Half a day PPA a week to do everything you need to do is insane! You start earlier in the morning in Dubai but your students generally leave by 1.30 so you have the extra hours after school to do your admin. This makes a huge difference to work life balance
Sub from the UK here. Today I left at 9:20 am because of the level of verbal harassment from the kids, along with them throwing objects at me. Mind you, I have ten years of experience in education and fifteen years in mental health care. I need money and I am in debt. But today the abuse just hit harder. I was in a mainstream school. It's years that I don't work anymore in mental health and PRUs. Nobody should put with this. And boards are busy trying to get as much as possible out funds while investing as little as possible in staff and resources.
You’re bang on about the parents. I’m secondary pastoral and most days I feel like I parent the parents! They ignore that as a parent they are the child’s primary teacher - not me - I don’t even have children of my own! However, never dare state the obvious, be discrete in your advice, otherwise it will only lead to offence and complaints. You cannot win. It’s an unforgiving career in the UK. Don’t get me started on politics too!
welcome to the long term effects of the nanny state, all ideas of self responsibility have been forgotten and all responsibility handed over to the state. The education system played a key role in our country going this way though so you reap what you sow.
Bad parents remind me of my ex-girlfriend who would scream at me for allowing her sixteen year old son to smoke in my car. I cut her short by pointing out that she was a chain smoker and that he was merely imitating her by smoking. She was so insane that she tried to convince me that I would get pulled over by a traffic cop and cited for contributing to the delinquency of a minor for allowing him to smoke even though from a distance he looked like a young adult.
I was also a secondary school teacher for over 10 years in the UK especially in London but I come from continental Europe. One of the main problem that I found is that children are never accountable for their actions. We do not teach them to fail, or consequences. I remember that I had to do on my holiday GCSE catch-up sessions for students who did not work for the whole year and it was my fault if they were failing. The guilt culture is big in the school in the UK
Thank you for sharing this! I'm currently completing my NQT year in the UK and hoping to teach abroad in the near future. This video has really given me confidence that it is possible and something worth seriously considering.
@@Bigdonny649 i'm considering the same thing! im in my second year of my degree and I'm considering to do my PGCE and then teach somewhere in the middle east!
Its great teaching people who want to be there. It's totally awful trying to teach disruptive people who have no interest in the subject and who are just there for their grant.
Most of the teachers I know regret getting into it. It can be an extremely stressful and nasty job, especially as you get higher up the ladder. My wife is a Head of school teacher, she's been doing it for 20 years. She has just handed in her notice, which I'm really pleased about. There isn't a month she doesn't get punched or kicked or spat on.
It really is a totally nasty job. Even in a parochial elementary school the dynamic is mentally sadistic nuns hammering the kids into shape and then they reflexively treat other adults the same way such as lay teachers and parents. Humorless people who think they’re always right get out of control leaving you no choice but to walk out unless you are basically a worm or else a doormat.
so what do you think is better get a contract in the middleast which is tax free with accomondation or just go freelance and leave the schools at 3pm with less stress
@@Wtizreal She got head butted again this week! Yes I think that's a good idea what you said. If you're someone who can take a lot of stress etc, then go for it! But if you're an everyday person like me, I would suggest to try and take an easier path. See how you feel and go from there.
I think each country seems to think that the teaching grass in a different country will be greener. Looks like it isn't so. Something that I haven't yet found is a comparison of discipline issues in the various countries.
Same problems in Russia. In my country parents CAN shout and scream on teachers. The head teacher and director will never protect us. Parents don't respect teachers.Teacher salary (in Russia) is 312,60$. Teachers are humiliated for this money.
I definitely agree on parents crap, politic and funding. When I was in college I spoke to an educator-to-be who was helping me proofread my essay. I learned we had an incident here in my county where a school took the time to apply for a grant. They were approved but once the education unified district director found out she demanded the grant be split between all schools in the area - after she took a good amount for herself under the excuse of Admin processing fee. The amount that came down was so small that they could do nothing with it and so without result, they lost the grant the following year.
Don't ever be a teacher. You don't even need an accusation or a criminal record. I have never had either. Suspicion and gossip will ruin your life. It has mine.
We have the same problem in the US. Kindergartners that haven’t been potty trained. Many behaviors problems from students due to lack of discipline by parents. Recently we had a young elementary student bring numerous E-NICs to sell at school.
Great video man - am about to graduate and plan on moving down south to Florida - want to live a nice lifestyle with the weather and have that flexibility to create a second career-revenue stream.
Hi, an agency told me some teacher now just teach in Academies without completing NQT even after QTS expires. I saw a job at 21k, PPA supply. I couldn't see the point in completing NQT personally. By the way, I really lost interest in UK schools.
I worked at a secondary school in the UK as a receptionist and even I noticed how teachers had to take on a parental role...I was flabbergasted!! And such a toxic environment, I pulled my daughter out and then I quit. My daughter now attends an online school!
@@ThomasBlakemore Every school I’ve been in (5 long term supply ((2+terms)) and full time (five years) has clearly and squarely laid that at the door of the SENDCo, for the facts that you laid out - it’s a mammoth task, you have to have year’s worth of data, interventions, targeted assessments that the SENDCo should already have as well as be someone who has been liaising with providers long term about those particular children’s needs. This far in I would be very concerned if I were asked to do anything more than collating my own data, IEPs etc to put into an application. Massive massive responsibility.
I did mention in the video that I did very little with it and the Sendco assistant at the time collted the majority of the data. I do remember needing to go over old IEPs and putting coatings which was a hefty job when I was building 2 portfolios at the time. I don't disagree the scale of the job but I'm not going to create a false narrative that i was put under too much pressure or made to do things I shouldn't. Perhaps 'We' would have been more prevalent in that area of the video.
@@ThomasBlakemore Fair. It still sounds like an awful lot of work for a Fletchling ( Pokemon reference purposeful) to be getting on with - even more so for two! Just got to the end - I have seriously considered moving abroad to teach - South Korea or Japan are my main interests. Been a massive Japanophile since I was 5. I think their ‘we’ culture supports community far more than we are able to as teachers (even within the ‘school’ community snd outreach) and teaching is actually respected and seen as an honourable profession where academia is sought after and worked hard to work towards.
respect is something that i noticed i missed out within the video while editing but i guess you could say it's the overall arching theme that happens in the UK. That's been most evident while looking at the press while here in the UAE 🇦🇪
I wish....wish wish wish wish wish I could also quit teaching......god I wish I could.... But I'm trapped since I am required to get my two ECT years over and done with...
International teaching actually allows you to have a life - which teaching in the west doesn't allow. In my last school, I taught 2 lessons a day, which meant I had time to prep, time to mentor, time to be on committees, time to volunteer for extracurriculars. It was hard work, and I still brought work home during the evenings and weekends, but I had a balance. Compare that with my job back home, where I had one prep a week yet was always told I needed to do more for my students, and it's easy to see why people quit teaching in western countries.
Your reasons for quitting the job at UK (your native place) is I think true for all teachers , those who are working in there own country. This situation is everywhere. But as you are saying UAE is different then 👍
When I was last in a school, it was easily a 12-hour day (7-7) in school, on top of the time spent planning, evaluating and working out how to get *that* child to understand a concept. It's a 24/7 job.
I don't think most teachers would complain about providing breakfast for children - its part of pastoral care and schools are funded for such programmes especially in deprived areas. For some children school is the only place they receive a hot meal so teachers are proud to be part of a national effort to alleviate poverty. You wont find breakfast programmes for children in Dubai, that's for sure! Socindly you can not compare education in Dubai to the UK - it's private and maintained, its rich and poor, its society and myself. Its a completely parallel society and universe there. Great if you have the privilege and money and not so great for large sections of marginalised societies. It is an absolute thankless profession in the UK, that is correct - but being part of an inclusive education system that gives EVERY child the Right to education and to improved life chances is absolutely priceless and something to be extremely proud of.
Don't go into teaching in the UK. I did 20 years. Now in my 70s and gloriously retired, I look back on that time of my life and shudder. It was simply ghastly. A horrible waste of life that I still deeply regret.
I qualified as a teacher in UK. I never got the teaching job I wanted. I became unemployed for 3 years. They only offered me supply work. It was a waste of time. To not work in my prime years. I later left the UK and moved to Canada. Here, I am a Head of College a lot more happier with permanent assignment and am enjoying my life with all the perks I get. I only like to point out that it was a waste of time finding work in UK and also theres no point of teaching in UK. You will never find your ideal job.
Hi, I just qualified as a primary teacher in uk with PGCE (QTS) in June. But my future plan is to also move to Canada as I will have to get married. With my PGCE (QTS) will I be able to find a primary teaching job in Canada or would I have to do more training in Canada? I would appreciate your help! :)
Hi, I just saw this post and really enjoyed listening to the perspective of an RQT who has now moved overseas. I myself recently completed my NQT (before the ECT changeover) and am now in Taiwan. It’s interesting the difference though with approaches to deciding to move overseas after completing ITT in the UK. I myself taught in Hong Kong for two years as a TEFL teacher, went back to the UK to undertake ITT and now the rest is history. I thought to comment on your political reflection in the video as I immediately consider politics within a school as well as within Government (big up Gavla). It seems that those who are ‘higher up’ within Schools with either department lead roles or abstract administration roles can have a louder voice than others within the same School. Thereby, they can have better treatment than others which if anything contradicts the British Values we’re taught to bide by with our Teacher Standards. With that said, my NQT school was amazing but I felt my PGCE year was polar opposite to my NQT. Anyway just thought to share and a very insightful video, thanks 🎶🌞
No. It’s an honest recount of my experience teaching in the UK followed by an introduction to why I decided to teach in the UAE. Many people find the process of getting a teaching in the UAE challenging, hence why I’ve spent hours outside of teaching putting it together. I also create lots of free content too. You don’t have to buy the guide but it is important to share the challenges I faced teaching in the UK just incase others feel that way too.
Honestly it would have been a shorter video if you had just said the main reason you quit was that you just didn’t like the challenges of teaching in the Uk and that you wanted to travel a bit. I mean you didn’t exactly quit either. So you took 10 minutes to complain about the challenges and then used the remainder of the video to sell the benefits of teaching in the UAE where you ultimately set up the hook to pitch your ebook. It’s as click baity as it gets, at least be honest about that 😂. However, I do agree that it is challenging and respect why you left the UK.
@@thedigitalnoodle4021 Left teaching/ quit teaching... same same? I stand by this video sharing the reasons why I left and appreciate that you respect that. I want to be clear that the video is not about the ebook. It’s about empowering teachers who may feel lost and right now, there seems to be a lot of them.
@@ThomasBlakemore Yes definitely agree a lot of teachers are leaving, it’s a real shame and a problem for those who need the help and support. Thanks for responding and I genuinely wish you all the best 👍🏼
Without indulging in a hyper verbose tirade it needs to be appreciated that the job of public school teaching in its current prevailing form is simply ridiculous and not tenable for any reasonably intelligent literate person who is not simply looking for some crappy civil service job which is mainly just an outlet for the craving of pointless stimulation prevalent in dull normal extroverts on petty tyrannical power trips looking to have groups of children to dominate and or humiliate every day in preference to actually working for a living somewhere in the adult economy where one must have both the humility and the drive to meet objective standards of quality control. In reality based employment one is expected to have mastered some technical skill which can be performed on demand for money such as cutting hair or repairing equipment such as furnaces and air conditioners. Teaching historically has merely been faked, appealed to lackadaisical duffers, bombasts, and mentally sadistic petty tyrants. But teachers are now so subject to scripted and micro-managed performances dealing with largely unqualified students owing to the chronic widespread practice of social promotion, that the entire enterprise has descended into insanity. And the practice of teaching has been so ruined that it will increasingly need to be automated and most likely privatized to an even greater extent. Anyone who would attend college to get certified as a school teacher is choosing a crap major and wasting their money the penalty for which will be to become saddled with student loan debt and the most frustrating and low paying pseudo-professional jobs.
Always more than welcome to come back To see if you could truly hack it my friend. It’s changed a lot since then. Tick and flick marking and no planning days are well gone!
whereas in other parts of the world, think uk edu system is thousand times better. anyway, i believe you do great whereever you are..tqs for all your videos
Not even going to watch this. Why is it that so many "teachers" exiting the profession feel the need to make these videos. Have you considered you aren't cut out to be a teacher in the first place? Maybe you just don't possess those gifts. I'm never going to play for the NBA or be a Navy seal. I don't have what it takes. Count your losses, quit whining, and move on in your journey without all the whiny videos.
this is a stupid comment. These videos are absolutely necessary considering the current epidemic that is UK Education. Without this awareness, more and more people will quit and there will be no change. I say this as someone who recently resigned from teaching. Yes, I agree it is not for everyone, but I realised it is not for me due to everything OUTSIDE of the classroom, not INSIDE. That means the teaching bit is not the issue. The amount of politics and bullying you get from higher ups who (claim they) get it from OFSTED is alarming. Something needs to be done....especially when you hear people bitch about how there's a shortage of teachers.
Lol, the Navy Seals and NBA are extremely specialist and don't need to be anything else yet any nation needs many teachers to educate the next generation - therefore, the working conditions and demands should be significantly less than the former two. However governments are thick and refuse to change anything negative they have put in place.
Half a day PPA a week to do everything you need to do is insane! You start earlier in the morning in Dubai but your students generally leave by 1.30 so you have the extra hours after school to do your admin. This makes a huge difference to work life balance
Absolutely true. Teachers are being abused!!!!!
Sub from the UK here.
Today I left at 9:20 am because of the level of verbal harassment from the kids, along with them throwing objects at me.
Mind you, I have ten years of experience in education and fifteen years in mental health care. I need money and I am in debt. But today the abuse just hit harder. I was in a mainstream school. It's years that I don't work anymore in mental health and PRUs. Nobody should put with this. And boards are busy trying to get as much as possible out funds while investing as little as possible in staff and resources.
You’re bang on about the parents. I’m secondary pastoral and most days I feel like I parent the parents! They ignore that as a parent they are the child’s primary teacher - not me - I don’t even have children of my own! However, never dare state the obvious, be discrete in your advice, otherwise it will only lead to offence and complaints. You cannot win. It’s an unforgiving career in the UK. Don’t get me started on politics too!
We have definitely become a one stop shop for advice and the first point for any frustrations
welcome to the long term effects of the nanny state, all ideas of self responsibility have been forgotten and all responsibility handed over to the state. The education system played a key role in our country going this way though so you reap what you sow.
Bad parents remind me of my ex-girlfriend who would scream at me for allowing her sixteen year old son to smoke in my car. I cut her short by pointing out that she was a chain smoker and that he was merely imitating her by smoking. She was so insane that she tried to convince me that I would get pulled over by a traffic cop and cited for contributing to the delinquency of a minor for allowing him to smoke even though from a distance he looked like a young adult.
Well done, I did the same as you 18 years ago and left the UK to teach overseas. Since I have taught in Qatar, Egypt, Mexico and China.
How did you find working in Qatar?
I was also a secondary school teacher for over 10 years in the UK especially in London but I come from continental Europe. One of the main problem that I found is that children are never accountable for their actions. We do not teach them to fail, or consequences. I remember that I had to do on my holiday GCSE catch-up sessions for students who did not work for the whole year and it was my fault if they were failing. The guilt culture is big in the school in the UK
It is interesting to hear what teaching is like in the UK! Thanks for sharing 🤗
Same problems here in the US!
I’m quitting the brick and mortar schools. I’m applying to teach ESL online after this school year is over.
I always thought US/Canada is nice but not about teaching
Thank you for sharing this! I'm currently completing my NQT year in the UK and hoping to teach abroad in the near future. This video has really given me confidence that it is possible and something worth seriously considering.
Same im wondering whether i would benefit from doing a couple more years in the UK in terms of experience and pay
@@vanessaantoine6808 Yes that's my thinking. Get my NQT and RQT year out of the way and then go!
@@vanessaantoine6808 how did you get on?
I’m planning to do the same soon, I’m finishing my degree this year. Get my pgce and head abroad
@@Bigdonny649 i'm considering the same thing! im in my second year of my degree and I'm considering to do my PGCE and then teach somewhere in the middle east!
Its great teaching people who want to be there. It's totally awful trying to teach disruptive people who have no interest in the subject and who are just there for their grant.
Most of the teachers I know regret getting into it. It can be an extremely stressful and nasty job, especially as you get higher up the ladder. My wife is a Head of school teacher, she's been doing it for 20 years. She has just handed in her notice, which I'm really pleased about. There isn't a month she doesn't get punched or kicked or spat on.
What!??
Your wife is one of the privileged whining ones. THEY DECIDE THEIR OWN SALARY!!?
It really is a totally nasty job. Even in a parochial elementary school the dynamic is mentally sadistic nuns hammering the kids into shape and then they reflexively treat other adults the same way such as lay teachers and parents. Humorless people who think they’re always right get out of control leaving you no choice but to walk out unless you are basically a worm or else a doormat.
so what do you think is better get a contract in the middleast which is tax free with accomondation or just go freelance and leave the schools at 3pm with less stress
@@Wtizreal She got head butted again this week! Yes I think that's a good idea what you said. If you're someone who can take a lot of stress etc, then go for it! But if you're an everyday person like me, I would suggest to try and take an easier path. See how you feel and go from there.
@@Wtizreal If you live in a nice area or county, then you might enjoy being a normal teacher. Test the water and see how you feel
Same issues here in Australia. Great video. Thanks.
I think each country seems to think that the teaching grass in a different country will be greener. Looks like it isn't so. Something that I haven't yet found is a comparison of discipline issues in the various countries.
Australia 😂. Crikey 🐊 🦘
Funny enough, the parents aspect was interesting, I know many people that try and shift the parenting onto the teacher. Hope your well?
I'm good thank you for asking 😄
@@ThomasBlakemore my pleasure mate.
Same problems in Russia. In my country parents CAN shout and scream on teachers. The head teacher and director will never protect us. Parents don't respect teachers.Teacher salary (in Russia) is 312,60$. Teachers are humiliated for this money.
I definitely agree on parents crap, politic and funding. When I was in college I spoke to an educator-to-be who was helping me proofread my essay. I learned we had an incident here in my county where a school took the time to apply for a grant. They were approved but once the education unified district director found out she demanded the grant be split between all schools in the area - after she took a good amount for herself under the excuse of Admin processing fee. The amount that came down was so small that they could do nothing with it and so without result, they lost the grant the following year.
Don't ever be a teacher. You don't even need an accusation or a criminal record. I have never had either. Suspicion and gossip will ruin your life. It has mine.
We have the same problem in the US. Kindergartners that haven’t been potty trained. Many behaviors problems from students due to lack of discipline by parents. Recently we had a young elementary student bring numerous E-NICs to sell at school.
yeah I heard US are having shortage of teachers not sure in all states though, if i had to compare US and UK I dont know which one is worst
Guns and shooting in schools in US
Great video man - am about to graduate and plan on moving down south to Florida - want to live a nice lifestyle with the weather and have that flexibility to create a second career-revenue stream.
Thanks for the comment Brendan. Flexibility was key for me too
I appreciate this video so much. I’ve just handed my notice in and i feel like a terrible person.
Im finishing my PGDIP training for a FE lecturer. Its a killer i feel like im run over by a jeep. Its exhausting. It puts you off.
Hi, an agency told me some teacher now just teach in Academies without completing NQT even after QTS expires. I saw a job at 21k, PPA supply. I couldn't see the point in completing NQT personally.
By the way, I really lost interest in UK schools.
QTS doesn’t expire
@@AJT86 it doesn't expire, but after 5-years, you can no longer get a job without completing NQT...
How much can you make teaching abroad?
I worked at a secondary school in the UK as a receptionist and even I noticed how teachers had to take on a parental role...I was flabbergasted!! And such a toxic environment, I pulled my daughter out and then I quit. My daughter now attends an online school!
Hang on - you applied for an EHCP as an NQT? Why? Where was the SENDCo, the person paid for that role?
It was a school process to be fair. I was well supported with it all but did need to provide the evidence.
@@ThomasBlakemore Every school I’ve been in (5 long term supply ((2+terms)) and full time (five years) has clearly and squarely laid that at the door of the SENDCo, for the facts that you laid out - it’s a mammoth task, you have to have year’s worth of data, interventions, targeted assessments that the SENDCo should already have as well as be someone who has been liaising with providers long term about those particular children’s needs. This far in I would be very concerned if I were asked to do anything more than collating my own data, IEPs etc to put into an application. Massive massive responsibility.
I did mention in the video that I did very little with it and the Sendco assistant at the time collted the majority of the data. I do remember needing to go over old IEPs and putting coatings which was a hefty job when I was building 2 portfolios at the time. I don't disagree the scale of the job but I'm not going to create a false narrative that i was put under too much pressure or made to do things I shouldn't. Perhaps 'We' would have been more prevalent in that area of the video.
@@ThomasBlakemore Fair. It still sounds like an awful lot of work for a Fletchling ( Pokemon reference purposeful) to be getting on with - even more so for two!
Just got to the end - I have seriously considered moving abroad to teach - South Korea or Japan are my main interests. Been a massive Japanophile since I was 5. I think their ‘we’ culture supports community far more than we are able to as teachers (even within the ‘school’ community snd outreach) and teaching is actually respected and seen as an honourable profession where academia is sought after and worked hard to work towards.
respect is something that i noticed i missed out within the video while editing but i guess you could say it's the overall arching theme that happens in the UK. That's been most evident while looking at the press while here in the UAE 🇦🇪
I've recently left - I refuse to go back.. its a broken system in every aspect....
Wow! It's WORSE in UK than the US but I hear that it's better in Dubai.
I left for Finance/Tech, its not perfect but definatley better than teaching.
It's pretty interesting to hear about this side of the story
Hello, would you have any idea about kings school nad el Sheba? Is It good?
I wish....wish wish wish wish wish I could also quit teaching......god I wish I could.... But I'm trapped since I am required to get my two ECT years over and done with...
I wish I wish I wish I wish I wish I could too, but...
Can someone tell me is school direct a 2 year NQTS & QTS or its much longer. Someone said its 5 years. Wth 😥
International teaching actually allows you to have a life - which teaching in the west doesn't allow. In my last school, I taught 2 lessons a day, which meant I had time to prep, time to mentor, time to be on committees, time to volunteer for extracurriculars. It was hard work, and I still brought work home during the evenings and weekends, but I had a balance. Compare that with my job back home, where I had one prep a week yet was always told I needed to do more for my students, and it's easy to see why people quit teaching in western countries.
Your reasons for quitting the job at UK (your native place) is I think true for all teachers , those who are working in there own country. This situation is everywhere. But as you are saying UAE is different then 👍
Great video, will you be doing a video about primary education with qts
What would you like to know about it?
☺️ Share more videos about your experiences...
will do
Great video!
Is being a teacher a emotionally and mentally draining job compared to your typical 9-5 office?
Yes! 7:30-5 everyday in most schools.
Yes, and it doesn’t stop at 5 either. You will soon realise that the ‘holidays’ are actually lieu time
When I was last in a school, it was easily a 12-hour day (7-7) in school, on top of the time spent planning, evaluating and working out how to get *that* child to understand a concept. It's a 24/7 job.
@@tragiclantern emergency services are like that too
@@Gencturk92 I can believe it.
Is it worth it teaching in UAE?
I don't think most teachers would complain about providing breakfast for children - its part of pastoral care and schools are funded for such programmes especially in deprived areas. For some children school is the only place they receive a hot meal so teachers are proud to be part of a national effort to alleviate poverty. You wont find breakfast programmes for children in Dubai, that's for sure!
Socindly you can not compare education in Dubai to the UK - it's private and maintained, its rich and poor, its society and myself. Its a completely parallel society and universe there. Great if you have the privilege and money and not so great for large sections of marginalised societies.
It is an absolute thankless profession in the UK, that is correct - but being part of an inclusive education system that gives EVERY child the Right to education and to improved life chances is absolutely priceless and something to be extremely proud of.
Don't go into teaching in the UK. I did 20 years. Now in my 70s and gloriously retired, I look back on that time of my life and shudder. It was simply ghastly. A horrible waste of life that I still deeply regret.
I qualified as a teacher in UK. I never got the teaching job I wanted. I became unemployed for 3 years. They only offered me supply work. It was a waste of time. To not work in my prime years.
I later left the UK and moved to Canada. Here, I am a Head of College a lot more happier with permanent assignment and am enjoying my life with all the perks I get. I only like to point out that it was a waste of time finding work in UK and also theres no point of teaching in UK. You will never find your ideal job.
Hi, I just qualified as a primary teacher in uk with PGCE (QTS) in June. But my future plan is to also move to Canada as I will have to get married. With my PGCE (QTS) will I be able to find a primary teaching job in Canada or would I have to do more training in Canada? I would appreciate your help! :)
Perhaps you could have spent those wasted years working on your written English instead of resting on your laurels.
Hi, I just saw this post and really enjoyed listening to the perspective of an RQT who has now moved overseas. I myself recently completed my NQT (before the ECT changeover) and am now in Taiwan. It’s interesting the difference though with approaches to deciding to move overseas after completing ITT in the UK. I myself taught in Hong Kong for two years as a TEFL teacher, went back to the UK to undertake ITT and now the rest is history. I thought to comment on your political reflection in the video as I immediately consider politics within a school as well as within Government (big up Gavla). It seems that those who are ‘higher up’ within Schools with either department lead roles or abstract administration roles can have a louder voice than others within the same School. Thereby, they can have better treatment than others which if anything contradicts the British Values we’re taught to bide by with our Teacher Standards. With that said, my NQT school was amazing but I felt my PGCE year was polar opposite to my NQT. Anyway just thought to share and a very insightful video, thanks 🎶🌞
Great video 💖
This is simply a promo to his ebook in teaching in the UAE.
No. It’s an honest recount of my experience teaching in the UK followed by an introduction to why I decided to teach in the UAE. Many people find the process of getting a teaching in the UAE challenging, hence why I’ve spent hours outside of teaching putting it together. I also create lots of free content too. You don’t have to buy the guide but it is important to share the challenges I faced teaching in the UK just incase others feel that way too.
Honestly it would have been a shorter video if you had just said the main reason you quit was that you just didn’t like the challenges of teaching in the Uk and that you wanted to travel a bit. I mean you didn’t exactly quit either. So you took 10 minutes to complain about the challenges and then used the remainder of the video to sell the benefits of teaching in the UAE where you ultimately set up the hook to pitch your ebook.
It’s as click baity as it gets, at least be honest about that 😂.
However, I do agree that it is challenging and respect why you left the UK.
@@thedigitalnoodle4021 Left teaching/ quit teaching... same same? I stand by this video sharing the reasons why I left and appreciate that you respect that. I want to be clear that the video is not about the ebook. It’s about empowering teachers who may feel lost and right now, there seems to be a lot of them.
@@ThomasBlakemore Yes definitely agree a lot of teachers are leaving, it’s a real shame and a problem for those who need the help and support. Thanks for responding and I genuinely wish you all the best 👍🏼
I would have told the parent of X to do her job or I will report her to social services for negligence.
Absolutely not without further context my friend but I appreciate your support.
Without indulging in a hyper verbose tirade it needs to be appreciated that the job of public school teaching in its current prevailing form is simply ridiculous and not tenable for any reasonably intelligent literate person who is not simply looking for some crappy civil service job which is mainly just an outlet for the craving of pointless stimulation prevalent in dull normal extroverts on petty tyrannical power trips looking to have groups of children to dominate and or humiliate every day in preference to actually working for a living somewhere in the adult economy where one must have both the humility and the drive to meet objective standards of quality control. In reality based employment one is expected to have mastered some technical skill which can be performed on demand for money such as cutting hair or repairing equipment such as furnaces and air conditioners. Teaching historically has merely been faked, appealed to lackadaisical duffers, bombasts, and mentally sadistic petty tyrants. But teachers are now so subject to scripted and micro-managed performances dealing with largely unqualified students owing to the chronic widespread practice of social promotion, that the entire enterprise has descended into insanity. And the practice of teaching has been so ruined that it will increasingly need to be automated and most likely privatized to an even greater extent. Anyone who would attend college to get certified as a school teacher is choosing a crap major and wasting their money the penalty for which will be to become saddled with student loan debt and the most frustrating and low paying pseudo-professional jobs.
He thinks 30 is a big class lol - he should have done his NQT year in 1978 with 44 in the class & NO non teaching assistant!
Always more than welcome to come back
To see if you could truly hack it my friend. It’s changed a lot since then. Tick and flick marking and no planning days are well gone!
It you can't stand the heat...get out of the kitchen.
and yet... I went to the desert 🏜 👍
I’m teaching between 53 to 60 learners in a class, lol
whereas in other parts of the world, think uk edu system is thousand times better. anyway, i believe you do great whereever you are..tqs for all your videos
Informative video 👍😊
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good the less teachers they are the better it is.
You talk too fast...slow down.
I don’t think he talks fast
Not even going to watch this. Why is it that so many "teachers" exiting the profession feel the need to make these videos. Have you considered you aren't cut out to be a teacher in the first place? Maybe you just don't possess those gifts. I'm never going to play for the NBA or be a Navy seal. I don't have what it takes. Count your losses, quit whining, and move on in your journey without all the whiny videos.
I appreciate your loving comment. Thanks for the view. See you in the seals 🦭
this is a stupid comment. These videos are absolutely necessary considering the current epidemic that is UK Education. Without this awareness, more and more people will quit and there will be no change. I say this as someone who recently resigned from teaching. Yes, I agree it is not for everyone, but I realised it is not for me due to everything OUTSIDE of the classroom, not INSIDE. That means the teaching bit is not the issue. The amount of politics and bullying you get from higher ups who (claim they) get it from OFSTED is alarming. Something needs to be done....especially when you hear people bitch about how there's a shortage of teachers.
Lol, the Navy Seals and NBA are extremely specialist and don't need to be anything else yet any nation needs many teachers to educate the next generation - therefore, the working conditions and demands should be significantly less than the former two. However governments are thick and refuse to change anything negative they have put in place.
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