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teachers to strike again - only after their 6 week summer holiday though
rasbo
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Yip, weekends off, 2 weeks at christmas, 2 weeks at easter, 6 weeks in summer, a couple extra weeks half term, in service days, early finishes once a week, closing at the first sign of snow, a pension, much better conditions and hours than home carers, nurses, and "our heros in Afganistan" and yet, still not enough.
:rolleyes:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4343609/Teachers-to-strike-again-but-only-after-their-6-week-summer-holiday-of-course.html
the unemployed rising all the time, people depressed on the dole, this must be like a knife through their heart. If a school kid went on strike the parents would be prosecuted.
:rolleyes:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4343609/Teachers-to-strike-again-but-only-after-their-6-week-summer-holiday-of-course.html
the unemployed rising all the time, people depressed on the dole, this must be like a knife through their heart. If a school kid went on strike the parents would be prosecuted.
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Its such a bad attitude to have that's displayed in this thread - teachers work extremely hard and should be respected not punished.
...and the answer to that argument is always "people in other jobs work hard too, but don't get six weeks off in summer".
be that as it may, I bet these people in other jobs get paid a hell of a lot more than teachers - the hours that teachers put in at term time makes up for their six weeks off.
Different jobs have different working hours.
Its only teachers that cop flack for their working hours for some reason though.
BIB They could all have chosen to be a teacher if they had wanted the conditions of service that teachers have!
But another poster has already pointed out the time spent planning lessons etc that we don't see!
I wouldn't have their job no matter what it paid & I know they chose it themselves...Did LOL at the thread title though:D:o
However, I can't get on board with these public sector strikes. Ok, your pension isn't going to be as good as it might have been but it's the same for everyone. Many people in the private sector don't even have an employers pension. I've had an absolute stack wiped off the value of my pension fund due to the financial crisis. Unlike the teachers, there is no one I can hold to ransom to get a better deal. Suck it up and get on with it.
Left at 6.30 am? the school must have been a fair distance away then which would also account for the late arrival home so if the school was say 5 minutes away from your house, arrive at 8.30, finish at say 3.30, then 2 hours lesson planning, (which could be done in the school building) she would still be home before 6pm and still have had her hour off for lunch plus morning and afternoon breaks.
You can't include travel time to make a point, many people have to travel long distances to work their contracted hours. Unless of course, the school your missus works at begins the day at 7 in the morning and finishes at 7.30 at night, if so, please accept my apologies.
I support anyones right to strike if they feel strongly enough about the cause. If you have signed up for certain conditions then, through no fault of your own, those conditions change then you would be annoyed.
The 'they get far too many holidays' stuff just highlights that people have no idea what teachers actually do. I am not sure I want to complete my PGCE as the workload is ridiculous. Far easier ways to earn money.
Neither can people with kids, our holidays are governed by school terms as well. (i don't know if this is the case with every school but it certainly is with my childrens)
They also get half term and end of term off too, and without going back, whoever said that they 'paint the classrooms and tidy up':rolleyes:
Definitely agree with the last part. My sister and a handful of my friends are teachers and so I can definitely see that they work their asses off, but whilst they have every right to strike, I can only offer so much sympathy. All pension schemes rip you off but you'll struggle to find ones as good as those in the public sector.
So she worked 12 hour days, she had 5 weeks holiday and then she got shit from every fool who thinks teachers get an easy life.
If any of you ever stop to think how you can comment on and read these threads, well... You have a teacher to thank for that. So take some of that knowledge they gave you and put it to some good use, rather than slag off the people who deserve your praise.
And the answer to that is, if you want the same, go and get yourself some A Levels and then sit a PGCE. Then go through constant on the job training, hours upon hours of homework, early mornings, weekends and late finishes and in the mean time get kicked, punched, sworn and spat at by unruly brats. Yeah life's a real peach being a teacher.
If the job is that cushy then how come they can't get enough teachers and nobody wants to do the job?
I think those who criticise need to do it to see how hard it is. Besides it's illegal to make children work full time so what do you expect teachers to do in the Summer holidays seeing as they can't be at work, get a paper round? All the teachers I know come home with weeks of marking and prep work ready for September. As for Christmas and Easter, I know loads of factories and businesses that close over those holidays so it's hardly exclusive to teaching. At least other people don't have to spend half their holidays preparing work and marking books.
It is about time we stopped falling for the government pitting the private sector and public sector off against each other. We all should be fighting for the best deals we can get. They want us to hate each other, it seems to be all part of the plan
A fair summary
Presumably they think exhausted, unmotivated teachers with an old age in poverty to look forward to are ideal for preparing their kids for real life :eek: