Aiden St. Clements

Teacher of MFL Secondary. ‘If a tree falls outside a modern academy and no one put in on a spreadsheet did it really fall?’

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@AmyK2897 @Haveawordpod @DanHasAPodcast Don’t do anything different other than quietly and inwardly reject their authority. 😈

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@Caroline_Lno1 @Ria1984 I’d take 195 inset days. 😅

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@DeputyGrocott … Every emperor’s new clothes initiative could be deftly sidestepped and replaced with lots of reading, comprehension and discussion.

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@DeputyGrocott None of it really works. Only reading and subsequent emulation works. I know this from having taught secondary English for 25 years and FE English for 2. Those who read will achieve. Also, my own teachers, aeons ago, planned bugger all. We read a lot and did comprehension…

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@llewelyn20 Everyone knows the ancient sartorial code: From PE kit and trainers to blue suit and brown shoes - the SLT metamorphosis.

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@smithsmm I’ve been teaching for a quarter of a century, Simon. If more autonomy was granted to intelligent professionals and these professionals were free of curricular restrictions, they’d spend far more time reading and talking about those books. The floor would rise.

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@honeymoon250 Why is ‘Honey’ posting this? Oh yeah, for engagement purposes. 😉

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

If a young PE teacher (probably called Ollie or Tom) falls asleep in a forest in his tracksuit and wakes the next day in a blue suit with brown shoes with a fiery ambition to be SLT, did he even sleep?

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@Cicily_aura @grok No you didn’t. This post already exists. You reposted it for engagement purposes. 😩

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@mcwfcswift Tiny school then. In my experience you’d need to remove one of the men and multiply the women by 6.5.

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

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[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@Suey2chaussures Kids who’ve been raised to read and enjoy reading. That’s all there is. Reading is absolutely everything!

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@_MrLevick The easiest by far. Go Alternative Provision, kids.

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@SFredum No pay, no stay. Eventually they’ll learn. I left a school immediately after I was denied pay progression.

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@AVisserFuray Yeah, stop that! It benefits no one, especially you and your mental and physical health. I’m almost a quarter of a century in and do bugger all at home. It makes NO BLOODY DIFFERENCE! Live your life!

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@GFree281 @MrTs_NQTs Yeah, stop thinking about that because … wait for it… infinite universe, minuscule and ultimately meaningless concern!

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@Headteacherchat This fatuous question innit?

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

Teachers, especially this current nauseating clutch of twenty-something-please give me power, less hours of teaching, a white Audi and loads more money go-getters who like to pose fatuous edu-questions on social media at the weekend… stop it! We see you!

[Aiden St. Clements @Teachingtoeat]

@smithsmm Our primary school headteacher read us H.P Lovecraft! I’m fine. Don’t worry about it.

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

2018, more teachers resigned from the profession than any other year PRIOR

2019, that number was SURPASSED

2020, that number AGAIN SURPASSED

2021, BROKE ALL RECORDS making it the biggest teacher resignation year of all-time

Question: Was anything learned?
Answer: NOT A THING!