Teacher Shortage Getting Worse! Noooo, I Wonder Why!

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39028840

[Mamyalynne]

I think they got bored with the long intro.

[EDDIE51]

There have always those teachers who can control a class and those who can't. I remember from my school days that some teachers just had the knack of controlling the class with no apparent effort and some who were useless at it.I don't think it can be learned you either have it or you don't.

[bednobs]

"it's amazing how many on here seem to know more than an ex teacher like yourself JD."

you for example - most other respondents are saying they dont know

[zebo]

I'm 12 years away from the chalkface, High School Head of Maths so my current knowledge comes from my son-in-law, a Deputy Head. He loves teaching and has won national awards as a Physics teacher but the extraneous workload is out of control. I concede that ticking and giving a mark was a poor way of marking, they only looked at the mark but the current methods seems so time-consuming, multi-coloured comments and responses. The exam system seems to change every few years or so with all the implications for changing work schemes. As far as discipline is concerned I used to have a motto, 'Discipline is what other people's children need. Parents you never see are the ones with the badly behaved children generally, unless they want to complain about their darling's rights being abused.
I left 12 years ago because we were at the stage where I could afford to leave and take an early reduced pension but sometimes I miss it. To see the light go on in the eyes of a struggling child is wonderful.

[mikey4444]

There will be lots of reasons why Teachers leave the profession and there will also be loots of reasons why Graduates are not attracted to teaching in the first place.

TTT....its time to put up or shut up.

[ummmm]

I think some people think teaching is a cushty job with all the holidays. They soon realise it's far from it.

My mate is a teacher and she works long hours.

[youngmafbog]

Depends what 'long hours' is. You should see what hours many work in the City, many on 24*7 call. Teachers dont have that.

I also suspect that the ones that are working long hours are the poor *** with proper subjects like Mathematic, Physics and the like to teach. I doubt those in the fluffy subjects spend long hours (unless you count marches and Union meetings in the hours).

I happen to know a couple of people who gave up because the disciple was the final straw, and in one case it was as TTT points out the discipline of the parents more than the child.

[Tilly2]

I'm biting my tongue here but I have to go out now so I'll keep it bitten.