I really didn't think that you were being disrespectful.. really! (That's usually MY job to sound like I am being so:)

I just get a bit tired when these newfangled terms come into play when most of us worth our salt do it anyway, out of genuine love of what we do. I get so pissed with people who get bogged down with gov't initiatives and where money is being pushed.

The above comments are so right, as was yours. Teachers sometimes forget that a comment on a workbook or a lack of praise can affect a child their whole life. Don't get me wrong.. I have my own moments of being unreasonable and grumpy but I hope that the kids I teach know that it's my fault and not theirs. Unless ofcourse, it IS theirs:)

uk import, quality comment. I'm lucky here with the kids I teach. It hasn't always been the case. Being positive with a kid who has parents who don't give a toss and pass the buck onto the teachers whilst being openly negative and pig headed.. is like trying to use a chocolate ashtray. I KNOW that was a run on sentence but it's late:)

It doesn't matter that I can't write as an English teacher, anyway..Who cares about educating the kids anymore.. aren't we just there to 'groom' them? :O