11 years as a Phys Ed Teacher, I got sacked yesterday for being too strict I thought Id feel awful, as negative feedback usually does, but instead the heavens opened up. There is a demonic premise in which post modern education is predicated - "There is a reason for a child to do bad, we just need to understand." This does not highlight the children raised in developing and war torn countries who still show respect and do good, neither does it address the privileged wealthy brats. The amount of resources that go into pandering around this premise as children play on it will spark the destruction of society. Thank you for your great work. May Christ be upon you. I'd love to hear your response.
On one hand I want to say “sorry for losing your teaching job” and on the other hand I want to say “CONGRATULATIONS for losing your teaching job” haha there is nothing quite like it is there, just having that mountain of pressure released as if it was never there. Magical moment, nothing compares! And I absolutely agree, I even mention in episode 2 that it was the teacher unions that opposed the suggestion that some kids are just badly behaved. They were outraged because they didn’t consider the socioeconomic status of the child. Meanwhile, my family comes from a poor part of Egypt and whenever I go there, I am just flooded with peace, love, generosity, hospitality, goodwill, and respect. Conversely, like you said, the richer kids are rarely the nice ones, they’re impossibly arrogant and rude in a lot of cases. I’m glad you enjoyed the series! Thank you for your kind words and blessing! May God bless you on your new adventure!
Thanks for this channel. Education is in a terrible state in the UK. After Covid teaching in state schools is near impossible at times. I agree with all of your ideas. It is not a job for life anymore.
You're welcome! I agree 100%, it isn't rewarding teaching in the UK, but outside of this one tiny island I have found great fulfilment from educating the youth. It is such a shame what has happened to this once great country.
At last! Over the last two weeks I've been looking everywhere for Episode 4. As to your suggested solutions, the first one to implement is the obvious one - SCRAP OFSTED. The stated purpose of OFSTED when it was founded in 1992 was to help parents choose the right school. But today in 2024 exam results , social media comments and a personal visit to the school are all parents need. OFSTED is simply irrelevant and its influence is wholly malign. Don't try to reform it, abolish it completely.
Agree with you regarding Ofsted... as a parent to a child with complex SEMH and ADHD (he was sexually harmed as a child, which has caused us all irreparable trauma) ... he is one of THOSE kids that can't regulate in a mainstream setting, but is excelling in alternative provision (learning trades whilst getting home tutoring for his essential English and Maths) ... he was acdtually SENT HOME when Ofsted were coming in to inspect his mainstream school! It's all a paperwork exercise and the children with needs are hidden! These children aren't inherintly born or parented to be 'badly behaved' .. Trauma is REAL and Ofsted is just a paperwork exercise!
@carterd8266 I’m sorry it took so long! Life got in the way and found myself with less and less time to edit, but thank you for watching and waiting! I’m glad you agree with my first solution, you can’t allow them to even attempt to improve, reform, rebrand or anything. They have to be dissolved completely until the only thing left is their budget.
@@degenerates1971 I am so sorry you had that experience, that is disgusting. The headteacher from the Educating Manchester series I use was accused of doing that, they call it off-rolling. That was the reason for the 2 year delay between filming and airing. I also love the way you described it, “it’s all a paperwork exercise and the children with needs are hidden”, perfectly put 👌
Why are you still there after 23 years? I work with disadvantaged families and find it blooming hard work, but have promised myself to transfer my skills elsewhere as soon as I feel jaded by the system?
@sshwinner6663 thank you! It wasn't easy, couldn't have done it without the support of my wife! Hope you find your way out of teaching! 23 years is far too long...
I don't find it valuable... I find it a whinge from a priveleged man who's heart isn't really into guiding and teaching young people unless they fit his idealism. The World is Not Ideal. So who really missed the learning opportunity? This man I believe.
The bad behaviour of our children today is learned and enabled by parents and society. Its not genetic as their grandparents would not have behaved this way.
It's far more complex than being enabled by parents... these parents you speak of were given a thick ear by their parents and grandparents! We have to live within English LAW around chastisement and so are all learning how to model the 'evidence based research' in parenting teens in a connective rather than corrective way.
Well that's NOT PC in England... we're NOT ALLOWED to embrace our Christianity in this Country anymore lol! No more school assembly, hymns or prayers... just hitting targets for Ofsted lol!
He is indeed. I am reminded of 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." - KJV God willing the UK changes, but without Christ, I can't ever see that happening. It is THAT far gone it needs a miracle to turn around.
Medical Aid is definitely one of the problems for these children! It takes on average 10 years for a child to be seen by a CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) Professional... most referrals by schools and other professionals are turned down, and the child isn't seen until they and their immediate community are at literal crisis point... by which time, the behaviours are so engrained in the child, they're likely to suffer poor outcomes as adults with ongoing mental health issues and not be productive members of society.
I can understand now after watching the video. These disruptive children will eventually grow up physically and will get jobs . Most likely they will run institutions like this , earn high salaries and destroy it in the due course of time. This explains why every UK institution is defunct when you consider the poor rubbish quality of their so called education system. Glad i left. I could never understand why the UK is so bad , until now. Thanks Rufaeel. I still have friends and relatives there and convincing them to move out .
Most of the children this ex teacher speaks of will become tradesmen or hairdressers or nursery workers.... there will be those that feel so disillusioned with society that they go the criminal route, where they feel a sense of belonging in a 'gang' and cause our communities severe harm. Mr Rufaeeel seems to think it is possible to fit a square peg into a circle shaped hole, and it's his rigid thinking that is really part of the problem too!
Thank you for your comment and you're welcome! I am glad you found it eye-opening. I really hope you can convince your family to move out, it will be such a big blessing to them if you do. I would suggest using the sources from episode 3 to do it, since it affects the general population more than the other episodes which focuses on teachers specifically. Hoepfully it will hammer home the rot they live in the UK. Britian is a sinking ship, they have a chance to get out now, maybe later it won't be so easy. I pray that you succeed in convincing them, I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
I’m a parent of a school refusing child, she was a high achiever and never misbehaved but one day in year 8 her anxiety was so severe she broke and she’s not been at school for nearly 2 years, she’s 14 and still suffering trauma from her secondary school days. The kids are kicking off but in a similar way so are the teachers, against ofsted. There’s a systematic lack of belief in leadership which spans teachers and kids. I have just started listening to your TH-cam with interest. I want to understand why secondary school gave my well behaving child severe trauma.
I'm sorry to hear your daughter has been facing such a hard time, but to be honest, I'm not at all surprised that secondary school in England crushed her spirit. If you've seen episode 2, you’ll know that students who excel are often targeted for it; I even show an example of a student applying for head girl, only to have her friends turn on her, harassing her anonymously through texts! And then there’s the reality that nearly every class in England is held hostage by students constantly hijacking the teacher's attention with their misbehaviour. Your daughter, a student who wants to succeed, finds herself blocked at every turn: she’s forced to wait while the teacher handles disruption, while also being judged by peers for taking her education seriously - and possibly even bullied for it. I used to call students like her “invisible,” the ones who sat quietly, pen in hand, eager to learn, only to become background noise to the chaos around them. It’s like going to a restaurant; even if there are 100 tables, your focus will always be drawn to the obnoxious one, while the courteous tables fade into the background. I know I’m speaking in broad strokes, but I strongly suspect this is exactly what your daughter experienced. To illustrate this, imagine you discover a passion for baking, enroll in baking school, and arrive excited to create, only to find your creativity and dedication mocked by peers. Class time is eaten up by food fights, noise, and chaos, thanks to students who chose baking because they thought it would be an easy ride. You spend most lessons just waiting for a calm that never comes. Rumours spread, texts roll in, mocking you and tearing down your passion. Would you want to keep going to baking school under those conditions? Honestly, I was the teacher, and I’d rather slap a tiger in the face while dressed in Lady Gaga's meat dress than step back into an English classroom!
@@MrRufaeel Oh my, thanks so much for the comprehensive reply, I think parents have no idea what's happening in schools today and assume, like I did, that it's just like our own experience a few decades ago. I have not listened to episode 2 but I will now!
@@annawray2220 I understand that. Whenever I discuss the issues in schools in England with English people, they often reference their experiences from decades ago. However, those with children who became teachers tend to be much more outspoken and blunt than I am! Here is a playlist of the entire series: th-cam.com/video/2aXlMCym9b4/w-d-xo.html
@@MrRufaeel In the homeschool community here in Cambridge, UK, I would say the vast majority of homeschooling mums are ex teachers who simply didn't want the school experience for their kids, tells you a lot.
Good! We don't want judgemental middle class priveleged teachers working with underpriveleged children! He wonders why he wasn't respected? The kids might be boisterous, but they're not Stupid? They could sense he was treating them as below him! So at least he taught them that survival skill!
Teach first is horrid, I know a relative of mine who attempted to train via them and the school they worked at ended up giving them 5 day timetable instead of 4 days so you can do your pgce one day, and underpaid them £1000 a month for 45+ hours work a week. Disgusting
Side note... those Teaching Assistants are PAID FOR by EHCP plans, where the TA is being paid to support the child with the EHCP! It is actually DISGRACEFUL that SCHOOLS take advantage of the additional funding they receive from EHCP's and use the resource as a general classroom assistant. Did you know that the TA is supposed to only work with the child with the needs and legal EHCP?
They're worse!!! I won a scholarship to a private school and was pulled out by my parents aged 14 as I was being bullied by the teachers because of my socioeconomic status! I got in with some of the more naughty kids, I was very lonely as the school was miles away from my home so I didn't see friends socially at all... the teachers decided to blame Me for the naughty stuff I was on the periphery of because all the other kids parents were paying a LOT of Money for their kids to attend there... my parents moved me to the Top Grammar school in my local borough where I was repatriated with friends from primary school and I was happy and thrived! So figure it out, the independent schools are just interested in the money, and every school will have children whose parents are divorcing, etc, which can knock their kids behaviour sideways... the kids with the assisted places get the blame because they're the black sheep in the private system.
No, no, simply no. I can't believe you're missing the 30-strong herd of elephants rampaging around the 3x2 box room. But hey, spend more hours pontificating about 'solutions' that are fundamentally unapplicable to the reality of the problem. Elephants, yeah.
11 years as a Phys Ed Teacher, I got sacked yesterday for being too strict I thought Id feel awful, as negative feedback usually does, but instead the heavens opened up. There is a demonic premise in which post modern education is predicated - "There is a reason for a child to do bad, we just need to understand." This does not highlight the children raised in developing and war torn countries who still show respect and do good, neither does it address the privileged wealthy brats. The amount of resources that go into pandering around this premise as children play on it will spark the destruction of society. Thank you for your great work. May Christ be upon you. I'd love to hear your response.
On one hand I want to say “sorry for losing your teaching job” and on the other hand I want to say “CONGRATULATIONS for losing your teaching job” haha there is nothing quite like it is there, just having that mountain of pressure released as if it was never there. Magical moment, nothing compares!
And I absolutely agree, I even mention in episode 2 that it was the teacher unions that opposed the suggestion that some kids are just badly behaved. They were outraged because they didn’t consider the socioeconomic status of the child. Meanwhile, my family comes from a poor part of Egypt and whenever I go there, I am just flooded with peace, love, generosity, hospitality, goodwill, and respect. Conversely, like you said, the richer kids are rarely the nice ones, they’re impossibly arrogant and rude in a lot of cases.
I’m glad you enjoyed the series! Thank you for your kind words and blessing! May God bless you on your new adventure!
Thanks for this channel. Education is in a terrible state in the UK. After Covid teaching in state schools is near impossible at times. I agree with all of your ideas. It is not a job for life anymore.
You're welcome! I agree 100%, it isn't rewarding teaching in the UK, but outside of this one tiny island I have found great fulfilment from educating the youth. It is such a shame what has happened to this once great country.
At last! Over the last two weeks I've been looking everywhere for Episode 4.
As to your suggested solutions, the first one to implement is the obvious one - SCRAP OFSTED. The stated purpose of OFSTED when it was founded in 1992 was to help parents choose the right school. But today in 2024 exam results , social media comments and a personal visit to the school are all parents need. OFSTED is simply irrelevant and its influence is wholly malign. Don't try to reform it, abolish it completely.
Agree with you regarding Ofsted... as a parent to a child with complex SEMH and ADHD (he was sexually harmed as a child, which has caused us all irreparable trauma) ... he is one of THOSE kids that can't regulate in a mainstream setting, but is excelling in alternative provision (learning trades whilst getting home tutoring for his essential English and Maths) ... he was acdtually SENT HOME when Ofsted were coming in to inspect his mainstream school! It's all a paperwork exercise and the children with needs are hidden! These children aren't inherintly born or parented to be 'badly behaved' .. Trauma is REAL and Ofsted is just a paperwork exercise!
@carterd8266 I’m sorry it took so long! Life got in the way and found myself with less and less time to edit, but thank you for watching and waiting! I’m glad you agree with my first solution, you can’t allow them to even attempt to improve, reform, rebrand or anything. They have to be dissolved completely until the only thing left is their budget.
@@degenerates1971 I am so sorry you had that experience, that is disgusting. The headteacher from the Educating Manchester series I use was accused of doing that, they call it off-rolling. That was the reason for the 2 year delay between filming and airing. I also love the way you described it, “it’s all a paperwork exercise and the children with needs are hidden”, perfectly put 👌
Your wisdom rings true well done for surviving in uk rotten education system having and still working there for 23 years.
Why are you still there after 23 years? I work with disadvantaged families and find it blooming hard work, but have promised myself to transfer my skills elsewhere as soon as I feel jaded by the system?
@sshwinner6663 thank you! It wasn't easy, couldn't have done it without the support of my wife! Hope you find your way out of teaching! 23 years is far too long...
Another great video which was a pleasure to watch. Your outside perspective on the UK education system will prove very valuable
I don't find it valuable... I find it a whinge from a priveleged man who's heart isn't really into guiding and teaching young people unless they fit his idealism. The World is Not Ideal. So who really missed the learning opportunity? This man I believe.
@muzzeo thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful :)
@@degenerates1971 you are the problem
The bad behaviour of our children today is learned and enabled by parents and society. Its not genetic as their grandparents would not have behaved this way.
It's far more complex than being enabled by parents... these parents you speak of were given a thick ear by their parents and grandparents! We have to live within English LAW around chastisement and so are all learning how to model the 'evidence based research' in parenting teens in a connective rather than corrective way.
Wow I love the final solution - Jesus is the answer.
Well that's NOT PC in England... we're NOT ALLOWED to embrace our Christianity in this Country anymore lol! No more school assembly, hymns or prayers... just hitting targets for Ofsted lol!
He is indeed. I am reminded of 2 Chronicles 7:14
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." - KJV
God willing the UK changes, but without Christ, I can't ever see that happening. It is THAT far gone it needs a miracle to turn around.
@@degenerates1971 it’s true we have removed Him out of everything.
@@MrRufaeel yes we have despised the word of God, it’s such a shame. May God help us raise our children to trust him only and serve him diligently
In this country, in the future citizens of this country will have to pay for their education aid and medical aid.
Shame!
Medical Aid is definitely one of the problems for these children! It takes on average 10 years for a child to be seen by a CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) Professional... most referrals by schools and other professionals are turned down, and the child isn't seen until they and their immediate community are at literal crisis point... by which time, the behaviours are so engrained in the child, they're likely to suffer poor outcomes as adults with ongoing mental health issues and not be productive members of society.
The state education system in the U.K. unfortunately is bog standard!
Shame!
Agreed, if schools are the pulse of a nation, England has completely flatlined.
I can understand now after watching the video. These disruptive children will eventually grow up physically and will get jobs . Most likely they will run institutions like this , earn high salaries and destroy it in the due course of time. This explains why every UK institution is defunct when you consider the poor rubbish quality of their so called education system. Glad i left. I could never understand why the UK is so bad , until now. Thanks Rufaeel. I still have friends and relatives there and convincing them to move out .
Most of the children this ex teacher speaks of will become tradesmen or hairdressers or nursery workers.... there will be those that feel so disillusioned with society that they go the criminal route, where they feel a sense of belonging in a 'gang' and cause our communities severe harm. Mr Rufaeeel seems to think it is possible to fit a square peg into a circle shaped hole, and it's his rigid thinking that is really part of the problem too!
Thank you for your comment and you're welcome! I am glad you found it eye-opening. I really hope you can convince your family to move out, it will be such a big blessing to them if you do. I would suggest using the sources from episode 3 to do it, since it affects the general population more than the other episodes which focuses on teachers specifically. Hoepfully it will hammer home the rot they live in the UK. Britian is a sinking ship, they have a chance to get out now, maybe later it won't be so easy. I pray that you succeed in convincing them, I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
I’m a parent of a school refusing child, she was a high achiever and never misbehaved but one day in year 8 her anxiety was so severe she broke and she’s not been at school for nearly 2 years, she’s 14 and still suffering trauma from her secondary school days. The kids are kicking off but in a similar way so are the teachers, against ofsted. There’s a systematic lack of belief in leadership which spans teachers and kids. I have just started listening to your TH-cam with interest. I want to understand why secondary school gave my well behaving child severe trauma.
I'm sorry to hear your daughter has been facing such a hard time, but to be honest, I'm not at all surprised that secondary school in England crushed her spirit. If you've seen episode 2, you’ll know that students who excel are often targeted for it; I even show an example of a student applying for head girl, only to have her friends turn on her, harassing her anonymously through texts! And then there’s the reality that nearly every class in England is held hostage by students constantly hijacking the teacher's attention with their misbehaviour. Your daughter, a student who wants to succeed, finds herself blocked at every turn: she’s forced to wait while the teacher handles disruption, while also being judged by peers for taking her education seriously - and possibly even bullied for it.
I used to call students like her “invisible,” the ones who sat quietly, pen in hand, eager to learn, only to become background noise to the chaos around them. It’s like going to a restaurant; even if there are 100 tables, your focus will always be drawn to the obnoxious one, while the courteous tables fade into the background. I know I’m speaking in broad strokes, but I strongly suspect this is exactly what your daughter experienced.
To illustrate this, imagine you discover a passion for baking, enroll in baking school, and arrive excited to create, only to find your creativity and dedication mocked by peers. Class time is eaten up by food fights, noise, and chaos, thanks to students who chose baking because they thought it would be an easy ride. You spend most lessons just waiting for a calm that never comes. Rumours spread, texts roll in, mocking you and tearing down your passion. Would you want to keep going to baking school under those conditions? Honestly, I was the teacher, and I’d rather slap a tiger in the face while dressed in Lady Gaga's meat dress than step back into an English classroom!
@@MrRufaeel Oh my, thanks so much for the comprehensive reply, I think parents have no idea what's happening in schools today and assume, like I did, that it's just like our own experience a few decades ago. I have not listened to episode 2 but I will now!
@@MrRufaeel Can only find episode 2.1 not 2?
@@annawray2220 I understand that. Whenever I discuss the issues in schools in England with English people, they often reference their experiences from decades ago. However, those with children who became teachers tend to be much more outspoken and blunt than I am!
Here is a playlist of the entire series:
th-cam.com/video/2aXlMCym9b4/w-d-xo.html
@@MrRufaeel In the homeschool community here in Cambridge, UK, I would say the vast majority of homeschooling mums are ex teachers who simply didn't want the school experience for their kids, tells you a lot.
The government also forget that many kids of teachers get put off too. So that's a whole generation just there!
Good! We don't want judgemental middle class priveleged teachers working with underpriveleged children! He wonders why he wasn't respected? The kids might be boisterous, but they're not Stupid? They could sense he was treating them as below him! So at least he taught them that survival skill!
Teach first is horrid, I know a relative of mine who attempted to train via them and the school they worked at ended up giving them 5 day timetable instead of 4 days so you can do your pgce one day, and underpaid them £1000 a month for 45+ hours work a week. Disgusting
Side note... those Teaching Assistants are PAID FOR by EHCP plans, where the TA is being paid to support the child with the EHCP! It is actually DISGRACEFUL that SCHOOLS take advantage of the additional funding they receive from EHCP's and use the resource as a general classroom assistant. Did you know that the TA is supposed to only work with the child with the needs and legal EHCP?
Would you say 'English Public schools' would be better than comprehensive schools or academies? Does the OFSTED also affect IB schools?
They're worse
@@suf-star7866 Thank you for the reply; could you elaborate?
They're worse!!! I won a scholarship to a private school and was pulled out by my parents aged 14 as I was being bullied by the teachers because of my socioeconomic status! I got in with some of the more naughty kids, I was very lonely as the school was miles away from my home so I didn't see friends socially at all... the teachers decided to blame Me for the naughty stuff I was on the periphery of because all the other kids parents were paying a LOT of Money for their kids to attend there... my parents moved me to the Top Grammar school in my local borough where I was repatriated with friends from primary school and I was happy and thrived! So figure it out, the independent schools are just interested in the money, and every school will have children whose parents are divorcing, etc, which can knock their kids behaviour sideways... the kids with the assisted places get the blame because they're the black sheep in the private system.
@@degenerates1971 I am really sorry to hear about your initial experience but I am glad it worked out for you in the end.
No, no, simply no. I can't believe you're missing the 30-strong herd of elephants rampaging around the 3x2 box room. But hey, spend more hours pontificating about 'solutions' that are fundamentally unapplicable to the reality of the problem. Elephants, yeah.
Let me guess, you're not going to elaborate in any way? Besides, did you miss 25:31?