTTED when they leave. And they know it.”
And you’d think that homework was their top priority, but this teacher says otherwise.
They said: “I think homework is a complete waste of time. I say thank you and praise children who do it but I don’t punish ones who do not.
“I ignore swearing.
“I quite like winding them up (not in a horrible way, just things like calling One Direction One Atlas – drives Year Nine girls WILD)
“I think a minority of kids are annoying little s***s with few, if any redeeming features.”
Kids were shocked, they never realised we were married
Anonymous teacher
And another also admitted to having a star pupil by writing: “I have favourites and we used to make jokes about other students – sounds awful, I know, but I don’t even care.”
Some have even confessed to shocking their students and not mentioning anything about it.
An anonymous teacher said: “When my partner and I worked in the same school we would send each other ridiculous notes with kids and once he rushed into my class, gave me a kiss and ran out again.
“Kids were shocked, they never realised we were married.”
Do teachers follow a dress code?
THE National Education Union on teacher dress codes…
The NEU does not recommend formal dress code for staff in schools.
The NEU believes that staff should be able to dress according to their professional judgement unless this is detrimental to their capacity to do their job or is deemed unsafe or inappropriate for some other objective and reasonable reason.
Schools should take into account the principles set out below:
- Staff have a right to expect respect for their religious beliefs, cultural practices and gender-identity.
- Forms of dress should not interfere with the teaching, learning and assessment process.
- Health and safety of pupils and staff should be assessed.
- Consultation with staff is an essential principle.
- Each case should be considered on its merits in the light of the principles identified in this guidance.
