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Hi I'm a future teacher too. I believe that self-esteem has to effect the rate at which a person progresses. I'm not sure how true this is for adults as I'm training to teach children aged 5 to 11 years and this is certainly true for young children. Praise and encouragement is so important to their ...

I've nver heard of that! How awaful! I'm a trainee teacher doing a post graduate course in the UK. Over here we have targets that need to be met in order to secure a pay rise but I believe they are reasonable targets. If you are working in a deprived area, for example, then the targets are not going...