Unruly children pushing teachers out of school system – Teacher
“Parents have to get a grip of their parenting responsibilities or the system will continue to go down the drain. I am considering leaving after this many years for a better salary and because I can no longer put up with the behaviour of many children in the system today. I have many colleagues in the system who have the same challenges but just leaving and not saying because they are afraid of the victimisation in entering other job markets,” said a High School teacher.
The teacher was at the time engaged in an exclusive interview with this news site as she tried to give her view as it relates to the root of most of the challenges the school system is faced with, especially when it comes to the behaviour of students.
According to the teacher, she has a passion for children and knows they can do better with a little more attention from their home circle. “So often we hear the Ministers and everyone urging the children to do more, do more but what is said less is the need for parents to pick up on their roles as parents.”
“There is a communication disconnect between the generation of children in the school of today and the older people and because of this there is a breakdown in the rearing of our children in a way that would make them understand that they have to do things in a certain way,” she added.
Lack of respect for authority
The teacher, because of her seniority in the education system, asked not to be named in this article. She said it has been her observation over the past years that one of the problems that teachers have to face with students is that of them following instructions.
“Children in this country do not follow instructions and I get the impression it is because parents generally don’t really impose on them the authority that they need to and, because children are not socialised to follow instructions and respect authority, they come into the school and do not like to be given instructions and they have a lot of resentment to figures of authority.”
“Secondly, there is this breakdown in rearing your children in a way that would make them understand that they have to do certain things.’
According to the teacher it is her view that the problems being faced in society is that it’s transforming into a ‘Modern day’ kind. “The typical grandparent, the local people they are dealing with a situation where they are dealing with children who they cannot control, and technology has a lot to do with it,” said the teacher
She is of the view parents are guilty of putting a lot of technology into the hands of their children from a very early age and they have now become acquainted with values and systems which are far removed from what the older people are comfortable with.
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27 Responses to “Unruly children pushing teachers out of school system – Teacher”
On the other hand, some teachers in the school system are stuck in 1982 or perhaps 1934; meaning, they are stuck in the long ago teaching strategy/approach "chalk and talk." Making learning fun for students by creating student centered lesson takes the same amount of time or even less as creating dull lessons. It has been proven that student centered lessons decreases misbehavior in the classrooms since the students are eagerly involved. "Chalk and Talk" simply cannot cut it in this day and age thus, it is imperative that teachers find other means of reaching out to students through technology, kinetic lessons, song, puppetry, aid and so forth, hence, this tend to improve students level of creativity when it comes to in class presentations as well..
REGARDLESS of what teaching methods are employed, our children must be taught to have manners, behave in class, do their work, pay attention and show some respect to their teachers and other classmates.
I don't care if they are using chalk and talk or 3D printers! It is the job of the student to learn as best they can with what they have. It is not the school's job or the teacher's job to ENTERTAIN your child. It is their job to teach and it is your kid's job is to learn.
The problem with both children and parents today is their sense of entitlement. I agree that some teachers could do better. That is true in every job in the world, but I pretty sure that singing and puppetry are not part of their job description!
Sit down, be quiet, do as you are told, crack open the book or the laptop or whatever it is you have in front of you and LEARN!
to and pick up. It sucks to be a teacher under the leadership of this government. The only good thing IS the kids. This was the worst decision of my life!!
Am not saying that poor parenting does not play a part in some of these kids actions but some teachers need to learn the following :
1. How to make the lessons entertaining yes entertaining and not dragged out, thus eliminating some of the behaviour issues.
2. How to love kids even though they are not physically your own as some of these teachers have no love in their hearts for kids so they have little positive interactions with them which create hostile environment for themselves and their students.
3. Know how to interact respectfully with their peers so that the kids can emulate positive behaviors. How do you expect the student to relate to you well if you can't even relate positively with your peers and or parents.
I could continue but I will stop there. The bottom line is dome of these teachers are heartless and when kids pick up on these things they often rebel.
The conditions that exist in our schools and educational system did not just begin under the present government. The negative attitudes displayed by students did not just begin under the present government. There is plenty of blame to be shared by all (and not only politicians). My question is, what will we as a country do about it? Will we continue to blame politicians and political parties or are we going to have discussions with the teachers, who are constantly under fire (from students, parents, to their administrators etc.) but somehow manage to consistently produce students who excel both regionally and internationally, to find out what their needs and how they can be helped?
A government cannot do everything and if we believe that educating our people is the key to the continued success of these islands then we have to stop criticizing without knowing the facts and put our money and resources where they will make a difference. Maybe if the students were experiencing life in a country that by its words and actions showed that education was of the utmost importance and vital to our survival and success, they would be eager to learn and many of the negative attitudes that they display would be lessened.
Here's an idea - Let us support our teachers and our schools. Let us help those parents who are not managing well. Let us help our young people to understand that not being well-educated will put them at a distinct disadvantage in this world. Let us stop pointing fingers and look to ourselves and see what we can do. We cannot change the past but we can certainly make a difference now and impact positively on our future.
Choose Student Patrols if there are no police or monitors on campus. The patrols will report students to the council. The patrols will wear a bright orange vest for example so they are easily recognized. During lunchtime especially.
Teachers should have a system among themselves wherein they can send an unruly child with a note to another classroom for a timeout; it's more embarrassing than sending them to the office, again, because their peers in the room next door now know they have been kicked out. The Student Disiplinary Council will make recommendations.
Also, teachers must get to know each student individually. Have the students write an autobiography of their lives from birth to now outlining all their experiences. You will be surprised at what they will write especially if you have them email it to you and assure them no one else will read it.
This will help you to understand why some of them are the way they are.....trust me.
unruly. I know there are great teachers out there but there are others parading as teachers when it's just a job to collect a salary for them. That's all am saying.