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Originally Posted by Niamh.

What's the solution though, you can't force people to study for careers they don't want to do especially when the pay is so s**t as well

I have to say though I'm really happy with how my son was taught all the way through primary, I don't think him being taught by a female teacher was any disadvantage for him

The thinking seems to be that a variety is preferable for both boys and girls... But who knows as there are so few male teachers to test the theory .

Something needs to be done to make teaching in general more attractive as a career to be fair. My wife's cousin spent years getting his qualification... Lasted 2 years as a high school teacher and was so miserable with it that he just walked out. He's now an emergency dispatcher and finds it much LESS stressful... Which surely shouldn't be the case!

In his words, he loved actual teaching as much as he always thought he would... but the rest of it was a nightmare. All targets, pressure and paperwork and not really an attractive salary either.