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Stress in the classrooms



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TRAGICALLY, a much-respected primary headteacher in the Borders, who went missing at the weekend after an inspection of her school, has been found dead. This is another reminder – if reminder were needed – that teaching is a stressful occupation.
In the last two decades, major steps have been taken to improve the quality of Scottish education. This process has included continuous pupil assessment (which has added to the teachers' workloads), developing a sophisticated system of external inspe...



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  • Last Updated: 27 March 2008 8:08 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Leader comment , Teaching
 
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sandra3mac,

the real world 31/03/2008 13:22:02
#1 I agree with your comments.

Teachers get attacked by politicians, parents, the media and anyone else in society who fancies an easy target.

The amount of planning, marking, researching, training and good old blood sweat and tears that does on behind the scenes in teaching is never seen, understood or appreciated by those who live and work outside the profession. The tiny glimpse that the outside world gets of the jobs teachers do, is just the tip of the iceberg - there's a whole enormous bulk that is hidden underneath the choppy waters.

Unlike many other professions, teachers continuously train and develop their skills throughout their career- they never stand still and never give up despite the constant under-appreciation.

As Lee A Iacocca once said:
"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else. "


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