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[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

Our school is running a pilot scheme for Key Stage 3 exams. Today is the first batch of those exams, so we've got all of year 9 (aged 13/14) in IT rooms running this new software we've got for it. Each of the four of us has been allocated a classroom to make sure there're no technical problems etc. All well and good, we expected teething problems, and were prepeared for that. What we (or at least me) were unprepared for was the abuse we'd be getting from the little angels. I''ve been called fat, told I'm not qualified to do my job, and been told to "fuck off", "piss off" and been called a "fucking idiot". The last three were all by the same student. An incident report will be raised. I am not prepared to put up with that.

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[cirobi.livejournal.com]

wow... it never ceases to amaze me just how obnoxious and rude some students are...

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

They learn it from their parents. Unfortunately.

[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

Ditto the lack of discipline. Bleh.

[cirobi.livejournal.com]

true. =( i wish more parents would take responsibility for the behavior of their children.

[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

And woirryingly, they're getting worse. Even a couple of years ago, a kid saying that to a member of staff would have been on an external suspension immediately. We're not allowed to do that any more :\

[cirobi.livejournal.com]

you're not?! that's rediculous! i remember when i was in high school, if you were caught cussing you immediately had after-school detention and if you were an even worse troublemaker you got at least an in-school detention. *sigh* i have a lot of respect for those working in grade schools because of how awful students are.

[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

Same when I was at school (although it depresses me to think of how many years ago that was!). We didn't get away with a thing - and rightly so. I could never be a teacher - I'd be committing murder by the end of the first week. Thank God for lockable office doors and iPods!

[cirobi.livejournal.com]

haha, i hear ya. my mom has always told me i'd make a great teacher. i do enjoy teaching people new things. there's a certain satisfaction to being able to help someone learn something new. but damn, i'd have to at least be a college professor to survive. i couldn't deal with grade schoolers. i'd get in trouble for having some toy on my desk named "mr stabby" and being tempted to use it on the most wretched miscreants.

i definitely prefer stupid end users as sad as that may be

[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

Mr Stabby? Genius! I must get one...

[cirobi.livejournal.com]

hehe, they make plenty of realistic toy weapons these days complete with lights and sounds because no child can be bothered with their own imagination for such things! (found this disturbing observation while finding a prop for a basic film and video class i took last term)

[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Good point. I wonder if I've still got that lightsaber....