Teachers are at it again I see...
BBC News - Teachers to strike over pay and conditions
I have very little time for teachers, mainly because they don't live in the real world and all they have known their whole lives is the inside of a classroom. They knock creativity out of kids and try to make them to learn by rote.
Kids leave school with a worse grasp of English than many of their foreign counterparts taking English as a second language. Many cannot spell, most have little to no vocabulary, and cannot do basic mathematics. Who is to blame for that then?
I give you the following quote from the article, the NUT general secretary reckons...
"No other profession comes under such continual scrutiny and no other profession has accountability systems based on so little trust."
What an idiotic comment! I can think of a few, but I'll give her one that puts her complaint about "unacceptable working conditions and pay" into the shade
I have a friend in the caring profession, you know the one where we employ people to look after our old, infirm and dying...they have to follow more rules and regulations, are constantly assessed, have to do endless training and are thrown from pillar to post trying to meet impossible deadlines because of a lack of funding (and in some cases greedy care home owners), they have no pension schemes, no six week holiday in summer, don't get every weekend off, often have to work nights, always have to stay on until the next shift arrives, work bank holidays, they need to possess a greater range of skills than teachers and are usually paid the bare minimum wage.
And do you know who will suffer if these overpaid numpties come out on strike, the above profession...they will have to miss work to look after their kids, which will put more strain on the already overworked care staff that don't have kids, having to do more work because of staff shortages and the old, infirm and dying who will not receive anything like their normal care.
Teachers have it rough...do me a favour..
You want fair pay...try doing your job properly.