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"Anyone who thinks teaching is a cushy number then I have a question. Why haven't you trained to be a teacher? The job is open to all. There's a huge waiting list to be a tube driver, salary £60k...there are thousands of unfilled teaching posts... Maybe I'll become a tube driver instead then. Better pay at least! Copied it over. Mr" | |||
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"Homeschooler here. Not bovvered " I moved near a decent state school & they did just fine. Let them strike , kids work far too hard on mostly irrelevant and outdated curriculum as is. I banned homework in my house until A levels and regularly took them off travelling for a month or two at a time and they did fine & got into top RG universities. Happy kids learn without much effort , GCSE can be passed just by reading the text books, dint really need teachers until A level | |||
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"A lot of teachers would be happy never to see a GCSE again, to be fair. Being able to teach our subject without being constrained by "teaching to the test" and having to teach certain topics in a prescribed way, with little to no emphasis on practical work (in science) and without the pressure of targets for grades etc. Currently, almost all our physics students have to achieve A* at A level equivalent to get into the uni courses they want. It's impossible for several hundred physics students to all achieve A*." I taught Science for over 20 years. Schools demand excellence whilst giving you average pay and average pupils in below average facilities. It's great to be aspirational but it wears you out. Mr | |||
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"Anyone who thinks teaching is a cushy number then I have a question. Why haven't you trained to be a teacher? The job is open to all. There's a huge waiting list to be a tube driver, salary £60k...there are thousands of unfilled teaching posts... Copied it over. Mr" Yeah I couldn’t do it. I’ve never had a full time contract that stated I must work 190 -195 days a year , max 48 hours a week. I’d get bored and need a second job | |||
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"Anyone who thinks teaching is a cushy number then I have a question. Why haven't you trained to be a teacher? The job is open to all. There's a huge waiting list to be a tube driver, salary £60k...there are thousands of unfilled teaching posts... Copied it over. Mr Yeah I couldn’t do it. I’ve never had a full time contract that stated I must work 190 -195 days a year , max 48 hours a week. I’d get bored and need a second job " The good news is that most teachers work far more than that | |||
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"Homeschooler here. Not bovvered I moved near a decent state school & they did just fine. Let them strike , kids work far too hard on mostly irrelevant and outdated curriculum as is. I banned homework in my house until A levels and regularly took them off travelling for a month or two at a time and they did fine & got into top RG universities. Happy kids learn without much effort , GCSE can be passed just by reading the text books, dint really need teachers until A level School is colossally shit for a lot of reasons. Eldest is hanging onto a college place by the skin of her teeth doing gcse reruns, with only a few hours of maths and english a week that they are pretty much self led on. Youngest will be quite happy to never see a gcse. " Such a shame, I know teachers are under a lot of pressure but passing it on to kids and parents is selfish. Striking jusr puts more pressure on kids many already having a MH crisis by 14. I used to keep mine off regularly and tell them what they learn at home and on adventures is far more important than anything thier hungover 23 year old instagram adducted teacher knew about life ! | |||
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"Anyone who thinks teaching is a cushy number then I have a question. Why haven't you trained to be a teacher? The job is open to all. There's a huge waiting list to be a tube driver, salary £60k...there are thousands of unfilled teaching posts... Copied it over. Mr Yeah I couldn’t do it. I’ve never had a full time contract that stated I must work 190 -195 days a year , max 48 hours a week. I’d get bored and need a second job The good news is that most teachers work far more than that " Most ? Do you have some data on this this ? I have as chair of gov for many years and know many teachers retired & working still in public sector and private . The older good ones don’t tend to work beyond contract, they dint need to unless pursuing leadership or headship. They know the curriculum they deliver well. Many stick to the hours and do a decent job and disappear touring Europe all summer. The younger incompetent ones may have to and invariably they burn out. Many of them shouldn’t have been there anyway it was just an easy option - or so they thought. | |||
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"Continue here any late comers. Thousands of schools in england and wales are set to close in february after teachers voted to strike, union leaders have announced, as nurses also prepare for further stoppages. What do you think of the strikes? As so many schools will be closed, how will the pupils get their education during this time? You can copy and paste from the other tread too " I’m a teacher, I’m not going on strike. Best job in the world. | |||
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"Anyone who thinks teaching is a cushy number then I have a question. Why haven't you trained to be a teacher? The job is open to all. There's a huge waiting list to be a tube driver, salary £60k...there are thousands of unfilled teaching posts... Copied it over. Mr" I spent most of my working life working for the family business that I refused to walk away from. Instead I'm an LSA agency worker trying to land a full time role that takes home 14k. I don't want to go to uni for 4/5 years at my age. This is why I have never trained. I'd love to be paid all year round, holidays, sick pay and doing extra work at home in the evenings infront of the TV with a glass of wine, getting most of the same time of the students do. I never see any bangers in the schools car parks I work at. While they might feel the pinch, in my area, I don't see them struggling for money but neither do I think they are being greedy. Just don't be surprised if you strike and don't get the same level of support as NHS workers. | |||
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"A lot of sick kids get sent into all educational settings. That's why they're such disease incubators. It's no better when the "kids" are old enough to make their own decisions. We've had to send some over 18s home because they were obviously too ill to be at college and were a risk to their own health and others. " I don't disagree, but high temperature and fever in an infant can be far more dangerous. Especially when we have to make those judgements because the child is too young to tell us what the issue is. And trying to differentiate a temperature because between teething and a fever is a hard balance...Strep A is a huge concern, febrile convulsion is a possibility. | |||
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"A lot of sick kids get sent into all educational settings. That's why they're such disease incubators. It's no better when the "kids" are old enough to make their own decisions. We've had to send some over 18s home because they were obviously too ill to be at college and were a risk to their own health and others. I don't disagree, but high temperature and fever in an infant can be far more dangerous. Especially when we have to make those judgements because the child is too young to tell us what the issue is. And trying to differentiate a temperature because between teething and a fever is a hard balance...Strep A is a huge concern, febrile convulsion is a possibility. " Oh yes, totally agree. There was a Strep A case in our daughter's class (fortunately mild) but the school still felt it necessary to send several reminders about not sending ill children to school etc, which is sad. She's 5. | |||
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"A lot of sick kids get sent into all educational settings. That's why they're such disease incubators. It's no better when the "kids" are old enough to make their own decisions. We've had to send some over 18s home because they were obviously too ill to be at college and were a risk to their own health and others. I don't disagree, but high temperature and fever in an infant can be far more dangerous. Especially when we have to make those judgements because the child is too young to tell us what the issue is. And trying to differentiate a temperature because between teething and a fever is a hard balance...Strep A is a huge concern, febrile convulsion is a possibility. Oh yes, totally agree. There was a Strep A case in our daughter's class (fortunately mild) but the school still felt it necessary to send several reminders about not sending ill children to school etc, which is sad. She's 5." We have had to do the same and have to follow the guidance from the local authority. | |||
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"Anyone who thinks teaching is a cushy number then I have a question. Why haven't you trained to be a teacher? The job is open to all. There's a huge waiting list to be a tube driver, salary £60k...there are thousands of unfilled teaching posts... Copied it over. Mr Yeah I couldn’t do it. I’ve never had a full time contract that stated I must work 190 -195 days a year , max 48 hours a week. I’d get bored and need a second job The good news is that most teachers work far more than that Most ? Do you have some data on this this ? I have as chair of gov for many years and know many teachers retired & working still in public sector and private . The older good ones don’t tend to work beyond contract, they dint need to unless pursuing leadership or headship. They know the curriculum they deliver well. Many stick to the hours and do a decent job and disappear touring Europe all summer. The younger incompetent ones may have to and invariably they burn out. Many of them shouldn’t have been there anyway it was just an easy option - or so they thought. " Glad you have such an extensive view of the profession in your voluntary role then. | |||
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"Not particular to teaching, but I’m not a fan of the strikes for anyone, tough times for everyone at moment, but increasing wages private or public sector is only going to increase the problem, wage increases lead to price increases, how are we better off? We might earn more income, but our outgoings are likely to go up too…..net result is zero " How will wages increases lead to price increases when those prices have gone up 50% or more in the past year? The raises being asked for would only scratch the surface of recouping the extra it's been costing in groceries, fuel and increased mortgage payments etc. Inflation continues above 10%, on top of the already-increased prices. Surely only raises significantly above inflation would lead to excess spending? | |||
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"Not particular to teaching, but I’m not a fan of the strikes for anyone, tough times for everyone at moment, but increasing wages private or public sector is only going to increase the problem, wage increases lead to price increases, how are we better off? We might earn more income, but our outgoings are likely to go up too…..net result is zero How will wages increases lead to price increases when those prices have gone up 50% or more in the past year? The raises being asked for would only scratch the surface of recouping the extra it's been costing in groceries, fuel and increased mortgage payments etc. Inflation continues above 10%, on top of the already-increased prices. Surely only raises significantly above inflation would lead to excess spending?" If factories increase their wages, they will charge more for their goods, if drivers get more money, the cost of deliveries goes up, if businesses spend more they will charge more… | |||
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