As I mentioned in another thread, from 11-18 I was in a school that was really a mental hospital, where the patients were allowed to 'teach' as part of their therapy.
I reckon at least 80% of my teachers were mentally unfit for one reason or another. Alkies. Sadists. Obsessives. A Headmaster who thought it was 1911. A guy who stared into space. Bat shit crazy the lot of them. The overwhelming majority would be barred from the profession in 2023. Don't get me started on all the stupid, petty rules they imposed because they could.
I seriously believe that some of my own mental health issues were started there, and they would have been a lot worse if I hadn't fucked off and wagged it for weeks on end. What's more, I learned more in Central Library than I ever did in that utter shit tip of a so-called school.
I still hate some of those teacher cunts decades later even though all or at least the vast majority must be six feet under by now. If I'd been spending my life in Strangeways, that place would have been good preparation. For the real world, it was utterly useless.