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Here is a blog that has been written by another PGCE student.

I advise all people who read my blog to read the blog linked above. It is exactly this sort of thinking that will make you hate your job within months. The writer thinks of kids as a battle, as the enemy.

How can you hope to enjoy the children you teach, enjoy your role as a teacher and therefore give your class the energy, insight and fun they deserve, if you think in this way.

This is a cautionary tale: it is NOT cool to ‘hate’ children if you are a teacher. It is NOT what ‘everyone’ thinks. Do not be dragged down with the haters – the ones who think of the staffroom as the most enjoyable, safest and best place in the school.

We are teachers for many reasons. Disliking children should not be one of them. If you think this might be you, GET OUT NOW. LEAVE. Leave the course, get another job. Do something else that will make you happy.