Teaching today
Sir, — Mr L. A. Jacobs (“The Press,” April 4) tells us that secondary school teaching has become more demanding. 1 am sure teachers would not be so angry if this were all. Mr V. F. Wilkinson (“The Press,’ March 28) comes nearer the mark when he asks how many teachers can deny that pupils have openly told them to “go and get . . .” Difficult and disruptive pupils are no longer a negligible influence in the classroom, but make the teacher’s job a highly stressful one. Many combat the problem bv taking a “low kev”
attitude, expecting little achievement by their pupils. Even the average pupil now expects an “easy life.” Society no longer seems to value hard work. So why should pupils be expected to exert themselves to become literate, thinking adults? It is not surprising that new methods in teaching — designed to help children learn and understand more thoroughly — are not achieving all they should. —Yours, etc., PAULINE TOWNSEND. April 4, 1978.
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