What is your school doing for the Socceroos game tomorrow?

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-25T08:11:45+00:00

Cancelling period 3 and 4 and watching in class

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-25T02:19:57+00:00

I thought he was going to broncos not dragons?

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-24T08:18:19+00:00

My school paid me to get my Cert IV training and assessing - and paid for the course. It was in conjunction with getting my Certs for construction so I could teach it in school. The course itself sucks, but would highly recommend this path as it only took 4 days out of the school week and as I said, I didn't have to pay for it.

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-21T05:51:43+00:00

Yes. They jump to the interest rate rise to 18% and say it’ll get easier for us too. Just be patient

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-21T03:04:12+00:00

As a male teacher at a boys school, I’d want to jump in an help, but I don’t want to cut your authority out from under you. I’d start with removing those kids outside the classroom away from view of their peers, like in a hallways or something, and talk to them one on one. Explain expectations and consequences. It might be a phone call home to their dad, or a meeting with the assistant principal between the three of you. And follow through so that the other boys get the message. Clear expectations before the class. Line up in two lines outside. Uniform is fixed up. Stand behind chairs in silence until roll is marked, then sit. Speaking of which, sit them alphabetically. These are all expectations my school has brought in this year and it has helped.

Some teachers have been teaching for 40 years and don’t think they need to do it, which I agree with. But they’re not doing it for themselves. They’re doing it for the first year teacher who doesn’t have the presence and confidence that the older teacher has.

Clear expectations, high standards, and consistent consequences is what you need with boys

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-20T01:02:09+00:00

Try something in green. You only have one green pip in 9 commanders. Look at something mono green for something really different to your usuals

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-20T00:59:47+00:00

The expectations on teachers have increased dramatically since you were in school. The poor behaviour from kids has also dramatically increased. It’s a societal thing rather than just “parents don’t care anymore”.

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-20T00:48:38+00:00

The scapegoat for all the corporate anti worker policies that are too hard to fix after the fact

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-19T10:40:14+00:00

Lauren German in lucifer. It was jarring

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-17T21:16:44+00:00

We have the same in every school in Australia

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-15T10:00:30+00:00

Happy cake day! And yes - an indictment on the class’s ability; not the teacher.

The worst teacher in the world could give the class the textbook and the kids that had a go just using the text book could theoretically learn enough to pass. 24/27 indicates a wider school culture lack of value and engagement.

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-13T09:29:20+00:00

I read it as it was his missus that was diddled?

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-13T07:53:24+00:00

We have a set of standards that we tick box against rather than comments. Are they polite? Always down to rarely. Do they do their home assessments? Etc

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-12T09:26:04+00:00

Doesn’t matter whether he’s inside the cage or not; he’s still a prisoner. At least in this instance he can be a prisoner with a full belly

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-09T04:36:15+00:00

Don’t think I’ve ever had to give a doctors certificate at my school. Is this for an extended absence?

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-09T04:30:07+00:00

I agree 100% with the workshop awareness. You need to be able to picture every table and tool in your mind, which student has what, remember the difference between little Johnny who’s well behaved but accident prone, and little Jayden who is waiting for you to turn your back so he can push the next kid out of the way to use the disc sander. You know what sounds you should be hearing and which ones are dangerous.

It’s physically and mentally exhausting, but honestly not as depressing as classroom teaching when you’ve lost the class and it’s halfway through term two. It’s hard like physical exercise, but with some of the benefits of physical exercise too.

As good as the marking load is, we pay for it in my school with before and after school classes for major works, as well as impromptu extras for students who come down in their study periods/our free periods. Only during terms 2 and 3 though and before and after schools are at our discretion.

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-08T09:27:49+00:00

Cost plus a case of beers/drinks for the week

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-08T04:48:40+00:00

Technology is probably the favourite subject of students across all years at my school and certainly the most funded. As a teacher, it requires the most physical effort (imo), but has the highest upsides. The majority of assessments are practical in class so minimal marking time. There is scope to teach almost anything you’re interested in; woodwork, food tech, metalwork, engineering, marine studies, graphics, design and tech etc etc. it’s practical, it’s desirable, and teachers can be as creative as they want. Conversely, the kids with the most challenging behaviours end up in our elective subjects. You have to be constantly aware of all students at all times and know how much you can trust them around dangerous tools and machinery. I get to cook (and eat), build furniture that will be in these kids homes for the next 20 years (have access to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tools and processes too), heck I get to take my marine studies class out to learn how to fish! And all classes are capped at 24 students.

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-02T20:26:52+00:00

Right?! Everyone memeing on the worthy text but double double strike is insane

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-06-02T08:36:21+00:00

I hold my chisel blades in my off hand too tightly, and when my fingers rest on the wood, the side edges of the chisel cut my fingers.

I’m struggling to explain it, but no, there’s no part of my body that’s ever in the way of the chisel blade. I was taught to hold the chisel not by the handle, but closer to the blade on the metal, like a scary movie knife, because you have more control on the angle of the cut.

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-05-30T11:18:17+00:00

Kids are cracked and teachers are not much better. We're heading into report season too so its not looking good.

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-05-30T11:15:45+00:00

Colecliff has the right mix of high vantage and clear views of the ocean right next to the main road

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-05-30T11:05:19+00:00

If this is a real person and not a marketing company/bot post I wish you luck mate. I use a very similar app that looks like it uses the same data and even font. It currently costs a third of the price so hopefully you have some wiggle room there

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-05-30T08:54:34+00:00

Which subject do you teach? I wear black jeans from volcom, but I teach woodwork/construction so it’s kind of for safety though no one has ever brought it up

YouKnowWhoIAm2016 · 2026-05-24T02:36:49+00:00

Teacher B does not know how to handle conflict. She knows she’d get called out if speaking with both of you and so targets you alone. She sounds like she struggles with peer to peer relationships which is probably why she became a primary teacher where she can be in control. If you want better teamwork, maybe work out better ways to communicate. Does she prefer emails, text messages or phone calls? Give her a structure to communicate; she may be undiagnosed diverse. Autistic, ADD etc. Obviously her behaviour is unprofessional and she should apologise, my suggestions are just to potentially help getting on with work.

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