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First day of maternity leave.

collettewellsgirlcollettewellsgirl Posts: 13
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I am a primary school teacher. Today is my first day of maternity leave and it couldn't have come sooner.

Yesterday I was spat at by a boy and had a girl threaten to piss in my bin when I wouldn't let her go to the loo.

Need some words of comfort really. Isn't the way some children behave towards teachers these days disgusting. Do you agree.

Roll on Spring and Summer.
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    edited March 2018
    oh dear. 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • collettewellsgirlcollettewellsgirl Posts: 13
    nutcutlet said:
    oh dear. But not what I want to read about in a gardening forum
    I am garden mad and really looking forward to getting my garden looking beautiful once I have had my baby. This area of the forum is for idle chit chat too isn't it?
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    yeah, sorry, I actually deleted that, It seemed a bit mean


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • collettewellsgirlcollettewellsgirl Posts: 13
    nutcutlet said:
    yeah, sorry, I actually deleted that, It seemed a bit mean
    No probs. Would you accept that sort of behaviour from your child?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Presumably you have to go back to teaching once your leave is over.   Have you reported the behaviour to your head?  If not, they can't be expected to manage any improvements or changes so going back to work is going to be like a sword of Damocles.

    In the mean time, enjoy your garden as much as you can.  Believe me, once the baby's born you'll wonder where time goes and how nothing seems to get done.  Make sure you take the time to rest and bond and not fret about the garden and any jobs that need doing.  They'll wait.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • collettewellsgirlcollettewellsgirl Posts: 13
    Obelixx said:
    Presumably you have to go back to teaching once your leave is over.   Have you reported the behaviour to your head?  If not, they can't be expected to manage any improvements or changes so going back to work is going to be like a sword of Damocles.

    In the mean time, enjoy your garden as much as you can.  Believe me, once the baby's born you'll wonder where time goes and how nothing seems to get done.  Make sure you take the time to rest and bond and not fret about the garden and any jobs that need doing.  They'll wait.
    I spoke to both parents. The boys mum was outraged. The girl's mum answer was "She needed the toilet". 

    Yes I will be going back.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Welcome to the forum. Still, at least when your little one comes along, you'll know how not to brng them up!
    What are your gardening plans for your leave ?
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    It is a shame that you chose to introduce yourself in such a way. Teaching is hard work nowadays and being pregnant is an additional source of stress. I hope you will be more relaxed and feel better after a few days in your garden and will have a better perspective on life.
    Children are the product of their upbringing. I taught in a secondary school for over thirty years, and yes, I was sometimes sworn at and children could be rude, angry and disobedient. They had yet to learn better ways of coping with frustration, anger or distress.
    But they only learn respect by being treated with respect and understanding. Some of the homes they came from were unbelievably bad and school was the only stable element in their lives. Many of the children I taught had special needs of some sort, but I was lucky that the school had a caring ethos and it was before the days when lives were ruled by constant tests and assessments.
    The children could also be delightful, kind and caring, and I still sometimes meet someone from years ago. Only last week a burly man came up to me at the farm supplies store and introduced himself as one of my ex-pupils, now aged 40, and a week or two before it was the mother of one of my first students, when I was very young and inexperienced, who came up to me in the medical centre to say hello.
     Very few jobs have the potential for you to make so much difference in someone's life, but motherhood is another. I hope that things go smoothly for you, that your garden cheers you and that you are able to adjust to the changes brought by having a child of your own.

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Lovely post BCD.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • collettewellsgirlcollettewellsgirl Posts: 13
    AnniD said:
    Welcome to the forum. Still, at least when your little one comes along, you'll know how not to brng them up!
    What are your gardening plans for your leave ?
    True. Plenty of bedding plants, pots and going to grow some veg.
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