I'm a teacher ask me anything

Yes it breaks my heart when they don't understand even after they are trying really hard (if they're not trying then I have less sympathy). It is outweighed usually by the feeling of a student finally getting it though after much struggling; a great feeling when that happens!

University level maths is at an extremely fast pace. Don't try to understand everything in lectures, just make sure you have it written down. Check if the lecturer uploads online or not. If you really must skip a lecture, then the ones to skip are the ones where they just read off the slides that they've posted online anyway.

This is one of the worst phenomena about the public school system in this country. It's quite sad. Teachers deserve better.

Yeah, the feeling when someone understands something you've explained to them is one of the greatest! It was one of the reasons i chose to help in lessons when i could have spent that time sleeping(!)

Thanks for taking the time to reply! I would ask more questions but i don't want to be annoying(!)

What I have seen at school has really cemented my hatred towards ill-mannered and uncivilised pupils.

What do you guys ACTUALLY do in the INSET days?

I envy you for making an post like this.

How many extra hours would you say you put in? (so doing stuff like marking, revision sessions etc, basically school related stuff but not in school time)

Feel free to ask more if you want! I've still got 2 days left till school starts.

Also, do fall outs often occur between teachers and other teachers, and teachers and head teacher?

Do you have any favourite students?

Also, do you LOATHE any of your students?

If you have/will have a child, would you like them to attend the school you teach at or get them to avoid it?

Of course, I have students that I like a lot. I like students that have no fear and don't mind making fools of themselves a bit; they give things a go in maths even if they're not sure. I like students that are friendly and engage in small talk and polite conversation with me. I like students that are honest and humble and admit that they are not perfect and are honest about any behavioural mistakes they might have made. I like students that are driven and motivated, despite obstacles in their life at home and school.

I don't loathe any students but there are definitely some that I dread teaching and some that I wish the school would just exclude! Now before you have a go at me for saying this, I actually believe that exclusion would do some of them benefit; I don't think their needs can be met in a mainstream school and a specialist school for badly behaved students would actually a better environment for them. They would get more attention there because of smaller class sizes and specialist staff.

So, yes, I don't like the rude and belligerent students but loathe might be too strong a word.

I'd want my children to go to the best school possible which may end up being my school or may be somewhere else.

That doesn't answer my question.
On a percentage scale, what are the chances you would allow your child to attend your school?
Also, would you make it public knowledge the child is your son/daughter or keep it quiet?

If the kids found out about your autism, would some of them use it against you?