Socialising with teachers

juuge

A drinkin’ buddy of mine has begun dating a primary school teacher (female) and over the weekend he brought her to our local to meet the gang.
Anyway, she’s really annoying by talking louder than everyone else, pretends to know everything, wags her finger at you when she’s talking and has that Irish speaking squeaky accent, what a bummer. Are all teachers like that socially?

thefinalstage

juuge wrote: »

A drinkin’ buddy of mine has begun dating a primary school teacher (female) and over the weekend he brought her to our local to meet the gang.
Anyway, she’s really annoying by talking louder than everyone else, pretends to know everything, wags her finger at you when she’s talking and has that Irish speaking squeaky accent, what a bummer. Are all teachers like that socially?

Buy a loud speaker and yell obviously wrong things into it while she is there. That will learn her!

Catari Jaguar

I am a primary teacher and most of the girls in the training college I went to were just like any other 18 - 21 year olds. Country girls that go to Coppers, get twisted and run riot.. But seriously, I thought they were all sweet and friendly and down to earth. Hard working and organised. There were the occasional immature bitches, but that's just to do with being female.

All the teachers in the school I teach in are just dead sound and hilarious. Don't take themselves seriously at all. But they're young. I imagine older, experienced teachers are used to being the know it all boss and I guess can treat other adults as children.

As one friend of mine told me, as soon as she started telling her brothers to put their rubbish in the "bosca bruascar" she had to laugh and realise she has to switch off from teacher mode!

But no, all teachers are not like that scocially. She sounds like a prat.

rossie1977

one of my best friends is a secondary teacher and she is dead sound, sometimes can get a bit mental when on the p*ss though.

She claims that the majority of teachers she has tried to socialise with are stuck up their own a*s, basically they try to impress the principal by becoming mr or mrs perfect

Terry

I know a primary school teacher who looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Where were these teachers when I was in school?

Anyway, very nice girl and not loud or obnoxious at all.

constitutionus

Lil Kitten wrote: »

I am a primary teacher and most of the girls in the training college I went to were just like any other 18 - 21 year olds. Country girls that go to Coppers, get twisted and run riot.. But seriously, I thought they were all sweet and friendly and down to earth. Hard working and organised. There were the occasional immature bitches, but that's just to do with being female.

All the teachers in the school I teach in are just dead sound and hilarious. Don't take themselves seriously at all. But they're young. I imagine older, experienced teachers are used to being the know it all boss and I guess can treat other adults as children.

As one friend of mine told me, as soon as she started telling her brothers to put their rubbish in the "bosca bruascar" she had to laugh and realise she has to switch off from teacher mode!

But no, all teachers are not like that scocially. She sounds like a prat.

hooked up with one from perrystown a few years back. if she's anything to go by they're horny as hell and seriously cute to boot

connundrum

juuge wrote: »

Are all teachers like that

I've heard that some primary teachers are men. Could be a rumour though.

Oh and I've also met a woman who knew everything, wagged her finger whilst talking and had an annoying accent. But she was a stripper.

Who woulda thunk that strippers and teachers would have so much in common?

Catari Jaguar

connundrum wrote: »

Who woulda thunk that strippers and teachers would have so much in common?

You've never been to Coppers so...

godtabh

juuge wrote: »

A drinkin’ buddy of mine has begun dating a primary school teacher (female) and over the weekend he brought her to our local to meet the gang.
Anyway, she’s really annoying by talking louder than everyone else, pretends to know everything, wags her finger at you when she’s talking and has that Irish speaking squeaky accent, what a bummer. Are all teachers like that socially?

You meet one teacher for one evening and you've already type cast her?

I know a few primary school teachers and they are normal people.

godtabh

Terry wrote: »

Where were these teachers when I was in school?

Puberty hadnt set in

juuge

kearnsr wrote: »

You meet one teacher for one evening and you've already type cast her?

I know a few primary school teachers and they are normal people.

Here we go...
I was posing a question, not type-casting. You wouldn't happen to be a teacher now would you ?

Terry

kearnsr wrote:

Puberty hadnt set in

Well I was a bit of a late developer.

BTW, did you find your way to the Mod forum yet?

connundrum

Terry wrote: »

BTW, did you find your way to the Mod forum yet?

Bet its like the teachers lounge. Do ye all sit around giving out about the bad posters?

Instead of banning peeps you should so give em lines to do.

constitutionus

connundrum wrote: »

I've heard that some primary teachers are men. Could be a rumour though.

Oh and I've also met a woman who knew everything, wagged her finger whilst talking and had an annoying accent. But she was a stripper.

Who woulda thunk that strippers and teachers would have so much in common?

the ratio now is 3 to 1 . (girls to guys, duh )

come to think of it if they want to recruit more male teachers maybe they should broadcast that more loudly :D

Terry

connundrum wrote:

Bet its like the teachers lounge. Do ye all sit around giving out about the bad posters?

Instead of banning peeps you should so give em lines to do.

Nail.
Head.

WindSock

connundrum wrote: »

Bet its like the teachers lounge. Do ye all sit around giving out about the bad posters?

Hehe. It is a bit. Everyone looks at each post to point out grammar and spelling mistakes.

A relative of mine is a primary school teacher. She is a pain in the hole. She is so condescending and can't admit when she is wrong. I'd imagine she has a complex from spending her days with young kiddies. Big fishie.

MagicMarker

Primary school teachers are just those people who weren't smart enough to get into a decent course in college so had to go with the 'Arts' option:)

Catari Jaguar

constitutionus wrote: »

the ratio now is 3 to 1 . (girls to guys, duh )

come to think of it if they want to recruit more male teachers maybe they should broadcast that more loudly :D

3:1 um.. more like 30:1

Fast_Mover

Arts?!! ('Would you like fries with that')
I didn't do Arts, so excuse you! (not that there is anything wrong with doing arts..)

In my teacher training college the ratio is 9:1 girls to lads..:D

Catari Jaguar

MagicMarker wrote: »

Primary school teachers are just those people who weren't smart enough to get into a decent course in college so had to go with the 'Arts' option:)

Teaching course needs at least 440 points to get in depending on the college. In the TCD college affiliation it comes under the Humanities section of Arts. Not Arts.

MagicMarker

Lil Kitten wrote: »

Teaching course needs at least 440 points to get in depending on the college.

YOU LIE!!

Catari Jaguar

No I don't! I got 460 in my LC, and needed 430 to get into my course and that was 4 years ago. You can't educate the youth of Ireland w/o a brain in your head. Of course, you could always go the Arts Degree and H dip route..

Anyways, back to talking about socialising with teachers.

Fast_Mover

When I did my Leaving Cert 2yrs ago I needed 465 to get into Mary I..yes, your right im not smart enough Magicmarker:rolleyes::p

I think there are (and I know one or two) teachers out there who are loud, bossy, and annoying when they are out..but perhaps thats the person inside them and not the teacher. All other teachers/student teachers I know are genuine, down to earth, understanding, up for a laugh folk..it's who they are.

Edit: I didn't offence at all MM..hense i just put in an extra smiley.:)

MagicMarker

Chill man, Lil Kitten didn't take offence, you shouldn't either.

Catari Jaguar

It's cool, there just seems to be a lot of teacher bashing on boards lately. Everyone had a teacher at some stage so therefore think they know all about it but are generally misinformed. But I don't mind. I get longer holidays than you all. Hah.

MagicMarker

Lil Kitten wrote: »

It's cool, there just seems to be a lot of teacher bashing on boards lately. Everyone had a teacher at some stage so therefore think they know all about it but are generally misinformed. But I don't mind. I get longer holidays than you all. Hah.

Fast_Mover

Lil Kitten wrote: »

. I get longer holidays than you all. Hah.

You forgot about the 'with full pay' bit!!:D

Oh dear, we best not this lot again!!:p

Catari Jaguar

juuge wrote: »

.... Irish speaking squeaky accent, what a bummer. Are all teachers like that socially?

Do all teachers have a squeaky Irish accent scocially? Um.. From my experience I haven't found that no...

Toto Wolfcastle

I'd like to remind those of you who are bashing Arts that it was mainly Arts graduates that got your sorry asses through school! In fairness, I'm doing the Dip, and there are some people in the course who you'd wonder about. They're mainly IT graduates though.

The teachers in the school I teach in are lovely. So funny and friendly. I can't imagine them being annoying on a night out.

In my course, however, there are some people who would just wreck your head. All high-pitched voices and 'I'm the boss' but you get that everywhere really.

I can kind of understand why some primary teachers might start acting like you described. I mean, I'd go mad if I had to spend a large portion of my day with little kids.

When I read the title of this thread, I immediately thought of a guy who was in my class in secondary school. I just found out that he's going out with a former teacher of ours. He's 22, and she would have been teaching us from 3rd year onwards. I think I'd find it so weird to go out with a past pupil. (Then again, I'm in an all-girls school so that's maybe the issue there!)

Trojan911

Terry wrote: »

I know a primary school teacher who looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Where were these teachers when I was in school?

Ya, hear hear, I picked up six primary school teachers in my cab a few weeks back and they were all stunners and a right naughty bunch when I brought them back to their hotel later that night..... I feel robbed.......

Catari Jaguar

janeybabe26 wrote: »

In my course, however, there are some people who would just wreck your head. All high-pitched voices and 'I'm the boss' but you get that everywhere really.

You know what, now that you mention it, I found the H Dippers in my college to be highly immature (for so called Mature Students), like talking and giggling during lectures and very anti-social and opinianated. When I was teaching in Africa I had to live with a bunch of other teachers and the Dips were nasty pieces of work. Very loud and bossy. We christened them the Dipsticks. Heh. No offence Jane!

Toto Wolfcastle

Lil Kitten wrote: »

You know what, now that you mention it, I found the H Dippers in my college to be highly immature (for so called Mature Students), like talking and giggling during lectures and very anti-social and opinianated. When I was teaching in Africa I had to live with a bunch of other teachers and the Dips were nasty pieces of work. Very loud and bossy. We christened them the Dipsticks. Heh. No offence Jane!

I have to agree with you here. I really don't understand how a bunch of people ranging in age from 22 (that would be me and very few others!) right up to 51 think it's ok to talk LOUDLY in lectures, and start to pack up and talk even more loudly when they think the lecturer is finishing up. I think it's so rude. And then they complain that their students do it.

This, of course, applies to the minority. There are some genuinely lovely people in the class.

And no offence taken! I actually find that although I'm the youngest in my class, I'm a lot more mature in some ways than the older people. I guess it's because I started the dip straight from my undergrad course, so I'm still in college mode. A lot of my classmates have been out of college for years, and perhaps find it difficult to adjust to being a student again.

Trotter

I wish I'd done primary teaching in college from the start! I spent my nights with nerdy women who talked about binary

I dont squeak much anyway.. Im the token male primary teacher. Grr.

Pigman II

juuge wrote: »

A drinkin’ buddy of mine has begun dating a primary school teacher (female) and over the weekend he brought her to our local to meet the gang.
Anyway, she’s really annoying by talking louder than everyone else, pretends to know everything, wags her finger at you when she’s talking and has that Irish speaking squeaky accent, what a bummer. Are all teachers like that socially?

Yeah that may be so, but then again it's on every blokes to-do list to shag a teacher.

Trotter

Pigman II wrote: »

Yeah that may be so, but then again it's on every blokes to-do list to shag a teacher.

Emm... Can I be out of this one? lol

Shadowless

MagicMarker wrote: »

Primary school teachers are just those people who weren't smart enough to get into a decent course in college so had to go with the 'Arts' option:)

Actually that's Secondary School teachers. Primary school teachers go to Pats or Limerick and it's about 450 points (ish).
9 to 1 girls to lads too. Wish I'd have done it :rolleyes:

godtabh

juuge wrote: »

Here we go...
I was posing a question, not type-casting. You wouldn't happen to be a teacher now would you ?

No.

Terry wrote: »

Well I was a bit of a late developer.

BTW, did you find your way to the Mod forum yet?

I've had a look around. Havent had to do anything yet so I'm just gona lurke for a while.

connundrum wrote: »

Bet its like the teachers lounge.

Only time I've been in the teachers lougne was when I changed the asnwers to my Applied Maths test when I was supervising the leaving cert. Didnt go over board. Only gave myself a B.1

Time Magazine

Fast_Mover wrote: »

When I did my Leaving Cert 2yrs ago I needed 465 to get into Mary I..yes, your right im not smart enough Magicmarker:rolleyes::p

You're not

newestUser

janeybabe26 wrote: »

I have to agree with you here. I really don't understand how a bunch of people ranging in age from 22 (that would be me and very few others!) right up to 51 think it's ok to talk LOUDLY in lectures, and start to pack up and talk even more loudly when they think the lecturer is finishing up. I think it's so rude. And then they complain that their students do it.

This, of course, applies to the minority. There are some genuinely lovely people in the class.

I'm totally stirring sh!t here, but do you think they behave like this because:

1) they actually don't want to be there - they tried to make a living some other way, couldn't do it, wound up in a hdip course, and are resenting it because they feel like failures, and are stuck studying to be teachers not because they want to, but because for whatever reason, they feel like it's their last resort

2 they look down on undergraduate age students because they've been there, worn the t-shirt, blahblahblah, and resent being on the same level as them again

I'm generalising based on two people I know. How widespread is this attitude amongst HDips?

GerryRyan

Bit off-topic - but how many here have ever ended up having a few drinks with your own teachers while still in secondary?

It was common enough with myself and my group in the last few months leading up to the LC. All the TY heads were 18-19.

Most weekends we'd arrive at the local and end up having a round or 3 with our teachers before headin on to another place ... classes didn't change, we weren't treated any different come Monday. Even managed to get one of more uptight ones into shots

Generally, they're completely different outside of school hours - but it's all business back in school.

godtabh

ThatGuy wrote: »

Bit off-topic - but how many here have ever ended up having a few drinks with your own teachers while still in secondary?

It was common enough with myself and my group in the last few months leading up to the LC. All the TY heads were 18-19.

Most weekends we'd arrive at the local and end up having a round or 3 with our teachers before headin on to another place ... classes didn't change, we weren't treated any different come Monday. Even managed to get one of more uptight into shots

Generally, they're completely different outside of school hours - but it's all business back in school.

One of my secodary teachers worked the door down the local.

Didnt stop us from getting in.

Another new teacher at time with to the local nite spot. She wasnt impressed when she saw half hur irish class there

Toto Wolfcastle

newestUser wrote: »

I'm totally stirring sh!t here, but do you think they behave like this because:

1) they actually don't want to be there - they tried to make a living some other way, couldn't do it, wound up in a hdip course, and are resenting it because they feel like failures, and are stuck studying to be teachers not because they want to, but because for whatever reason, they feel like it's their last resort

2 they look down on undergraduate age students because they've been there, worn the t-shirt, blahblahblah, and resent being on the same level as them again

I'm generalising based on two people I know. How widespread is this attitude amongst HDips?

There are definitely a few people with the 'holier than thou' attitude to the whole thing; people who believe that because they've been out in the 'real world', maybe subbing, they know it all, and feel that what they are being taught in college is really only for the 'young ones.' The type of people who think it's their God-given right to push their way to the top of the line during registration, just because they are a few years older. I'd say some are resentful of the fact that a couple of the lecturers are younger than a lot of the students! But that's the case with some mature students in all courses.

Having said that, you get the complete opposite, really serious, worried about every little thing. Worried about teaching. I don't know why. None of their students know they are student teachers! I look about 12! They all know I'm a student.

But of course all of the above is true of younger student teachers too, and younger students in general. There are people of all ages in my course, and in my school, who I would gladly go out for a drink with. I wouldn't get that finger-wagging, know-it-all attitude from them. Equally, there are annoying people of all ages in the course. I think you get people like that in all professions. People are annoying! Not everybody gets on with everybody else. It doesn't matter if they're a teacher or not. I know student nurses and doctors and comm students and people who work in retail and so on who I would not go out for a drink with, for fear I may actually have to hit them. And equally, I know people in all jobs who are great. I mean, you might sit down with me and think, 'This girl is the most irritating girl alive', and someone else might think, 'This girl is really nice and funny'. It's all perception really. (Which I must now get back to studying!)

I hate stereotyping.

Timothy Bryce

juuge wrote: »

A drinkin’ buddy of mine has begun dating a primary school teacher (female) and over the weekend he brought her to our local to meet the gang.
Anyway, she’s really annoying by talking louder than everyone else, pretends to know everything, wags her finger at you when she’s talking and has that Irish speaking squeaky accent, what a bummer. Are all teachers like that socially?

Maybe when you guys leave school she'll be less patronising?

:|

MagicMarker wrote: »

Primary school teachers are just those people who weren't smart enough to get into a decent course in college so had to go with the 'Arts' option:)

Thats secondary school teachers. And not all either, think of the maths and science teachers, they'd have to have proper degrees in these subjects

Toto Wolfcastle

wrote: »

Thats secondary school teachers. And not all either, think of the maths and science teachers, they'd have to have proper degrees in these subjects

Not quite, you can do maths and science subjects in Arts too. (Of course, Arts is actually a proper degree too, but I'll never ever win that argument! )

Fast_Mover

Ibid wrote: »

You're not

Opps..Lucky you're not one of my pupils eh?!!:D

Never came across any of my secondary teachers while out socialising iirc. They did come out clubbing with us after our graduation mass though..had great craic with them, dancing, drinking..

See some of my old primary teachers most days considering im working in my local primary school for placement..have great fun with them, they're lovely people. Never had any problems with any of them while I was a pupil and still don't now that im a teacher.

Edit/ :D:D Oh dear im not thinking straight today it seems..

MagicMarker

Fast_Mover wrote: »

Opps..Lucky your not one of my pupils eh?!!:D

Indeed:p

juuge

Timothy Bryce wrote: »

Maybe when you guys leave school she'll be less patronising?

Perhaps you are right, though we call it university.

godtabh

juuge wrote: »

Perhaps you are right, though we call it university.

At the end of the day your still learning. No wonder she seems like she knows everything

juuge

kearnsr wrote: »

At the end of the day your still learning. No wonder she seems like she knows everything

So you've stopped learning.... right!

Driver 8

Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, moan about teachers.