Sounds like a Primary School teacher. Tell me if I'm wrong.
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Although i better not say which one...
Why would I want to make you laugh? I don't even know you.
Well! Well! Well! Let me see if I’ve got this straight.
Most people are suggesting that this idea of fining parents for taking children out of school to go on holiday out of school holiday time is wrong because of - waffle, waffle, waffle.
Yet not too long ago in a different thread but also about schools, those same people were going on about children having to be in school during school hours - waffle, waffle, waffle.
So which is it to be? Conforming to school rules or not? Silly me! I forgot! Some posters change their opinions to suit themselves as often as I smoke a fag.
Hypocrisy rules on AccyWeb.
At least someone had the good sense to ask what happens to the fine.
Most people are suggesting that this idea of fining parents for taking children out of school to go on holiday out of school holiday time is wrong because of - waffle, waffle, waffle.
Yet not too long ago in a different thread but also about schools, those same people were going on about children having to be in school during school hours - waffle, waffle, waffle.
So which is it to be? Conforming to school rules or not? Silly me! I forgot! Some posters change their opinions to suit themselves as often as I smoke a fag.
Hypocrisy rules on AccyWeb.
At least someone had the good sense to ask what happens to the fine.
Teachers working 8 till 5? You can’t be serious!
I live directly across the road from a secondary school and the teachers arrive in their droves shortly before school starts and can’t get away fast enough after the last pupil has left. More like something to nine to shortly after three thirty. Knocking off time is more like the start of the Le Mans as they dash to their cars and scream away.
If teachers knew their subjects thoroughly they wouldn’t need to make lengthy preparations the night before, just a simple which bit of the subject is the next to teach.
In spite of their protestations to the contrary, compared to the factory/office/shop etc worker, teachers have it easy when it comes to holidays.
I used to start at 8.30 am.... and the teachers where there... i finished at half 4 and so did many of the teachers
In primary school just teaching the children is not good enough.... you have to have worksheets, plan activities, pictures to colour, things to make etc.....these have to be organised mostly by the teacher (as theta's have activities of their own to organise and obviously not in class time
I only saw this due to the quote, but yet again you are talking out of your arse JB. If you had even the beginnings of any knowledge of working in the education system you'd know that you were talking crap yet again.
If you (or anyone else) believes that any teacher can do their job effectively and to the best of their ability only working from 8:40-ish to to 3:30-ish, then you are so far wide of the mark that it beggars belief.
Your comment about subject knowledge just shows how ignorant you are of the facts. The majority of teachers today are actually over-qualified in terms of subject knowledge. If all teachers had to do was teach what they knew, then the job would be a doddle.
I took my children out of school as a one off in June.
I had to ask the headteacher for permission and she gave it straight away.
No mention was made of a fine.
I think it has already been said that schools have the power, if they see fit, to fine parents, it does not mean that they issue everyone who takes holidays in term time with a fine.
Perhaps this fine is only for persistent offenders.
Some people take their children out of school not once but several times a year.
I do not agree with doing this.
A one off is fine but not several times a year.
All these attendance targets are set by the government so schools have to be seen to be doing something to reduce absence.
It is the headteacher who has to justify the figures to the inspectors when they come calling.
I had to ask the headteacher for permission and she gave it straight away.
No mention was made of a fine.
I think it has already been said that schools have the power, if they see fit, to fine parents, it does not mean that they issue everyone who takes holidays in term time with a fine.
Perhaps this fine is only for persistent offenders.
Some people take their children out of school not once but several times a year.
I do not agree with doing this.
A one off is fine but not several times a year.
All these attendance targets are set by the government so schools have to be seen to be doing something to reduce absence.
It is the headteacher who has to justify the figures to the inspectors when they come calling.
As we have been told often enough, jambutty only sticks his oar in when he is has the full facts. This thread was about fining parents for taking kids out of school during term time, but if I had a child at a secondary school in Darwen I would be more concerned about some old bloke sat in a chair watching the school gates at something to nine and 3.30 every day
As we have been told often enough, jambutty only sticks his oar in when he is has the full facts. This thread was about fining parents for taking kids out of school during term time, but if I had a child at a secondary school in Darwen I would be more concerned about some old bloke sat in a chair watching the school gates at something to nine and 3.30 every day
with a watch and clipboard and a copy of the school prospectus ticking off what time each teacher arrives and leaves...............
My granddaughter's primary school is just round the corner from my house. My daughter is on the PTA committee. Yes, the PTA that teachers attend meetings once a month (a couple of hours in an evening) to plan, amongst other things, fundraising events (evenings, weekends etc.) that they will be involved in.
Juniors finish school at 3.30 but, oh, there's netball and football after school twice a week (teachers needed) and, ooh yes, singing club 'til 4.15 on a Wednesday, run by a teacher. A peripatetic teacher runs Drama Club on Mondays - at 8 a.m. - but there has to be at least one home-based teacher on hand, not to mention the school secretary. Laura's in a play tomorrow evening and again on Wednesday evening. Every class teacher will be there as all the children are taking part.
My brother's late wife was a primary teacher. I used to pull her leg about the long holidays but, honestly, I wouldn't have liked to have to do all the evening and weekend stuff that she did. Nor would I have liked to have to start the school year with up to 30 very small children (she taught the reception class) and send them on to the next class, 11 months later, with basic literacy and numeracy skills and, in some cases, a newly acquired ability to wipe their own bottoms and eat with a knife and fork.
Sorry for continuing the thread-wander. I'll shut up now.
Juniors finish school at 3.30 but, oh, there's netball and football after school twice a week (teachers needed) and, ooh yes, singing club 'til 4.15 on a Wednesday, run by a teacher. A peripatetic teacher runs Drama Club on Mondays - at 8 a.m. - but there has to be at least one home-based teacher on hand, not to mention the school secretary. Laura's in a play tomorrow evening and again on Wednesday evening. Every class teacher will be there as all the children are taking part.
My brother's late wife was a primary teacher. I used to pull her leg about the long holidays but, honestly, I wouldn't have liked to have to do all the evening and weekend stuff that she did. Nor would I have liked to have to start the school year with up to 30 very small children (she taught the reception class) and send them on to the next class, 11 months later, with basic literacy and numeracy skills and, in some cases, a newly acquired ability to wipe their own bottoms and eat with a knife and fork.
Sorry for continuing the thread-wander. I'll shut up now.
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can i add..... teach them to speak english as well?? i'm gunaa go for a wander in the archives to find a previous post i made about what teachers have to put up with...
Compared to what? Other graduate careers pay much more. As for the pay increases, well the last 2 years has seen a 2.5% pay increase each year, which was about the rate of inflation. I'd have thought you'd have known all that?
I'm not going to bother with all this anymore. There are some very silly, misinformed and ignorant people around. Just a same that they don't realise it.
Tin Monkey;606556 There are some very silly said:There certainly are.
People who think that teachers are living the life of Reilly clearly need to shadow a teacher for a week.
They would eat their words when they saw the amount of work they do.
The idea that teachers only work 30 odd weeks a year, Mon-Fri 9am-3.30pm is about as far from the truth as you can get.
You are implying what?As we have been told often enough, jambutty only sticks his oar in when he is has the full facts. This thread was about fining parents for taking kids out of school during term time, but if I had a child at a secondary school in Darwen I would be more concerned about some old bloke sat in a chair watching the school gates at something to nine and 3.30 every day