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Teachers 'stressed by behaviour'
By Angela Harrison
BBC News at the NASUWT comference in Birmingham



Teachers also warn that some pupils are being given too much say
Bad behaviour from pupils is the biggest cause of stress for teachers and the main reason for poor standards, a teaching union has said.
Teachers at the NASUWT conference complained that some school leaders were not dealing with the problem.

Delegates passed a motion at the Birmingham meeting listing many factors contributing to the problem, including councils' drives to cut exclusions.

Teachers also complained about a lack training in behaviour management.

ADHD is being used as a reason not to give a student an exclusion

Susan Jones
Derbyshire delegate

Susan Jones, from Derbyshire, told delegates local authorities were nowhere to be seen when a child was disrupting a class, but stepped in fast if a school tried to exclude one.

'Extremes'

"ADHD is being used as a reason not to give a student an exclusion," she told delegates.

"Excuses are being made all the time for the behaviour of some students. They are being given a free reign."

Teachers at the conference are also critical of the way moves to give pupils a say in their school lives are being handled in some places.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7316505.stm
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[caniff]

Maybe England could learn a thing or two from Korea.

Very un-PC, I know, but there are (male) students who could use a wack when they get out of line. I know I probably deserved a couple during my student days. It never happened, however, as the teacher undoubtedly felt constained from doing anything, and the average student KNOWS the score.

PC-ism and the over-litigious western culture is creating armies of brats who will later grow up to be big assholes (myself excluded).

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Justin Hale]

If you can get into a good school, it's gold. If you get into a bad one, full of chavs and Muslims exclusively, it'll totally destroy any optimism about humanity you might have previously had. I taught in South London and the experience was often horrifying.

[Ya-ta Boy]

For the students or for you?

[Justin Hale]