"Last week, I did an event in Tallaght for the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO). It was a room full of teachers, SNAs and youth workers, all there to hear me talk about my ideas and experiences of educational disadvantage. As part of my spiel, I always ask the people in those rooms if they ever knew a bad teacher. Everyone raises their hand. Then I ask if they know a bad teacher now. Every time I ask the second question, fewer hands go up."
"As part of my spiel, I always ask the people in those rooms if they ever knew a bad teacher. Everyone raises their hand. Then I ask if they know a bad teacher now. Every time I ask the second question, fewer hands go up. But you can guarantee that there is always a small group of SNAs in the room who raise their hands to say yes, yes, they do."
An event in Tallaght for the Irish National Teachers' Organisation gathered teachers, SNAs and youth workers to hear ideas and experiences about educational disadvantage. Attendees were asked if they had ever known a bad teacher; every hand went up. When asked whether they know a bad teacher now, noticeably fewer hands were raised. A consistent minority of SNAs continued to indicate that they currently know a bad teacher. The pattern indicates that past exposure to poor teaching is widespread, while present-day recognition of bad teachers is less common. The contrast suggests differences in experience and perception across roles within education settings.
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