I’m sure many of you have been tuning into Educating the East End. Shows like this can inspire people to think about a career in teaching, but more importantly it opens up the profession and allows people to understand the reality of the job.
Young English teacher Mr Bispham, an idealistic Teach First graduate, has emerged as one of the stars. Describing his style as “50 per cent stand-up and 50 per cent motivational speeches”, he obviously has a passion to teach, but the show reveals how even confident new teachers can be overwhelmed.
He uses jokes and banter to relate to his year 9 class, but he often looks weary and at times dumbfounded by the emotional and social interactions with these adolescents. He wants to deliver lessons which are unique and engaging, but when a role-play task to bring Shakespeare to life quickly descends into chaos, it shows how the idealism of teaching can be crushed by the reality of controlling a mob of hormonal teens.
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