Mr C
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If that is true, then it's very worrying.
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Educating the Youth of Today
- Thread starter Mendoza
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Better late than never!! My littlun starts school in September and i just hope he gets some good teachers as they do make a difference!
Think of all the satisfaction you will get from doing it as a job!!
turienzo's lovechild
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- Oct 25, 2003
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sounds about right sadly
i was going to say that they would care more about her having an understanding of shakespeare, as it would help her pass exams, BUT it dawned on me that having poor spelling and grammar CAN cost you in assesment, especially if she intends on going onto higher education
VERY short sighted by that teacher in my view
Sajerz
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Did anyone see the Miller and Armstrong show?
The teacher adverts
YouTube - Armstrong and Miller be a teacher-failed in the real world
The teacher adverts
YouTube - Armstrong and Miller be a teacher-failed in the real world
Jam The Man
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My favourite is still the story about the two chavs chatting at a railway station along the lines of..
"I'm bored, let's go nick a dog"
"I'm bored, let's go nick a dog"
I'm going to be a teacher
Thats great news. Working with kids, contrary to popular belief, is great fun and hugely rewarding. Good luck, Im sure it'll be a great decision. (You couldn't give some on here an English lesson while you're at it could you?)
Bad Ash
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I thought teachers only specialised in subjects at secondary school?
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Unfortunatly, I believe that in years to come, text language will be officially part of the English Dictionary 
To be honest though, schools these days are not doing enough to encourage children to use proper English.
When I was at secondary school (which I only left 3 years ago), we were being taught about Shakespeare and poems of which both use Old English which very little is used today, of course we should be learning about these things but too much time is being spent on these instead of learning about modern day literature.
Learning about Shakespeare and poems is not going to help many people in their careers in future life.
I still think we should be seeing more things like this, albiet minus the squirrel.
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To be honest though, schools these days are not doing enough to encourage children to use proper English.
When I was at secondary school (which I only left 3 years ago), we were being taught about Shakespeare and poems of which both use Old English which very little is used today, of course we should be learning about these things but too much time is being spent on these instead of learning about modern day literature.
Learning about Shakespeare and poems is not going to help many people in their careers in future life.
I still think we should be seeing more things like this, albiet minus the squirrel.
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- Jan 7, 2006
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My dad was being sarcastic you muppets
your opinion would be valid...however i lose a lot of respect for it considering you list your favourite international teams as holland and argentina. follow your ruddy country, wots wrong with england you lunatic. that is all.
Seagullible
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They do.
I did say PROBABLY Primary.
I can still teach at a Primary School whilst being mainly an English Teacher though. They do have subject specialists.
Nibble
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- Jan 3, 2007
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Good on you. Primary Schools are crying out for more male teachers. Good luck.
Collar Feeler
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- Jul 26, 2003
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Bad grammar, spelling and punctuation are not the exclusive domain of chavs however. The young student officers I tutor are mainly fresh out of university and you would think that they would be fairly clued up. Alas the standard of english language skills are often shockingly poor. I send them off to take statements from victims, witnesses etc and often find myself wincing with embarassment when I read the statements and incident reports they submit.
Even more worrying is that I was told recently that the benchmark standard for officers wishing to join has been significantly lowered as we are struggling to recruit adequately skilled candidates. Many of those skilled and often older more experienced people who would previously have applied to join are being put off by the University based probationer training. The end result is that we now only seem to be recruiting kids aged 19-24 with no-one with any life experience.
Even more worrying is that I was told recently that the benchmark standard for officers wishing to join has been significantly lowered as we are struggling to recruit adequately skilled candidates. Many of those skilled and often older more experienced people who would previously have applied to join are being put off by the University based probationer training. The end result is that we now only seem to be recruiting kids aged 19-24 with no-one with any life experience.
Mendoza
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Its not just bad grammar, spelling and punctuation though. It seems to be a lot of lifes basic skills, and things that I think should just be common knowledge.
A while back, a few girls on the bus to work were going to college in Lewes. The bus got stuck in a traffic jam outside Lewes prison, and above it, is a flag flying in the wind. So the girls had a discussion about which flag it was.
The first girl put the question to the group, which flag is it?
A second girl said it is the English flag.
Another of the girls told her she was wrong, as her dad has an England flag and it is just red and white.
So they all agreed they didnt know which flag it was as it had blue on it.
I looked up to see what the fuss was about, it was the Union Jack.
I could see other people do the same as me, and try and stop laughing out loud.
I just wanted to shout at them, "Its the FCUKING UNION JACK"
A while back, a few girls on the bus to work were going to college in Lewes. The bus got stuck in a traffic jam outside Lewes prison, and above it, is a flag flying in the wind. So the girls had a discussion about which flag it was.
The first girl put the question to the group, which flag is it?
A second girl said it is the English flag.
Another of the girls told her she was wrong, as her dad has an England flag and it is just red and white.
So they all agreed they didnt know which flag it was as it had blue on it.
I looked up to see what the fuss was about, it was the Union Jack.
I could see other people do the same as me, and try and stop laughing out loud.
I just wanted to shout at them, "Its the FCUKING UNION JACK"
Man of Harveys
Well-known member
How much do newly-qualified teachers get PAID, roughly?
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
Not sure about primary teachers, but for secondary it's about £21k.
Union FLAG. It's only the Union Jack if it's flown from a ship.
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
Not according to wikipedia (or rather, not historically).
Union Flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interestingly though, the flag institute (yes, there is such a place) says that civilian ships are not allowed to fly the Union Jack; they need to fly a version with a white border apparently.
British flags
N.B. I'm quite prepared to be proved wrong on the first point; I know wikipedia is a crap source!