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THE TEACHER MON TO THUR CH5 9pm. TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

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Blondeshavemorefun · 28/01/2022 19:37

Been looking forward to this. Great reviews

Sheridan smith plays teacher Jenna whose life is turned upside down when accused of a sexual encounter with a teen pupil Kyle

Drunk when the incident allegedly happened Jenna can’t remember what happened

4 parter, on every night this week

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Theblacksheepandme · 31/01/2022 22:03

EmilyEmmabob

I'm enjoying it so far, but...

She's just been handed her mock exam grades, who marked those then?

I'm a teacher, sorry.

Would a female teacher have inappropriate behaviour like that?

lazymum99 · 31/01/2022 22:05

@Theblacksheepandme

EmilyEmmabob

I'm enjoying it so far, but...

She's just been handed her mock exam grades, who marked those then?

I'm a teacher, sorry.

Would a female teacher have inappropriate behaviour like that?

What do you mean?
goteam · 31/01/2022 22:06

@Fairyliz don't you remember the awful Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps? I think that might have been comedy, it was hard to tell.

blyn72 · 31/01/2022 22:06

I didn't find it as interesting as I thought I would, it didn't grip me. How bizarre that she doesn't remember anything. I like Sheridan Smith but thought she looked dreadful in that role tonight and it is unlike me to pay too much attention to how people look.

Theblacksheepandme · 31/01/2022 22:08

lazymum99
Do you not think she's acting completely inappropriate and unprofessional at school?

redbigbananafeet · 31/01/2022 22:09

@Theblacksheepandme

lazymum99 Do you not think she's acting completely inappropriate and unprofessional at school?
I think that's clear to everyone. You don't have to be a teacher to know she's being inappropriate. That's kind of the point of the show
Theblacksheepandme · 31/01/2022 22:10

When he had a nose bleed and touching his face was weird. Touching him in the classroom.

Theblacksheepandme · 31/01/2022 22:13

redbigbananafeet
Oh FFS I asked a teacher if a teacher would actually act like that?

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Blondeshavemorefun · 31/01/2022 22:17

Well with that messsge left on her phone she needs to let police hear it

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Blondeshavemorefun · 31/01/2022 22:18

@lazymum99

They are in gcse year. He could easily be 15. She must be mid to late 30s. But whatever age she is in a position of authority.
But he got into the club and was drinking

Unless fake id

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Theblacksheepandme · 31/01/2022 22:18

redbigbananafeet
Would a female teacher have inappropriate behaviour like that?

The above was my initial question which I asked lazymum99. She is a teacher and my question was aimed at a teacher as they would only have the answer to my question or perhaps someone that works in a school.

Mistressiggi · 31/01/2022 22:21

Hmm, it was blurry in the toilets true but going into the toilet together even without sex is entirely inappropriate and would likely lead to be struck off (where I am) even if not a police matter.
Perhaps she was drugged/Kyle is the poison email sender/ clutching a straws here!

the80sweregreat · 31/01/2022 22:21

I bet she won't give the phone to the police ..although she should and she has been asked to hand it in

Theblacksheepandme · 31/01/2022 22:22

redbigbananafeet
I think that's clear to everyone. You don't have to be a teacher to know she's being inappropriate. That's kind of the point of the show

There is also no need to be so rude. Speaking to me like I don't understand the storyline is extremely patronising.

Mistressiggi · 31/01/2022 22:23

It's pointless to ask if a teacher would act like that - there are teachers who get sacked and who are guilty of crimes same as in any other job - if you mean would it be viewed as acceptable to act like that, no. Touching an injured pupil possibly, to help them.

Theblacksheepandme · 31/01/2022 22:24

I think the poison e-mails is from the young girl with glasses that went up to her after class. Sorry I can't remember her name.

secretfreckle · 31/01/2022 22:25

I don't even know where to start with this.
What an absolute pile of tosh.
I'm a teacher.

refraction · 31/01/2022 22:27

@Theblacksheepandme

redbigbananafeet I think that's clear to everyone. You don't have to be a teacher to know she's being inappropriate. That's kind of the point of the show

There is also no need to be so rude. Speaking to me like I don't understand the storyline is extremely patronising.

To be fair your question puzzled me.

Like asking a police woman/man if the behaviour of a bent copper in line of duty is normal?Confused

Puffalicious · 31/01/2022 22:29

@Lanique

I can imagine there are a lot of RL teachers watching this and thinking WTAF?! 🤦‍♀️
I can't bear to watch it as I'll just scream at the TV how unrealistic it is. I'm also an English teacher.

Secondly, I cant stand SS: she totally loves herself.

Puffalicious · 31/01/2022 22:32

@secretfreckle

I don't even know where to start with this. What an absolute pile of tosh. I'm a teacher.
See, I suspected this would be the case.
TopsieGreenwood · 31/01/2022 22:32

I'm wondering if it was originally going to be a programme about a state school, but then they decided it would be easier to socially distance in a huge school, so they called it a private school with Kyle as a scholarship boy.

ClariceQuiff · 31/01/2022 22:32

@Theblacksheepandme

I think the poison e-mails is from the young girl with glasses that went up to her after class. Sorry I can't remember her name.
Yes, there must have been a reason for that brief scene.
Andacherryonthetop · 31/01/2022 22:36

I was really looking forward to this but not massively impressed. Maybe it’ll get better. Why was her solicitor so shit? And so far although I’m only a primary school teacher, I can see it’s quite unrealistic of school life.

VioletLemon · 31/01/2022 22:36

None I've seen.

redbigbananafeet · 31/01/2022 22:37

@Theblacksheepandme

redbigbananafeet Oh FFS I asked a teacher if a teacher would actually act like that?
I am a teacher. No.