Hello

Why is it that despite having a welfare state designed to ease poverty and an education system which is free to all we end up with an Underclass seemingly incapable or unwilling to grasp the nettle break away and get on? 

Will this new teacher tough it out or simply follow many others and seek an alternative career? 

Yes indeed !

I used to teach in secondary schools Modern Foreign Languages & cover for English/drama classes for many years & I can assure you that also being a Special Need class teacher it was truly a challenge working in the schools I worked in !

I loved the challenge & the fact that one had to be super human or strong willed to enthuse interest in the students ! 

However teaching Modern Foreign Languages it became very clear to me that the pupils did not have a "good " understanding of English whether writing or speaking their Native  language thus making it a nightmare to teach them another language

However creating ways of making them interested was the challenge for me despite being subjected to verbal abuses/anti social behaviour in the class & other problems

When I met some of the parents it was obvious where the problems came = parents using abusive form of languages in front of their kids &  the teachers/threatening behaviour & the list goes on

I do believe & hope that I did enthuse some of them in learning few words in another language & created a platform in which learning could be achieve just about

I saw so many new teachers or ones that have taught for many years leaving  due to being  exhausted/disillusioned/over worked/bullied  & met others up to the challenge

I loved teachings these kids but it became apparent that the challenges faced by so many teachers were beyond in some may ways untenable in regards to these kids getting an education that will give them the freedom to choose a career or get away from their initial predicament with the help & tools at hand

Finally I hope that I was a role model by sharing at times with these kids my experiences of life & showing them that life is not set in stones & that anyone with the strength of mind can indeed rise & chose the path that suit them most & go other the hurdles with the help offered to them = not easy but possible