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Ah, another day, another ridiculous idea from the silly men in nice suits. New teachers are to be tested on their desk side manner, apparently.

 According to the BBC tests will be done to ascertain whether teachers have the “empathy, understanding and passion to ensure they have the qualities to be a good teacher.”

 Every new teacher is positively brimming with empathy, understanding and passion – at least for the first week or so, until the great machine of educational doom sucks the lifeblood from them and leaves them the same as their more experienced colleagues. Brow beaten, defeated and really pissed off. These traits do not a good bedside manner make.

 The test will be done not with actual children of course, but with a range of ‘on-screen questions’; a foolproof plan surely?

 When confronted with a screaming child, do you:
a) run away

b) try to calm the child down

c) quit your job.

 You answered b? Well done, you may now progress to a real classroom for you are ready to inspire young learners.

 This is classic, classic ignorant crap. You are testing a teacher’s ability to empathise with, understand and show compassion to children – without actually exposing them to any children. Genius, pure unbridled genius that is.

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