GreatChizzy:


You are talking rubbish. I was earning £28,000 per annum when I bought my first 3 bedroom apartment in Telford England. After all life expenses; I still had an equivalent of N6 million in savings at the end of the year. How many Government school Teachers in Nigeria can boast of that?

You are the one talking rubbish. What's your NET & disposable income from the £2,300?

How are you able to afford a mortgage with that peanut?

You think everyone on NL is an ignorant poor man like you

How una go deh naija deh predict something weh deh happen for another country like say Manchester United and Chelsea game deh off me.

What do you mean by "What can £2,300 per month in UK do for you"? Na wa oh




Na there way, make den dey earn their 200k monthly

arantess:

This epistle will not deter those who are interested

Shift

While the epistle is anecdotal, it should be compulsory reading for any Nigerian teacher looking to migrate to the UK.

spiritedtete:


I knew some who tried it.. he got fired and he sue the school in the UK.

Sue. . How much do you have in the account to pay a lawyer? Anyone can sue. I keep telling you never try those things you wrote up there or else, na free food you wan dey chop for the next 25 years of your life.

That's when you will know the real life definition of the word FREEDOM. Not dictionary definition. . Mashed potatoes with plenty curry soup.

ecolime:

You are the one talking rubbish. What's your NET & disposable income from the £2,300?

How are you able to afford a mortgage with that peanut?

You think everyone on NL is an ignorant poor man like you

Is possible bros, the 28k is not peanuts because you have side jobs and having a working wife boom you ok

ecolime:

You are the one talking rubbish. What's your NET & disposable income from the £2,300?

How are you able to afford a mortgage with that peanut?

You think everyone on NL is an ignorant poor man like you

If he has net of £2.300 he can easily pay his monthly mortgage. Most British are on between £1,800 and above net and easily paying off their mortgage and mind you naija dey run many jobs ooo. Boys are not lazy faaa. I know some naija ladies buying cars monthly from their salaries shipping it to naija.

dollarnaira:


Lol
The moment some of us hear UK we view it as heaven. Let them go first and give us review.

A villager will run down to Lagos thinking money grows on every streets.

Some learn the hard way, they learn nothing when it doesn't cost them something huge.

ecolime:

You are the one talking rubbish. What's your NET & disposable income from the £2,300?

How are you able to afford a mortgage with that peanut?

You think everyone on NL is an ignorant poor man like you

Cost of living will be different per area, £28000 is not even peanuts in London, it’s the shell of the peanut so it’s considered very low

However that kind of salary may spread further in Telford

emperorlaqrin:


Bros they are not only short of teachers. With little that I have seen it’s we immigrants that do most of the jobs in every sector. Don’t be surprised in years to come unskilled workers go soon follow

Europe is currently suffering from low child birth and their population is aging. To stay afloat, they need manpower but for cheap. Manpower they can easily control.

advanceDNA:


Those children are even worse than the scenario up there

I once stayed in Edinburgh. While walking on the street to my house, some kids between 7 to 9 just fetched some dirty, muddy water and poured it on the wind shield if a car parked by a woman on the roadside. I turned and looked at them and the all ran away laughing. I wondered, what kind of upbringing is this again? The children in oyinboland are extremely ill behaved.

tony9k:
I saw his post on a whatshap forum last week and sent it to a friend who has been a teacher in the UK including the town under reference (Luton) for over ten years. The first thing he said is that the mode of enforcement of discipline for students in the Uk is completely different from Africa so any african in the UK will regards the discipline as lax. The treatment of children and young people is also different, An example he said is that corporal punishment (flogging) in african schools is basically abuse (child abuse) which africans (including some children) regard as right.

Apart from that Luton town schools generally are regarded as below average in terms of behaviour in the UK. A town close by - Harpenden - has 3 schools which are state schools where their behaviour is exemplary. In any school, especially the poorly behaved ones the critical issue is their behaviour management policy so if children are disruptive - throwing chairs making unnecessary noise etc they are warned and after 3 warnings are taken out of the class so others can learn. In each class there are a minority of students who are regularly disruptive and they can be sanctioned if persistent - from staying behind after school for 1 hour (detention) to exclusion for a few days to permanent exclusion.

It should also be noted that the attitude to teachers posted to schools temporarily (Supply Teacher) is different from a permanent teacher as students are more disruptive if the teacher is Supply. The narration appear as an exaggeration both from the behaviour of students (calling a teacher idiot and the racist language) and the authorities (the school will not condone such behaviour);

Like in the outside society you cannot touch anybody without permission so the sanctions approved is detention (staying behind during break, lunch or after school depending on the severity of the offence,

The poorly behaved students are a minority and the key issue is how the school authorities manages them

You are right, Luton has some pretty shitty schools.
As someone who has been an insider, I am largely in agreement with what you have written here.

Still, I think anyone contemplating a teaching career in the UK needs to come prepared.
I have counselled not a few broken souls whose mental health was shot, after a stint in the profession, during my time.

A 14-year-old who stabbed a teacher in a racially-motivated attack and then bragged about it on Facebook has been given an 11-year sentence. Katie Razzall has this exclusive interview with the teacher, Vincent Uzomah, who says he has forgiven his attacker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thEfTyBhX4c

somehow:


Europe is currently suffering from low child birth and their population is aging, to stay afloat, they need manpower but for cheap. Manpower they can easily control.

I can’t agree less brother

spiritedtete:


It is just a mere threat.. however you can still take a snap shot to show the school management because if you Do not.. you will be the biggest loser later. Just like the what the OP posted

There is nothing "mere" about threats and worst still directed to children, don't ever dare such! Your DBS is at stake!

If you are told not to use your phone in the classroom as a staff, it means do not use it!

zoedew:

End times things though. Wise Nigerian parents who live abroad get their children educated here and take them back abroad when their formative years are done nicely.

Exactly..

obedience4:
Fake , there is no way ° a difference between a monkey and a black man will be on a UK school board

Lies lies lies

That opportunity will be open for Nigerians come February, apply.

sukkot:
name one ? i know personally many teachers in the uk,including many of my exes who were white oooo and some black who are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from teaching uk children. thats the problem with some of you guys who just open mouth anyhow oooo is you dont understand africa and uk are two different places. children woould come and slap you while you are teaching just because of your accent or you are bllack and you cant do nothing about it ooooo. this is not naija where mr nwosu will come to classroom with plenty cane and be flogging kids upanda. if you even raise your voice against any kids talk less of even mistakenly touching them you are going to prison. you never jam.

U guys are exaggerating things. Yes there's a big difference btw teaching in naija and UK, and the challenge can be daunting but not all these lies spewed here.
Any student that throws chair in class will be suspended or separated from the main class. Who wants to risk lawsuit regarding injury.
No student will call a teacher monkey or whatever...that's blatant racist. The school could get into trouble esp in this era of wokeness.
For new immigrant teachers, the accent will be the biggest headache. From subtle mockery to some telling u to repeat words so they can laugh. Some parents will lodge complaints in school because their children are saying they can't hear u.
Another issue will be respect as per African culture- that's non existent here. Respect is earned not given. Some kids are outrightly disrespectful and will bring the attitude to class- that's how they behave to every adults and not just u. Your challenge will be how to prevent them from disrupting the class because that's exactly what they intend to do.
You have to learn how to control children without intimidation, fear or bullying. Its not easy but also not impossible.
Contrary to expectation, higher classes are easier to control, they are more matured and focused. The students have their GCE, A level, relationships etc to think about, rather than one awkward immigrant teacher with a foreign accent. U will simply fit into their stereotypical mindset of 3rd worlders, they won't bother u much if u respect yourself. The junior ones could be a handful but just know that u are not allowed to touch or grab children aggressively on this country, it's a big NO.
FYI
My wife once worked as a supply teacher, my neighbour is a teacher and my aunt worked as a teacher b4 setting up a nursery- she even said things are much better for foreign teachers nowadays compared to 10 yrs ago when she started.

Really !!

ecolime:

You are the one talking rubbish. What's your NET & disposable income from the £2,300?

How are you able to afford a mortgage with that peanut?

You think everyone on NL is an ignorant poor man like you

Net income was £1,876. Property was £155,500. 5% of that was about £7,750 which was down payment for the property. An NHS Band 5 Nurse is currently at £27,655 per annum. And you calling them "poor".

You are just here spreading false information and missing representation of facts. £28,000 outside London, and South of England is a decent income. And there is no way a Government Teacher in Nigeria comes close to living a better life than a £28,000 income earner. You can continue spreading your false information,but the wise people will do research for themselves.

I don’t think Nigerian kids are that much better behaved than oyinbos, even with all the free rein to discipline as you want in Nigeria, we still have issues of cultism, rudeness, delinquency, spoiled children, drugs etc.

Wawelexy:
Lol.... Are you an idiot?

Funny enough, some schools here in Nigeria are already following this pattern... some private school pupils see their teachers as trash, imagine a male student in senior school 2 trying to woo a teacher and the school authorities doing nothing to reprimand such pupil..

Nigeria and their copycat syndrome...

na to brush that student from ground then resign...rubbish spoilt rotten kids..

yomzy123:




Is possible bros, the 28k is not peanuts because you have side jobs and having a working wife boom you ok

We are not talking about side jobs. The person he referenced talked strictly about his salary. ....and what year was that to even start with?

chloedogie:


Police are always deployed out in large numbers when they close from school especially those bus stations. The crazy things they do no be here. So many of them are taken into custody daily still they fear nothing. I fear for what becomes of that country in the next ten to twenty years

PARENTS have trulyfailed GOD O!how should children he gave them to manage suddenly become d managers of d parents in reverse?

PROPEACE:

I once stayed in Edinburgh. While walking on the street to my house, some kids between 7 to 9 just fetched some dirty, muddy water and poured it on the wind shield if a car parked by a woman on the roadside. I turned and looked at them and the all ran away laughing. I wondered, what kind of upbringing is this again? The children in oyinboland are extremely ill behaved.

Shebi car still good......if i tell u wetin happen to me when i was doing my masters in scotland.....u go pity me... 9-12 year old children made a whole graduate cry... i still have ptsd sometimes

Agbadocassava:
You don’t need to go anywhere when Tinubu becomes the president, he values education and gives teachers priority.

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oh really..but the Tinubu will leave us to the same UK for treatment...your mumu never too much??

IyaTola:
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According to Mhofu from Luton, teaching in the UK is no walk in the park.
Mhofu: “You know, if it wasn’t for teaching, I probably wouldn’t have travelled as much as I did. It was the teaching that got me around the world. But here in the UK, I got a rude awakening.

I looked at the child and wanted to hit him but I had been warned never to touch a child or I would die in prison. I pretended I had not heard the child then I heard another say: ‘Hey, are you deaf?’ I was so angry and I walked out to make a complaint to the teacher-in -charge. As I stepped out, the classroom broke into uncontrollable laughter. I had never been insulted by a child and let alone a white one. I was so angry l started shaking.

I walked into the teacher-in-charge’s office. He looked at me and said go and control your class first. I walked back in the class and everything that followed made me sick to my gut. I just had to leave the classroom as l did not trust myself not to take my typical ‘teacher action’ against these wayward children. I went home.

I got a call from the school which informed me that I had been fired because I had no confidence and skills of dealing with children.
I then got another job as a teacher. This time, I was called a ‘supply teacher’ who is equivalent to a temporary teacher. The only difference is a supply teacher is a qualified teacher.





Those who are thinking of teaching here must brace themselves for a torrid time.” According to Paul Taruvinga: I had my interview with a teaching agency in the UK before I finished University.

I was accepted and so when I arrived in London in 2003 on my UK working holiday visa, I was ready to start my teaching career in Hackney, East London, an area I was soon to discover to be one of London’s most challenging.

Several alarm bells ringing here. Firstly Luton is a majority Asian town, you'll be hard pressed to find any white kids let alone any who risk being racist in such a town.

Secondly, let alone a white kid? So this 'person' went into a UK teaching job with such racial prejudices? I just don't believe it.

Thirdly, his first action on his first day was to the head teachers office? Are you for real? No wonder the school lost confidence in him.

Add lastly, 2003 How are we to take this seriously when there is a 20 year old anecdote? Any idea how much countries change over such a time?

GreatChizzy:


You are talking rubbish. I was earning £28,000 per annum when I bought my first 3 bedroom apartment in Telford England.

The thread was likely set up by a government troll farm to discourage Nigerian teachers from leaving for the UK next February.

spiritedtete:
The example shared is just like a normal happenings... there are worse things that happened. However learn more about reversed psychology. Read more on how to get white kids attention. Also note that their parents are the main instigator, they speak horrible things about blacks to their children in their homes. Nevertheless many white parents are as Dumb as zombies. They just want to feel superior when they see blacks. Like I said reversed psychology is their weakness. They are not so smart.

youre correct..do a reverse on them and then they'll take off..

SmartyPants:


Why look at it that way?

Someone is giving you information so that you know what you're getting into. If you are happy to proceed, that's on you. If you are scared, that's on you.

But you should know that there is a reason why the UK is short of homegrown teachers.

A lot on here are un-intelligent. Sorry to say. People give you information. Instead of them to drill down and logically discuss things or analyse it and be prepared. They see enemies everywhere. Probably conditioned by their various religious houses to see things from that perspective.

A lot of teachers are burned out and leaving the classrooms because the "woke" society has taken control of classrooms from their hands and handed it over to the kids. There was a story of a 13 year old kid who got a teacher suspended because she won't call her by her multiple pronouns which was always changing everyweek. Today she identifies as a boy , next week she is non binary , next month she is a girl and wants the teacher to follow such absurdities and address by such when it "changes".


I have a class to teach not conform to your whims and caprices. You would leave the classroom also when kids have no consequences in a school environment nowadays. Parents bringing their uncultured kids to school and expecting teachers to drill commonsense into them without the kids bearing the consequences of such disobedience.

Just last week 6 teneegers as young as 13 knived and murdered a man in Toronto at midnight. Like what the hell are 13 year old girls doing on the street at 12am . Guess they wanted booze from the man and he was trying to prevent them. That's a small sample of kids and should not be reflective of the whole society but nah, you take a walk to parks and schools. The amount of graffiti, destruction of public property, hooliganism i have seen. Not seen 1/100 of it amongst young people even in the deepest ghettos of Ajegunle.

eben97:
AFTER MY small many years experience in this field both with d whites and d blacks,let give u my two cent;never allow your young kidson age lower than 18 to go study out there. The level of negative influence no be here o! No matter how strong u are .once you notice your child is not stable with character, please let white mans land wait untill he or she becomes very stable in character else that child Would become a Waste! Even to u a t d end of d day.they can go to d uni for masters but if they must go 4 degrees, please ensure they are already moulded and formed !

Thanks for the heads-up. The issue is that if they are born over there, do we need to relocate them back to Nigeria?

GreatChizzy:


Net income was £1,876. Property was £155,500. 5% of that was about £7,750 which was down payment for the property. An NHS Band 5 Nurse is currently at £27,655 per annum. And you calling them "poor".

You are just here spreading false information and missing representation of facts. £28,000 outside London, and South of England is a decent income. And there is no way a Government Teacher in Nigeria comes close to living a better life than a £28,000 income earner. You can continue spreading your false information,but the wise people will do research for themselves.

ignore the government troll farm urchin, the starting salary for London is higher, £28,000 is for other areas of the UK and it would be soon increased to 30k

greenermodels:
ignore the government troll farm urchin, the starting salary for London is higher, £28,000 is for other areas of the UK and it would be soon increased to 30k

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Thanks.

I have given my input, he that has ears and wise will conduct a research and know what the median income in the UK is and study cost of living in various regions. I will ignore the troll as advised.

chloedogie:


Sue. . How much do you have in the account to pay a lawyer? Anyone can sue. I keep telling you never try those things you wrote up there or else, na free food you wan dey chop for the next 25 years of your life.

That's when you will know the real life definition of the word FREEDOM. Not dictionary definition. . Mashed potatoes with plenty curry soup.

My kid school fees for grade 2 is 13000 usd and I have 2 of them in same school... so I am well able to sue if the school messes up