u/black-tezz

I am studying secondary education (am fast approaching 30 years old with 10 years working in corporate) and have been working casually in schools. When I speak with teachers with 20-30+ years experience teaching, I find it really hard to hold conversations with them. They tend to talk on top of me and don't really listen to what I say and have an "I'm right" attitude when just having a simple conversation (non-teaching related). Is this normal or just normal for the school I am working at?

Edit: thank you all for your replies! I am still studying education and have a long way to go 😄 I should preface with that I am a pre-service teacher (working as an SLSO) and very early days in working in a school environment. I have worked at several difference schools but only for the last 6 weeks. Really appreciate you all ❤️

Hi guys,

I just starting working in a support unit and had a chair thrown at me the other day by a student. This has really solidified my feelings of not wanting to work in special ed (just for my own general safety).

I also deal with mainstream kids on a daily basis. How do you deal with really rude kids? The rolling eyes and just general rudeness of the girls is actually really frustrating. In the school I am working at, the boys are totally fine, its the girls (particularly year 7 and 8) that are just so rude and entitled!