Why The Standard Of Teacher In Schools Are So Important

By Kabullens Last updated Oct 30, 2022

Low angle view of kids looking inside while doing experiments in class

Are you you about to choose which school you’ll send your child in September? Are you dissatisfied with the quality of education and the instruction your child currently receives? Do you think you or two teachers at your child’s school aren’t up to the task? In this post I discuss one teacher who taught me while I was in high school. She was a teacher who caused me to lose a few grades in maths , in my view.

The school I attended was an all-boys school. Some of the boys that I had in my class were out of control, very out of line and disruptive. They needed an experienced and firm teacher who did not hesitate to discipline them.

In a class of 30 boys, it’s only two poor apples in order to transform a teacher’s life into an ordeal. I will admit that there were times when I felt sad for some of these teachers , who have to admit that they seemed to be trying to make it through. In these classes, where the teacher is struggling to maintain his or her students under control, all of the classes is affected and the quality of education for those who are there to learn will decrease. The teacher has to invest hours trying to calm and control disruptive pupils that they don’t have much time to teach the rest of the children.

I have seen this happen repeatedly until it was becoming boring. What these unruly and disruptive youngsters needed, in my opinion was a slap on the head and another if the first didn’t work.

The first three years of high school in Maths we had an instructor who was so excellent that she was untrue. The name was Mrs Washbourne and was as tough as a rock. No one dared play around in her class, and they all respected her as an instructor. I thoroughly enjoyed her lessons , and at the end of my third year, I was able to place second among the 118 boys on the final test. I was very pleased with this achievement and Mrs Washbourne said that I was aiming towards the A-grade at GCSE level.

The issue is that Miss Washbourne had only been certified to instruct to the third year. I had an instructor in maths who, although on paper appeared to be better than Mrs Washbourne was in reality way below her standards it was shocking. He was not in control of the class and was unable to even glance at your eyes while you spoke to him. The kids in the class were having a blast as always and I couldn’t focus and learn the level of instruction I wanted.

The final exam I only got an average grade of C. No doubt that this was a large part of my fault, but I also blamed a bad teacher as well as the overall quality of education in my school.