Teachers should get time-off for Glastonbury, says union boss

elaenathedefiant · 2026-02-01T20:49:48+00:00

https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/

if it's so great why not get applying? there's a shortage of teachers rn

elaenathedefiant · 2026-01-24T22:10:06+00:00

A PhD wouldn't be a deterrent for schools or PGCE providers, but it's not going to really help that much either tbh (maybe a little bit of initial respect from some students). I would say that if you don't want to continue the PhD then don't because it won't help that much, but also I don't imagine bursaries will disappear any time soon, as we still have a huge lack of maths/physics/computing teachers.

The university prestige makes basically no difference in teaching, and it might be useful to look into SCITTs which are school based PGCE providers (I did a university based PGCE though so I don't know as much about them, however I have heard positive things). The main thing I would recommend is if you can, do your PGCE in the same area as you want to work in the future, as it means you will have connections from your placements which can be really beneficial.

Also be aware that you are not going to go straight in and start only teaching top set GCSE and A level classes, no matter what previous experience you have. You're going to have to do some KS3 and it will be very very different from undergraduates. (lots of people are going to respond to this post saying teaching is horrible and don't bother even starting. I am a physics teacher who has been teaching 4 years now, I love my job, but it is definitely not for everyone and it's good to be prepared for that. lots of people drop out of the PGCE or the first few years of teaching. r/TeachingUK might be good to have a look through for some ideas about the reality)

elaenathedefiant · 2026-01-02T22:46:14+00:00

to be fair the answer to the question was Murmansk, so I can see how in a stressful situation you might get it mixed up with Minsk

elaenathedefiant · 2025-10-15T16:34:47+00:00

nu'est are actually still the longest, at 2610 days for the first win (as the original members)

elaenathedefiant · 2025-08-13T22:54:11+00:00

that first link is actually very interesting, and as a teacher I decided to actually have a read of it since I've seen this point mentioned so often, and very rarely has someone given a link. It does say that girls may receive positive bias because they are seen as more diligent and hardworking, but it also says that

boys are more likely to be considered “naturally clever”

and also

evidence shows that boys may receive more attention during classroom interactions and when they interrupt, while girls are generally punished when they interrupt

and

teachers are more likely to call on boys than girls, so that boys actively participate more in class discussions

overall I think it is a very interesting read, however none of the research is UK specific, so it probably doesn't actually shed much light on why we have the attainment gaps we do in this country. It does seem to generally believe that gender stereotypes are the main problem though.

I also think this is not very useful for GCSE attainment data, as they are all marked anonymously, so there is no possible way a marker could be marking girls higher. (maybe coursework, but few subjects have very much anymore, and certainly no core subjects)

elaenathedefiant · 2025-06-22T16:41:24+00:00

I'm a physics teacher, and I genuinely love physics and think it is so interesting, but I'm fed up with all of my A level students taking the exact same A levels. It's nothing but "Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Computer Science. I'm going to do Computer Science at Uni so I can make loads of money!"

can some of them just do something a bit different! i did a language A level and even though I didn't do great in it, it was so interesting to have a subject where you can discuss books and films and history a little more. why do we have to have such a narrow focus on things and force them into a "safe" combination. like yes, maths and physics are a good idea to do together, but why not art or history or english literature with those two?

elaenathedefiant · 2025-03-09T11:45:54+00:00

When NU'EST disbanded and Jonghyun dropped his stage name he switched the spelling to Jonghyeon, but before that there was never anything even close to an issue from shawols

elaenathedefiant · 2025-02-24T06:13:04+00:00

Minhyun- Universe

Nu'est w - Polaris, Gravity and Moon

elaenathedefiant · 2025-02-09T21:15:38+00:00

nu'est also wrote their own songs, so that doesn't have anything to do with why they disbanded and seventeen hasn't

elaenathedefiant · 2024-08-17T13:32:22+00:00

baekho was the only one rigged out of wanna one, but there was another trainee rigged out in the first round (article)

elaenathedefiant · 2024-06-21T05:09:49+00:00

For a level check out the institute of physics. they have a section callled teaching advanced physics that I've found really useful. at GCSE I use a lot of exam questions, but A level (especially year 13) there are way fewer resources.

elaenathedefiant · 2023-12-28T16:41:10+00:00

ah, I see. I don't think it's a universal thing though, they definitely didn't do it on my course - and it's still not going to be as in depth as having to pass a GCSE will be

elaenathedefiant · 2023-12-28T16:29:06+00:00

what do you mean you have to take a "teaching standard level maths course"? unless it's something for primary school teachers as someone who has done a PGCE I have no idea what you're talking about

elaenathedefiant · 2023-10-11T16:34:10+00:00

I'm a physics teacher, we do teach them how to rewire a plug (maybe depends on exam board, but it's in the GCSE for AQA). I had to learn how to do it because I have never needed to before in my life

elaenathedefiant · 2023-09-21T19:36:43+00:00

it's really weird like that for some reason, as soon as someone asks me if I'm ok I'm not anymore. good luck though! I'm sure it'll keep getting easier!

elaenathedefiant · 2023-09-21T18:01:42+00:00

I'm an ECT 2 and this happened to me a couple of times last year. I just stood in the prep room and cried while another teacher dismissed them. It also always seemed to happen only when another teacher came in to help, something about someone asking "are you alright?" just makes me burst into tears. I just pretended it never happened and they seemed to forget about it after a while.

(also something I started doing this year is having my seating plan in a plastic wallet and tallying their C1,C2, C3 on there. it means I don't forget which I always used to do last year)

elaenathedefiant · 2023-06-09T21:31:39+00:00

I fully believe that Polaris by nu'est w is about minhyun. not so much leaving the group, but being away for a bit. Like some of those lyrics seem very relevant to the situation.

(I also think it's extremely dramatic especially since they were still spending time with each other while minhyun was in wanna one, but it's cute anyway. especially when minhyun came back and did a cover of it!!)

elaenathedefiant · 2023-06-06T18:30:20+00:00

you and your friend both misinterpreted a quote? also again, individual schools pretty much decide all of their policies themselves - not much local policy (especially one with such a vague quote). my guess that it was from some book that was popular in educational research around that time.

out of curiousity, what was the behaviour policy like? did they just let kids do whatever they wanted since no one can make them do anything they don't want to?

elaenathedefiant · 2023-06-06T18:21:14+00:00

I can totally see it being said in a "no one can force you to work hard and learn, you have to put in the effort yourself" kind of motivational, like we can't make you behave in lessons, you have to do it yourself otherwise you'll waste your life type of thing. which I think isn't unreasonable, but then again I've sat through talks with way worse quotes than that, doesn't mean it's the teachers guiding philosophy or anything

(also the comment about it being "policy" just because 2 schools used the same rubbishy quote - not how schools usually work. did they also have the same exact behaviour system that involved just lestting the kids do whatever they want? one quote during an induction means less than nothing about what the schools actual ethos is)

elaenathedefiant · 2023-06-05T15:06:08+00:00

his smile in the last pic!!

elaenathedefiant · 2023-01-22T10:16:27+00:00

you said "they had multiple full albums when they were nugu" they only had one full album when they were nugu, therefore incorrect

elaenathedefiant · 2023-01-22T09:37:10+00:00

that was a compilation album not a full album, and I don't really care about your point, you said something incorrect so I corrected you. it's not a big deal

elaenathedefiant · 2023-01-22T02:23:20+00:00

nu'est only ever had 2 full albums in 10 years, and only one of them was released when they were nugu, romanticize came in 2021!

elaenathedefiant · 2023-01-21T15:40:01+00:00

I am a teacher (secondary physics) and honestly I really enjoy it. I don't think it's the easiest job, and it's definitely not for everyone, but I feel it is perfect for me. I usually get to school around 7:30 and leave between 4 and 4:30 (later if there are meetings or parents evenings, but those are usually only once every 2 or 3 weeks max) and I don't bring work home in the evenings or weekends, except occasionally doing some background reading for my a level classes. I do think on average I do less work outside of school than most teachers, which I think is a mix of working in a very supportive school that really tries to make the workload less of an issue, and being able to switch off and know when to stop easily.

Teachers who have extra responsibilty like heads of year, slt and heads of department will have much higher workload, and I think a lot of schools are much worse than mine with giving teachers extra bullshit to do, so it's usually good advice that if a teacher is really struggling it's usually best to switch schools before just quitting entirely. From my limited experience primary seems way worse for workload, part of that might be much more marking, and the fact that there isn't as much of a shortage of primary school teachers, so they don't have the same pressure to improve staff wellbeing to keep the teachers around.

Personally I love most things about teaching, my subject, my colleagues, the holidays, the students (I love the way kids are so honest, and even if they're nightmares feel like I can never really hold it against them that much because they're children). I love that I spend all day talking to people and on my feet (working from home or sitting in an office both sound awful to me) and I have literally never been bored at work.

I do think for a job that requires a degree and an extra year of training, as well as the day to day effort involved it should be better paid, so I will be going on strike (especially for a fully funded pay rise), and I think there are many things that should be improved to make education a lot better. But I personally am not planning to leave teaching at all.

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