
True, and you shouldn’t excuse their behaviour

True, and you shouldn’t excuse their behaviour

Teachers get exploited like any other worker, and performing for a class of students multiple times a day is super stressful if you’re already at your limit of capacity. STEM subjects usually require more guidance from a teacher than other subjects because if a student does not understand a particular concept, they are unable to practice and thus cannot get better. So it requires a lot from a teacher to identify which students are stuck and how they can help the student get unstuck. The stress for the student and teacher alike can make the whole experience horrible for both of them. That’s not to excuse abusive or aggressive behaviour, which is always wrong. But the source of this issue is not abusive teachers, it’s a system that puts so much stress on teachers that they are not able to give students the attention they require and are more likely to have issues with regulating their emotions.
The BBC is horrendously transphobic though