12. The Feedback
So you sit down with Mr Weary at the end of the day. He doesnt want to be there. Hed rather be continuing with his box set of I, Claudius and alcohol dependency. There you both are though. At the end of the day with the screams of kids still echoing round the corridors. I gave you a four because, well, it wasnt very good. You need to actually teach them things on the curriculum and stop being inspirational. No-one wants an inspirational teacher. It used to be that if the kids got bad grades its because they hadnt worked. Now, if the kids get bad grades its the teachers fault and the parents want you sacked because their lazy, obnoxious little darling can do no wrong. Dont try anything special unless youre getting observed by management where they think that giving them little buzzers and traffic light cards actually helps learning. You do it then because the observation grade will impact on your pay. All other times, they only care about the grades at the end of the year. Anything else? You shake your head as you stare at the still blank feedback form. Well, blank apart from the 4 circled at the bottom. There it is. Right there. Your hopes of being Robin Williams have been dashed forever. Its too late to even be Patch Adams now. Damn it.