Have namechanged incase I am recognised.
I am a primary school teacher and did really well at college and reasonably well in all previous posts. Now I am really struggling and feel like giving it up.
I have a part-time post and take a mixed age class for 2 days a week. There are a group of boys in the class who show no respect for me and are making my life miserable. I cannot maintain the pace of my lessons because of them and constantly have to battle to hold their attention, deal with shouting out etc. My colleague says they are not like that with her although she does admit they are not perfect either. I dread whole class times and lessons like drama where they continually disrupt the lesson.
I am feeling so anxious about the whole situation - totally frazzled at the end of the day and spend my days off worrying about the whole thing.
Is there anyway to regain lost respect?
If I walk away will I regret it and feel like a failure? (I know you can't tell me the answer here but want to know what you think)
I will be back shortly after DCs' bedtimes.
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ConsiderTheArmchair · 21/09/2009 19:37
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