I am a teacher who has been doing agency work for a few years. Reading this article by Chris Woodhead (former chief inspector of schools in England) at
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5626680.ece
rang a few bells with my experiences.
NOT ALL the schools I've worked in have been as depicted. Some have been far worse. When you are there for the day you just do the work, get your time sheet signed and leave.
The striking thing which both the protagonist in the film of this school and Mr Woodhead say is "Why keep them at school to 17 or 18 when there is nothing there for them ?" The film also raise the question of why humiliate the children, when they are so ill-equipped to cope with academic life.
No one person can provide any answers to real-life teaching problems.
The film is called 'the Class', and won the Palme d'Or award last year. See more at
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068646/
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