I used to be put off by watching Bad Education, thinking it was just about just a degenerate class of
students that just acted up. But having watched a few episodes in passing
lately, it’s really beginning to kick off. It’s actually the performances of
the adult teachers and their child-like behaviour that make the comedy
interesting rather than the chav stereotypical students themselves. The comedy
arises for Alfie’s need to succeed and demonstrate his maturity to the other
teachers and prove that he can lead; but he hasn’t the intellectual mechanics
to do so and needs his pupils to help him succeed; bribing them with a field
trip to Nandos and beer. His teaching methods are actually very imaginative;
allowing chaos to ensue when using pupils in wheelchairs to act as tanks in war
enactments. But you have to wonder how these people actually get these jobs that
would be a great storyline to focus on.
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