Teachers Strike

[Brendan]

There?s a bunch of rowdy teachers outside my office. I fear they are going to disturb my lunchtime perambulations around St James Park.

[KalamityKel]

Take a stroll down by the river then :p

[Brendan]

They really are making an awful racket. I don't want to go outside for fear of being struck down by a hail storm of blackboard dusters or maybe being told to take my hands out of my pockets.

[KalamityKel]

Tell ya wot I'll pop over divert their attention by chucking a couple of apples away from your office... should give ya time enuff to escape :))

[*Bob*]

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)

[Brendan]

I wonder how much higher takings in pubs were last night. ;-)

[KalamityKel]

Are they now getting wet in the rain?

[david_carnell]

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? ;-)

[*Bob*]

Probably.. and imagine the difficulty of trying to march, shout slogans and mark all those papers at the same time. Phew!

[*Bob*]

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.

[david_carnell]

What do I want?

Cheese on toast for lunch!

When do I want it?

Now!

Work to rule Bob, work to rule.

[*Bob*]

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.

[KalamityKel]

Fine take the cheese off it then :-| :p

[*Bob*]

It's not just the writing of the muzak that takes the time, it's the emptying out of the crumb tray.

People always forget about this unpaid aspect of the job.

[Asset]

are you nurturing future generations though *Bob*?

[*Bob*]

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.

[Asset]

it was a joke

[*Bob*]

Tell me about it...

Just stating my position, in preparation for the onslaught of posts from teachers, fresh from the picket lines and pumped-up with adrenalin (and booze)

[KalamityKel]

Ooooooh don't get me started on the whole teacher strike bollox... starving their pupils of an education for a few more pennies in their pockets... shame on them! *awaits "you don't know what you're talking about" comments to be thrown way*

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

Maybe if we valued our teachers enough to give them a decent salary, we'd have more than one in every bunch of schools that actually manage to educate our kids.

[Asset]

It's a little melodramatic to accuse them of 'starving the pupils of education', one day is not an issue really and is making their point.

[Brendan]

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.

[*Bob*]

That's fine, Brendan.

There's nothing wrong with wanting more money, and nothing wrong with wanting to attract the best.

But for God's sake ask them to put a sock in it about 'the marking'.

[Brendan]

Not just the marking Bob. There?s ?preparation? too.

And parents evening.

[KalamityKel]

What IS the ideal wage?