When I was a PGCE student, the thought of having 9B3 on my timetable filled me with dread. I used to have sleepless nights before I would teach them and spent more than one lunchtime crying over them.
They knew I was a student teacher and they took full advantage. I couldn’t control them, they didn’t like me and they didn’t want to engage with me at all. They just wanted their old teacher back.
I battled with them throughout my first placement, and left the school feeling like I’d failed a little bit because I’d never truly won them round. I had high points where they engaged and behaved well, but they were consistently the bane of my life.
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