LO - To know the parents race at sports day might not be worth the risk
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges teachers face amid media criticism and societal expectations, while also sharing humorous anecdotes from their experiences.
This week, the lads look back on one of the hottest teaching weeks in recent memory and the media backlash that followed as schools across the country battled impossible classroom temperatures. Lee shares his frustration with the criticism aimed at teachers, discusses why schools are constantly expected to solve society's problems and explains why the real conversation should be about supporting working families rather than blaming schools. There's also plenty of discussion about misinformation online, viral parenting influencers, social media outrage and why so many education stories are designed to stir up anger rather than reflect the reality of life in schools. Elsewhere, Adam suffers another brutal celebrity lookalike comparison, while Lee receives perhaps the greatest introduction of his career at a teacher conference. The conversation also revisits one of their old classroom resources, leading to one of the funniest pupil comments they've heard in years. The blind ranking returns with a trip through television's most famous fictional teachers, sparking plenty of debate over who deserves top spot and who would be an absolute nightmare to work alongside. As always, the…
People in this episode
Hosts: Lee, Adam
Topics covered
- education
- classroom temperatures
- media backlash
- supporting families
- misinformation
- parenting influencers
- humor in teaching
Keywords
- teaching
- classroom
- media
- parents
- social media
- humor
- education stories
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