turn your talent to teaching?

It’s come to my attention – yes, I was ignorant beforehand – that there are too many teachers/teachers-in-training that just shouldn’t be in the job. A teacher should be putting the pupils’ education first. Always. I don’t believe in lost causes. Every child has strengths and weaknesses and a good teacher should recognise this without being condescending or labelling the child as a problem child. It does the child no good for teachers to be saying they’re rubbish at whatever subject it is that they struggle with. If you’re going to be like that, then don’t teach. Please.

So why ARE these folk choosing to follow this career – despite their distaste for it? One word: money. The starting salary of any teacher is aroung the £20k mark, and it goes up every year. Add to that the generous amounts of holidays and the stability of the job, and voila, everyone wants a piece of the action. This year, in particular, has seen a sudden influx in applications for teacher training courses, which means something awful for me: I may not get to start teacher training this year.

Argh! Screw all you people! Stealing my job!