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The problem: I’m a European-trained MFL teacher working part-time in an academy where there are behavioural issues. I’ve been working hard to adapt to the British system. My two most recent observations were “good”. Unfortunately, I’ve been given a Year 9 (S2) French group that wasn’t enthusiastic to start with and now their behaviour is worse. One pupil told me he hates the lesson and that I’m a bad teacher. They also hate my seating plan and refuse to sit where I tell them