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Life is better today but the ‘Yuff’are unfgrateful

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H2O2hair · 19/10/2018 22:01

As a teacher I am probably a bit biased but maybe more informed.

The generation of today don’t know hardship. Sometimes for the better as there but sometimes I feel not,it does make kids entitled.

I work in a leafy suburb school.

It’s a battle to get kids to shut up to learn. They eventually do but its a battle.

They flout school rules as you watch them ,such as a one way system.

They don’t bring their ownequipment and break yours. Snap rulers, pens and throw them at each other. Glue , glue sticks to
the wall

Bins don’t exist

They ask me why I wear the same dress every week. Lots of personal commenst.

They try to sit on my seat and log onto the computer and search records.

Many more.

Did we do this as kids? I certainly didn’t . Bet half of parents don’t realise the poor listening skills and behaviour of their children.
AIBU

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Tirednessandmoretiredness · 19/10/2018 22:04

There have always been kids like that. There certainly were in my school growing up and that was a long time ago now.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 19/10/2018 22:04

Aristotle quote anyone...?

runoutofnamestochoosefrom · 19/10/2018 22:06

What's with the "yuff"? Hmm

Mammylamb · 19/10/2018 22:06

Sinister that was exactly what I was thinking.

DieAntword · 19/10/2018 22:07

So uh totally ot here but ...how do you pronounce “yuff”?

WorraLiberty · 19/10/2018 22:07

If you think today's generation 'don't know hardship', you should probably teach in some inner city schools for a while.

The level of child poverty is sickening and certainly an eye opener.

I'm 49 and went to a strict Catholic school, but the kids would be have like that if they thought the teacher couldn't control the class.

It was mostly student and agency teachers who suffered.

WorraLiberty · 19/10/2018 22:08

*behave

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runoutofnamestochoosefrom · 19/10/2018 22:09

There is a lot of pressure on them though, I think we can agree on that. Doesn't excuse their behaviour, but maybe they're just feeling overstretched?

DieAntword · 19/10/2018 22:09

When I was in school several teachers quit in tears after having nervous breakdowns in class.

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H2O2hair · 19/10/2018 22:09

Teach gor a week, it’s soul destroying.

Aristotle not needed.

Would love the general public to teach for a week. Then complain.

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ExFury · 19/10/2018 22:10

And many adults don’t have a clue of the hardships the “yuff” of today.

Child poverty is high. The pressures of social media and the media in general make me very glad I’m not a teenage girl now

TheNavigator · 19/10/2018 22:12

So you have discipline problems- maybe teaching isn't for you? Good teachers can inspire children, regardless of their background. My DH works with the most troubled young people - they listen to him because he can teach well.

runoutofnamestochoosefrom · 19/10/2018 22:13

Child poverty is high. The pressures of social media and the media in general make me very glad I’m not a teenage girl now

I agree, they have a lot of pressure to keep up with their peers, not helped by people like you labelling their entire generation with a pathetic little nickname (what even is "yuff"?!) and ignoring the ones that do behave. It's always been this way but it's becoming more and more apparent, it makes me quite sad to see it.

Evvvve · 19/10/2018 22:21

I'm a teacher and I aways get a bit sad for teens who all get tarred with the same brush of 'this generation is x, y, z'. Every previous generation have said: 'in my day we would have never dreamed of behaving as the youth of today do' . It's a right of passage of getting older I think and we do tend to look back on our younger days with Rose tinted glasses. I think the current teen generation has it more difficult than most modern day generations thanks to a rise in smartphones and social media over exposure, I'm grateful I'm not a teenager in 2018, I don't know that I'd cope too well with so much constant pressure. I'm not excusing bad behaviours, I'm saying there has always been bad behaviour from many teens but they also have a lot more to contend with then we did.

corythatwas · 19/10/2018 22:22

Hard to believe that a teacher can be so ignorant as to not know that there is an awful lot of child poverty around. Also that the cuts in the NHS/welfare affect disabled children, children with chronic health conditions, and children with MH problems. Poor ones in particular, of course. Not to mention that cuts to welfare which affect sick and disabled adults have a knock-on effect on their children: many children are now having to take over as the family carer because there is no external support.

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H2O2hair · 19/10/2018 22:22

So you have discipline problems- maybe teaching isn't for you? Good teachers can inspire children, regardless of their background. My DH works with the most troubled young people - they listen to him because he can teach well.

Not at all! This is school wide.
What does dh teach? It is not that simple as most core subject teachers agree. You are naive at best.

There are alot of wonderful children. However, a lot seem chatty and arrogant.

Today one burst in the staffroom, asking a question, then burst in again,
asking which teacher had shouted not to barge in the staff room without knocking!

Would this happen to dh?

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DieAntword · 19/10/2018 22:25

Teenagers are arrogant generally and regardless of generation because they don’t have enough life experience yet to know their limitations.

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H2O2hair · 19/10/2018 22:27

Hard to believe that a teacher can be so ignorant as to not know that there is an awful lot of child poverty around. Also that the cuts in the NHS/welfare affect disabled children, children with chronic health conditions, and children with MH problems. Poor ones in particular, of course. Not to mention that cuts to welfare which affect sick and disabled adults have a knock-on effect on their children: many children are now having to take over as the family carer because there is no external support.

Dear me!! I am
Not saying that! A lot of children don’t break rulers and pens and chuck them at each other. I have seen many a child In poverty at my last school. They did not behave as bad ad my current ‘good’ school.

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MardyArabella · 19/10/2018 22:31

I remember a teacher at school once saying to my class (14/15 year olds) “none of you have ever experienced any serious issues in your life”

At the time I remember wanting to say “how the fuck would you know”

Laiste · 19/10/2018 22:31

It's pretty extreme when you have children bursting in the staff room. What do you do, mop and bucket?

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H2O2hair · 19/10/2018 22:32

Yuff was tongue in cheek!

I am at the end of my tether at the amount of equipment that has been destroyed this week!

It should not happen.

Maybe I was just a good kid.

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AgnesBrownsCat · 19/10/2018 22:33

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AgnesBrownsCat · 19/10/2018 22:35

Can you lock the equipment away ? I’d be tempted to bill the parents .

DieAntword · 19/10/2018 22:36

When I was a teenager we called chemistry “kleptomania class” and stole ...for some weird reason (think we liked the colour) large quantities of potassium permanganate.