I'm a teacher ask me anything

Do you think it's rude if a student walks past you in school and acts like you're not there?

As my username suggests, I am indeed autistic (Asperger's). Not hugely severe though but I do have social difficulties (very rigid thought) and difficulty with seeing things from another perspective, if that makes sense.

I have Asperger's too!

Is becoming a teacher a good job for autistic people?

And you're funny too. You're always making me laugh.

Have you ever been fancied by a pupil?

I think it's a good job for us but the social aspect is quite difficult. I used to find break and lunch quite difficult as I wasn't sure what to do with myself, it was 'unstructured' to me!

And, thank you, I don't try to be funny though.

Is it nice and orderly apart from break? (I'm not very good at "unstructured" jobs.) I like the idea of passing down knowledge.

That face expression.

Yeah it's very structured; you'll always have a lot of tasks to be getting on with even if you're not teaching.

That sounds good! I like routine and order a lot!

How do you become a maths teacher?

Have to do a 3 year degree (doesn't have to be maths) and then do a maths PGCE.

What's a maths PGCE like?

A lot of it is quite boring but it is quite practical too and challenging.

Is it stressful having lots of people asking you questions on a thread?

I find it stressful enough that I'm gonna take a break for a bit.

One of the big temptations of moving to a Nordic country!! Singapore is a little too far :P

I guess it would be societal value of education, as it mostly comes from parents at that age (?).

I've had to reply to your comments as you seem to be speaking everything that I want to. I too, am very keen to travel over to The Netherlands to explore their way of teaching- the education philosphy is admired all across the globe.
I'm an aspiring teacher, but I just don't want to go into teaching when at the moment it seems far too overpowering, and like the OP has said, teacher's in Modern schools in Britain are overwhelmed with burreacracy and poor behaviour from stressed and bored students, also very limited in what they want to do- and moreover, teach.

I guess I'll have to look at teaching abroad- I can't see myself teaching with the current state of the education system. International schools seem quite attractive to me at the moment.

Has a kid in your class ever wrote a story about his family hunting a werewolf?