Workload was identified as one the biggest factors in female teachers experience of aggression in the workplace. Workload and work pressure were interweaved and had to do with time : the amount of time available and the time of the year. Sometimes the teacher was struggling to manage her own workload when more work was passed down from her senior , who also could manage her own workload. They did not complain , as they did not want to be seen as failures. The high expectations at all levels in the private school , especially with regard to lesson preparation , instigated perceived aggression (Van der Merwe , 2013:68) :