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I'm surprised they have time to strike.. what with having to get up at 4am to mark papers, marking those papers well into the night and having to spend their meagre 13 weeks of holiday time marking papers every day too.


(Not the teachers I know, who - just between you and me - enjoy their jobs and the free-time perks that come with it)

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Bob, for someone who freely admits to wandering

> around in his dressing gown and slippers late into

> the afternoon criticising teacher perks may be a

> tad hypocritical. Would any of us notice if the

> Musicians Union called for a downing of tools? ;-)


It would only be hypocritical if I'd ever been on strike. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of that option.

Hee Hee


I may moan about crappy aspects of the industry in work to others in my line (and be assured there is plenty to moan about), but I won't be asking for (or expecting) any sympathy from anyone else. It's my choice. It's a free world. I can do something else if I don't like what's on offer.

Asset Wrote:

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> are you nurturing future generations though *Bob*?



This isn't about nurturing future generations; it's about trying to score a bit more money at an opportunistic moment.


Good luck 'em if they get it (who doesn't want a bit more money?), but there's no moral high ground in play here.

Missing the issue as always folks. Teachers in the UK are not badly paid but they aren?t particularly well paid either. The thing is that teaching is the most important profession in any society*. So the issue is, do you want to make the profession attractive enough to attract and retain the highest calibre of people? More money is the most obvious way to do this.


*Disagree if you like but if you do I will take this opportunity to call you a fucking idiot in advance.

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