Striving to save an unreachable student: giving up on Angel

The unreachable student: Anna Bailey has reached the fourth stage of teaching a particular student, where being isolated is preferable to being saved. Photograph: AlamyOne of my new colleagues recently expressed surprise that the rest of us were having so much trouble with Angel. "Oh, he always behaves so well for me" he said, smugly. "I didn't even realise he was supposed to be difficult."Those of us who have taught Angel for the last two years rolled our eyes and exchanged contemptuous

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