(June 7, 2015 at 2:37 am)robvalue Wrote: Sure, I suck, I get it
I tried my very hardest, for 4+ years to work on it, but sadly no matter what I did it made no difference. Some people have an amazing ability to control classes, and I'm sure it comes with practice. But it's just not me, sadly, and the profession lost a very passionate and capable teacher (sorry for the horn blowing) in schools where supply teachers who have no subject knowledge are the norm.
Having grown up with studied and been exposed to so much education from a teacher's perspective I almost think it is a calling. It wasn't for me either. The good news is you didn't just put in you notice 35 years in having made no difference in the lives of the thousands of kids you could have taught.
Part of the problem is tenor for bad teachers. But there is a thousand other things as well. We are in the processes of moving from the 1920s ensemble line teaching to what is more relevant. And we are trying to do it with no political will and cuts in funding. It is probably the worst time in moderninity to be a teacher.
