See I don't have a problem with teachers trying to bond with pupils at all ,by all means use popular culture to do it as long as a reasonable boundary is kept (think no sexual talk etc). Frankly it will be good for DC when they are at that stage as i can't bear reality crap.
However I do get frustrated with the poor me we have it worse than any other profession line. Seriously I work in Social care .....if teachers think they have it harder than the carers and managers I see working 90 hours a week to make sure people are able to get out of bed ,that services pass CQC inspection , that people get the medical care they need when services try to give up on them at 70 then they are delusional , several industries are struggling due to lack of money and overworked pressure not just teaching.
Teachers have it hard I agree ....but I've seen so many comments claiming it's so much worse for them than other professions and it's not true. Lots of professions are hard and deal with cost cutting but I often see really quite entitled posts on here from teachers that I do think...damn half my care managers would kill to have that issue.
I fully admit though part of my frustration is ds1 has been at a school ( I fully accept it is this particular school not all) where the teachers and staff have massively overstepped with several children and become controlling to parents to fit their idea of what children should do at home. It's become an issue for several parents.
I see on here claims that teachers don't have time to do xyz which is not always the case I've seen it myself. That they spend time on things that have caused several parents serious stress and concern and this has genuinely been the teacher rather than management ( when my turn came to get it I successfully challenged with senior management who had little idea and it was all sorted out ). Other parents were not so lucky and have been horribly impacted by teachers putting their own views in parenting into the mix without the necessary qualifications (think lack of in depth SEN knowledge and making arbitrary decisions ).
Ultimately I think it's about people ...theee are some genuinely brilliant hard working teachers who are being hammered by the system and they have my full support and empathy
However those that claim they are more hard done by than anyone else and people just don't unnnddserrstaaand are frustrating....no perhaps I don't but do you understand how it feels to work 90 hours a week and have to make a judgement call daily about calling an ambulance or a doctor that may lead to someone's I'll health worsening and them passing? Then cleaning up afterwards and going to the next 5 clients? No, how about desperately arguing that someone doesn't need palliative care and if they are put on it it will become a self fulfilling prophecy and they will die for no reason In a couple of weeks time ( because I had that discussion a month ago and lost....guess what happened)
I love my industry and I accept it's hard and has got much harder due to regulations and lack of money but I chose it ....i don't believe we have it harder than all other industries it's just different. If all of us in teaching and social care and councils could all accept we all have challenges , it's not just us or you , I suspect the communication between us all whether professionally or about our DC would go a lot smoother.