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secondary school French, Spanish and History teacher, MFL PGCE @Goldsmiths university, Master's degree in English @ LaSorbonne, intermediate in Danish
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I miss lockdown teaching. I loved teaching online because there was no behaviour mgmt. I just delivered my lesson and interacted on the chat, gave instant feedback and those who did not want to attend did not.
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Today I issued detention to kids who were rude when told to vacate corridors. One came back while I was teaching to complain about their detention and shouted “I wish you get cancer!” some people think my £38K a year is enough pay to deal with that daily….
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No teachers should have to teach all periods in one day.
Rule number 1 to improve teacher retention
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Don’t u feel guilty not coming to teach the Y11 before their exam? Nope. I offered them 2 interventions a week since September. Unpaid. After school. Only the motivated high achievers in Y10 turned up. So Y11 can miss me on strike day.
#teacherstrikes
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Please, stop telling me to call the parent when a child’s behaviour is persistently atrocious. Most of the time the parent is just the same and I find that too depressing.
#edutwitter
#education
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@figoreilly
@CBSUnstoppable
@GeenaDavisOrg
@IfThenSheCan
Cornrows were used to hide seeds, grains and rice in order in hairstyle for escaped slaves to start planting and become independent. There is a symbol there
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SLT at my school leave after 8pm due to social and pastoral issues. They do the job of social workers, psychologists and police. This is unsustainable
#edutwitter
#teachers
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Half of our students were absent today. The class sizes were halved. Children says: it is so nice and so quiet. I thought it felt a bit lonely. I wonder if small class sizes are actually a better thing for learning
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As a student I hated group work. It has been promoted in education for more than 30 years. It is rarely effective
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We got the call and Ofsted is coming tomorrow! I am preparing myself by going to my usual Zumba and yoga classes. I will teach exactly the way I teach every day. I am 100% transparent!
@Ofstednews
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My friend’s sister is a private nanny for a rich kid: private jets, chauffeur etc… she earns £80K a year for 1 kid to take care of. I am earning half that for up to 30 kids per class with no perks…. I chose the wrong job
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The elephant in the room about school behaviour is poverty. In rich schools, there is less difficult behaviour. Once we acknowledge it we can solve the issue of poverty. It starts with capitalism though…
#Schoolfight
#poverty
#inequality
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Now all FReNCH teachers should a do a minimum of 4 lessons on Josephine Baker this October. She is a great woman and will be the first black woman at the Pantheon. I will prepare a PP. if you want a copy, message me
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@22_Lex_kate
If men gave birth maternity leave would start with morning sickness and they would get a year of parental leave
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Behaviour in school will improve when parents understand that the children need to do the work not the teacher. A teacher teaches, but does not spoonfeed nor parent a child!
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@carlyhcooper
I hear you. If men were pregnant they would have “paternity” leave starting with the first nausea. The way we treat women is appalling
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2 Y11 girls, nice students but predicted a 3 grade. Head of MFL asks them if they plan to revise for the next 40 days. They say no. Can we talk about student personal engagement and apathy in the UK?
#edutwitter
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The Brexit effect. Miles of this on the way to Dover. And these stupid people who voted for it!
#brexitshambles
#BrexitHasFailed
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Dear teachers, don’t tell students to stop talking in their mother tongue in the school. Encourage them to teach you greetings in their home language instead.
#inclusion
#inclusive
#decolonise
#AssociationforLanguageLearning
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I had a great teaching day today. A lot of disruptive kids were either absent, excluded or in refocus room. We had a great time, listened to Annie Corey’s chaud cacao song and learnt a lot. Disruption is what kills the love of teaching
#teaching
#teachersoftwitter
#edutwitter
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@La_Biologuita
We had a student murdered (London stabbing). The day after his friend had a mock exam. I asked him if he wanted to postpone it. He said no and he did his mock. I was so surprised because that boy often truanted. But on that tragic day he chose to soldier on
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@RogersHistory
Exactly. I will say it out loud. Attendance is a parent’s responsibility. The school can record it but schools should not be blamed for it. Unless the kid is too scared to attend school due to building… which happens
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Started a new job non teaching job this month. My line manager told me she was happy with my work so far. It feels great to do something different than teaching
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@lifeatthenest
I have a student like that! He loves TFL and 1970’s Eurovision. Pops in every day for a chat. He asked me to sing with him at the summer concert. His choice: A German Eurovision song… I don’t speak German!
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Today I am not striking… in accordance with my NEU representative I will go in school and do the speaking exams for my students. Because teachers want a good education for their students. I will support strikers though
#teacherstrikes
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@SoniaSulaiman
Only an alien invasion would show the West how it feels to have your land, system of beliefs and culture swept under your feet. Your legitimacy denied, your voice ignored.
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@provokedpedago1
Yes! I am obviously not meeting their inner need of self-expression and I am a bad person because I did not smile and offer them to come and do a drawing in my room with rainbows and unicorns
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@MrsGoodchild1
I spend less than £60 Pee child as well and buy from charity shops. Buying more plastic is not a show of love it is a capitalist endeavour. Don’t keep up with the Joneses. Just love your children.
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@LTeacher123
In Denmark, university education is free. Students receive up to £500 per month to support them while studying. It is called: socialism
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@SnotSurgeon
My daughter speaks 5 languages, plays violin and joined a demanding contemporary dance program. Also starting piano lessons. Her brother plays video games! He says: “don’t compare!”
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@CHC_1927
For diversity’s sake, I would add
These beautiful actors from China and Japan
Tony Leung Ka Fai and Tadanobu Asano
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@MissDSays
The monarchy is about preserving a class divided society. Helping the homeless would contradict this.
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@Frogerta
@ursala_yacoob
@fsareshwala
@ZahraBilloo
@SouthwestAir
Only repercussions will eradicate racism
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@lisa_iannattone
In Denmark and Poland one needs to be a citizen to buy a house. In Denmark there are strict regulations on second home ownership.
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@davelevitan
Greta Thunberg was pretty clear about the situation but being a female teenager people laughed at her and called her hysterical
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@MichaelRosenYes
Anyone with common sense knew that no mitigation in schools, no face mask and no reduced timetabling would create the perfect conditions for a wave
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@RogersHistory
Too many people strongly believe that making children behave in a respectful way is harmful to them or against their rights. We forgot that rights go hand in hand with duties
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@jimmykimmel
The cancer isn’t just Trump but the 70 million people who voted for him second time round
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A teacher from my kids’ primary school passed away of cancer aged 33 last weekend. Life is fleeting, we need to take good care of ourselves and each other
#Wellbeing
#KindnessMatters
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@RogersHistory
The reason why we give credit and leadership roles to inefficient leaders is because we misjudge what a great leader looks like. A great leader is efficient, empathetic, honest, truthful and moral. But we keep putting toxic men in positions of power: Trump, BJ, Putin
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@OliverRMills
Wait until they are teenagers and you deal with vaping, mugging, partying and school work
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@RogersHistory
One Y7 said that to me yesterday. “Make your lessons more fun if you want me to learn”. I told him: “learning is not always fun. It is hard work. It is dedication, it is effort and perseverance.” He is very disruptive in class
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@oldandrewuk
How exhausting it is to try to bring knowledge to people who are not interested in it. It is both frustrating and physically draining.
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@neuroteachers
No. Some parents are obnoxious and would never speak to their boss the way they speak to us. Let’s stop pretending the level of abuse teachers get is excusable
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@uk_domain_names
What many people tell me is that the UK is a hub. Its economy relies on being a multimodal platform with movement and traffic at its core. I call it valuing money more than human beings.
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@KirstySedgman
I can’t believe he wrote that the women who gave him a bad sex award are “virgins”.... how cliche is that!
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Had a fabulous full day of teaching today. I sent a group email to congratulate the parents. It was a pleasure! Why? The difficult disruptive kids were absent or in refocus. It makes a HUGE difference
#disruption
#edutwitter
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The way some students treat staff in British schools is appalling. State schools are enabling aggression and disrespect on the a daily basis. I feel strongly about this. If we let it persist then we are complicit.
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@katimorris_h
@AlexSVenet
The issue is that many children have the melt down in the classroom and it disrupts everybody’s learning. If you have 3 or 5 doing that in lesson this becomes childcare and not teaching
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@Shivajihimself
I don’t understand how NHS staff can greet him when he comes in. I would turn my back to him
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@BMaywood
This woman would not last an hour if she came to do supply in my school. Now that’s a reality TV show I would watch: take education advisors and film them doing supply… hilarious
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Officially going part time from teaching next year. I am hoping to gain new skills and have more time to be a better teacher
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@theDRAMAgoat1
Education is not working because we allow children who are traumatised to inflict the consequences of their trauma onto others
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Why do school leaders insist on bringing a disruptive back to the classroom to let them be disruptive again? This is so dysfunctional
#edutwitter
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@naomicfisher
I never imagined all the crazy things that some of my students do! We had to ban pencil sharpeners. They dismantle them, take the blade off and insert it in a rubber. They use it to slice as a weapon… I feel a disconnect between people who work in schools and those who don’t.
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@MissWhite___
It is obvious. And completely ignore in teacher training or in behaviour manuals. Intersectionality also to be considered. And sexual harassment. Never mentioned in training yet very real for female teachers
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@garethkthomas
@Mr_Hayo99
They forgot the neglectful or abusive parents from the left to the right of the line
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@celinecelines
@district12kitty
Exactly! I never respected Megan’s choice to marry into the Royal family. She accepted an official televised ceremony. She could have chosen a private one with no press. That would have been more political as well as less attention grabbing
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@yascaoimhin
A single mother who works as a TA should be able to rent a 2 bed flat. On her salary. If not, rents are too high and her salary is too low
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Imagine a Zelensky coup d’état in Russia introducing democracy and human rights. That would be the first step towards denuclearisation
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This summer, I stop teaching on the 21 at of July and start my new office job on the 29th of July. Wish me strength…
#edutwitter
#teacher
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In my secondary state school: no mask allowed for students, strongly discouraged for staff. In my son’s private school: compulsory mask for staff and students....go figure
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@brassoteach
depending on your school, you target the lowest set, the middle or the high set. one teacher can't provide real differentiated learning for three different levels. And those who say they can should let me visit their classroom, I am curious to see it in action.
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@a_nother_tchr
Just shows! Apples and pears. I just love staying at home in my PJs and being able to log off and completely forget about school instantly
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@JessicaCalarco
In a sixth form college near me they have single sex maths and science lessons to increase girls’ confidence and interest in STEM
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Here is the googledrive link for MFL FReNCH teachers interested in teaching their students about Josephine Baker for BHM
#JosephineBaker
#BHM
#BLMUK
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@WhistleblowingT
I would strike. Because it is something we commit to. Change never happens with comfort….
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A behaviour consultant came to help us. Bearded male in his late 40’s. He stood silently at the back of the class. The children behaved beautifully. 4 of the difficult ones were absent. I bet the class will be described as “well-behaved.” 1)
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Today I had a student force entry to my room 3 times. I even had to lean against my door at one point. The student wanted a pen that someone had in my room. The student was wandering all day.
#behaviour
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Are you teaching your students a foreign language or are you preparing them for a language exam? This is a question I was asked by a colleague.
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Now if it had been a cover teacher, female and young, the children would have behaved differently. Do behaviour consultants take the gender bias into consideration? Children can feel that someone is here to “inspect” and they adapt 2)
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I am so fed up with students calling teachers racist when the teachers ask them to sit down and stop chatting. Racism is real! But they weaponise it at random and it does a disservice to us all.
#teachersoftwitter
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I have a lovely Y9 boy whose single mother can't afford to pay £450 for him to go to France on a school trip. He is a very high-deserving student on FSM. If you could donate a pound or two or just retweet, I would greatly appreciate it on his behalf.
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@mejessop
At 8 years old, in France, we had to do grammatical analysis of each word in a sentence: its nature (verb) its function and its link with the rest of the sentence. We also had reading tests to see how fast we could read and answer comprehension questions.
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@JujuliaGrace
@EveryDoctorUK
A Chinese assistant left my school in March 2020. She saw how people in the UK treated the health risks and panicked. She told me: “it’s crazy here, I am out. In China I will be safe because they take the virus seriously.” I agreed with her
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@E__5n_
Anyone who strikes to improve pay and working conditions is sacrificing their income to better the lives of all of us. Because happy workers lead better lives and well-paid people contribute to our economy. It is called: social progress
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@David_Challen
Thank you for raising this issue! Media peddle the narrative that abusive men are good guys who flipped. No! They are dangerous individuals and criminals. I am so sorry for your loss
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@RogersHistory
Another reason is that schools in wealthy areas are usually graded as outstanding just because the student cohort is easier to manage not because the teachers or SLT provide outstanding lessons or admin support
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At last, we are facing the truth about the teacher crisis...the children's behaviour is appaling and teachers are sometimes scared of their students
NASUWT Big Question Survey 2023 results published yesterday, report:
13% of members physically assaulted
19% threatened with physical assault
22% pushed/shoved
58% subjected to verbal abuse
48% did not think their school's behaviour policy was effective
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@LibraryLydia
In France people with arthritis or skin conditions (psoriasis) or asthma can get three weeks of spa treatment paid by the French NHS. It is called a “cure thermale”
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@RichardJMurphy
Famines are always political. It is a way of controlling people: Holodomor comes to mind
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@OwenJones84
@RishiSunak
Hé was serving people at Wagamama without wearing a mask. I thought that was disgusting
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@Miss_Snuffy
In Denmark children receive an education and teachers work reasonable hours. Why do British people equate long hours with efficiency? It beggars belief.
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Done! I will send it out tomorrow!
I hope Josephine Baker would be proud
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@RogersHistory
We have to monitor toilets due to poor behaviour:Setting fire to paper, vaping, hiding in cubicles, up to 8 girls in 1 cubicle! Filming themselves etc…. Parents complain we try to minimise toilet use during lesson time…. What’s a teacher to do!
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@theDRAMAgoat1
Victim blaming. The profession is highly feminised as well which might explain why female teachers are told to shut up and get on with it
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@damien_page
Have you ever visited a school canteen in the UK? I was shocked in 2004 when I saw fries, baked beans for £2.45. In France, kids get a three course meal… it was shocking.
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@GuardianEdu
Rich kids in private schools will still get 7 weeks. Are we slowly transforming state schools into workhouses.
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As a French citizen I just don’t get it. This is such an example of a nanny state! Why on earth do we ask teachers to do the job of neglectful parents?
Attendance and picking children up for school - a thread 🧵
Whilst I totally buy into the mindset of getting children to school at almost any cost, there is a stark reality to this that the people suggesting extreme measures (head teachers collecting) simply do not understand.
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