tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post8426075298941998513..comments2023-07-15T04:50:38.218-07:00Comments on #teacherROAR: Why should you support the teachers' strike?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03243253508552676086noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-9247362387268180232016-06-10T22:08:50.373-07:002016-06-10T22:08:50.373-07:00Hello Everybody,
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Englisch teache...Name one equivalent to teaching!!!<br />Englisch teachers are NOT paid exceptionally well, nor even well, considering what a huge responsibility they have and continue to take on DAILY!! One reason I left the UK was because I could not support a family on a teacher's wage, but am paid significantly more for the same job on the continent, where, I might add, schooling in general is inferior to the British. UK teachers are underpaid and, sadly, underratedMotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01300163053299214318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-48577700711435627652013-10-17T16:18:49.349-07:002013-10-17T16:18:49.349-07:00This is an interesting debate i stumbled upon...
T...This is an interesting debate i stumbled upon...<br />The only thing i would like to throw into the mix - people talking about "working outside of their normal hours". I'm sorry, what? Surely people have realised that in the current economic / working / whatever climate you have to put the "extra mile" in? As others have mentioned, we are (stuck) in a climate where if you don't want to do the work that needs to be done, someone else will (even for cheaper). if there are parts of your job that need to be done, you just have to get them done - no matter whose time that is on...<br /><br />Case in point over here. i am an events, bar & restaurant manger. I have a degree, related work qualifications and over 10 years experience. A quiet week for me is 70-80 hours - all of which is spent on my feet. Lunch is non existent (i serve everyone else theirs) and please don't even get me started on my legal entitlement to a break during my shift. I regularly (ie 3/4 times a week) pull 16 hour days just to get everything done. I get paid a salary, and no over time. I have no pension, and basically the only "benefits" i get from my job are free beer and toilet paper...<br /><br />example. its currently 12.15am, i have been at work since 8.30am, and i have just finished writing next months menus. throughout the entire day, want to guess how many hours i spent at least sitting down? 30mins.<br /><br />As my contract states, my hours are "related to the needs of the business". Surely teachers are the same? If you know that come end of term, there might be a shit load of marking to do, you do the marking and be done.<br /><br />basically what im tying to say, is shit happens and we all have to deal with it. my industry is being screwed 10 times as badly as the education industry, and i dont get to strike. Hell, if i went on strike do you know what would happen? i wouldn't have a job to return to.<br />James Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14304970006008853194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-26111205646271184092013-10-17T12:03:25.306-07:002013-10-17T12:03:25.306-07:00Do not humour this person. Clearly s/he let the ed...Do not humour this person. Clearly s/he let the education system down by being unbearably narrow minded and therefore learnt nothing as the blinkers were on far too tightly.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03712642170687552841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-69231883938155241982013-10-17T11:54:21.021-07:002013-10-17T11:54:21.021-07:00Teachers get perks. Long holidays and well spaced ...Teachers get perks. Long holidays and well spaced out through the year. Great!<br />They also get paid for 7 hours a day - and regularly work 11 - 12 hrs.<br />They also take their work home with them.<br />Most are responsible for subjects across several key stages (primary school)<br />They sometimes have to deal with violent and abusive children and their parents.<br />They have to teach EVERY subject (primary)<br />They do all of this and more for the sake of educating the next generation. It is truly a vocation and one for which they train for 4 - 5 years and are paid a higher wage.<br />Thee biggest problem is this; Mr Gove wishes teachers to be assessed purely on the progress children make in their class during a year. You can be an outstanding teacher, judged to be so by OFSTED, but children are not like cars - they do not come off the assembly line as identical products. Teachers should definitely be accountable - but the assessment system has to take all factors into account.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03712642170687552841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-26962677806174405622013-10-17T09:05:43.913-07:002013-10-17T09:05:43.913-07:00Oh dear-such ignorance. If you think that teachers...Oh dear-such ignorance. If you think that teachers are greedy and suffer a lack of empathy I suggest you DO THE JOB for 18 years like my husband. Only then will you understand that this strike is a desperate plea to reform what has become an unsustainable job. It is no longer a profession, as it is has been hijacked by government officials who are reducing the status of teachers to that of 'technicians' with no thought of the child's welfare. I appreciate that there are those who work hard outside teaching too, its not a competition about who is the most hard done by, merely standing up for what is right. Mrs Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352784120910903932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-74691001982334939132013-10-17T08:20:16.723-07:002013-10-17T08:20:16.723-07:00My husband is burnt out at 39, has given over 100%...My husband is burnt out at 39, has given over 100% for 18 years, and tried to hold a family of 5 together through illness and financial hardship. With the level of training and he went through to get where he is, he should not be undermined by ignoramus like Gove. I would like to see him teach for 18 weeks, let alone 18 years. My husband is among many who loved their job and Gove has made it unsustainable. Please listen to what those at the coal face are saying-its our children's welfare that is under threat, as well as our own.Mrs Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352784120910903932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-48850743844817620672013-10-17T08:10:58.419-07:002013-10-17T08:10:58.419-07:00I fully support you in this-I'm afraid there i...I fully support you in this-I'm afraid there is a terrible amount of ignorance regarding the teaching profession.Mrs Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352784120910903932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-76193341728371358202013-10-17T08:08:00.866-07:002013-10-17T08:08:00.866-07:00I totally agree, thank you for putting it so well,...I totally agree, thank you for putting it so well, and so many like you. My husband has taught for 18 years and loves the job, but physically cannot sustain it anymore. He is only 39, and has3 children and a wife (me) He has always given 100% but teachers and pupils are not machines, and Gove needs to recognise this. Apart from the health implications, I seriously worry about the narrow way education is going. I really hope all teachers, headteachers and support staff unite over this and reform what has become an unsustainable profession.Mrs Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352784120910903932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-68435116851459453242013-10-17T08:01:11.112-07:002013-10-17T08:01:11.112-07:00Fair point Vicky, but your argument reminds me a b...Fair point Vicky, but your argument reminds me a bit of the old adage of either 'put up or shut up' which I think is a bit worrying. I've lived with a teacher for 18 years, he is an excellent husband, father-of-three, and is now simply burnt out, having had to support me in my illness for the last 8 years. If you had walked in his shoes, or any of the other teachers who have commented on this site, especially those who have worked in industry too, I think you would understand more, and not see it as moaning, but simply standing up for what is right.<br />I for one am glad that there are always people who will 'moan' as you put it, as this has stopped slavery, apartheid and hopefully Nazism. But with Gove about the latter is questionable! Mrs Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352784120910903932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-51873595356160060902013-10-11T17:55:37.593-07:002013-10-11T17:55:37.593-07:00At least there's still something to smile abou...At least there's still something to smile about. Satirical book having a little dig at Mr Gove: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-I-know-about-teaching/dp/1492912417Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586093975630047641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-29057428996264471722013-10-06T04:02:18.922-07:002013-10-06T04:02:18.922-07:00I wonder what Ken Robinson thinks... http://www.yo...I wonder what Ken Robinson thinks... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&app=desktopAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567810838925572243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-86006752862531236812013-10-05T02:17:08.708-07:002013-10-05T02:17:08.708-07:00Please sign this petition if you think Gove should...Please sign this petition if you think Gove should be gone:<br />http://www.thepetitionsite.com/641/280/073/gove-should-be-gone/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08234549908474532250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-88815186430239643362013-10-03T16:40:14.878-07:002013-10-03T16:40:14.878-07:00Who is meant to pay for the step ladders, where sh...Who is meant to pay for the step ladders, where should they be kept (not in my classroom without a cupboard with my 5 year olds!), and how far are we meant to carry them? Or we could just stand on a table and get it done. We're not trying to take it out on our children. I am sure most of them will be very happy to spend another day with a parent, those who can. If we have a teacher shortage that will have a bigger negative impact on children.TG12https://www.blogger.com/profile/04167947538877403058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-14817253018082684102013-10-03T16:28:24.932-07:002013-10-03T16:28:24.932-07:00We've had yearly appraisals for years. They s...We've had yearly appraisals for years. They so far haven't meant a reduction in salary but success in meeting targets have been essential for moving onto the upper pay scale levels, where they get stuck for most of us who want to carry on being classroom based.<br />TG12https://www.blogger.com/profile/04167947538877403058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-73362821077526414182013-10-03T16:21:09.743-07:002013-10-03T16:21:09.743-07:00Those who give 100% AND can show that their childr...Those who give 100% AND can show that their children make expected progress with 20% or more making good or better progress will get to keep their salaries. We will be rewarded by maintaining our salaries. Those don't get their children to make enough progress may have their salary cut. I don't want to work in a culture like this. Those who worry and fret and feel extra stress all academic year and into the summer holiday will probably be those who don't need to, but we will worry and stress and fret even more. Those who aren't performing well should be picked up by the headteacher and offered support, perhaps eventually towards another profession. Children are not tins of beans. This whole system encourages us to ignore the 'every child matters' mantra and target teach those who will make the most progress. And will discourage take up at schools with lower achieving children from disadvantaged backgrounds. <br /><br />All the comments about NC not being an issue... Gove called 100 academics a 'blob', who joined together, mostly from the field of education, to make a statement of objection about the new National Curriculum and ignored them. I replied to the two open forums on the draft national curriculums. My views were down played (maths) and the objections to the history curriculum were not presented adequately at all, with each one being accompanied by the tag that it was campaign-led. Because the new history curriculum is totally nonsensical and age inappropriate. This is why, probably, that we are not roaring about the new NC. We've done that and it didn't make an impact. Mostly. Column methods in Year 3 after all the maths experts they worked with presented evidence-based reasons why not to do this, and the Ofsted 20 best schools in maths said most of them delayed formal methods and almost all didn't teach long division at all. I am so thankful for all of the support of here, but really sad that so many people who really don't get our jobs have been so mean. We need to publicise our grievances more clearly, though I know some will still make it into an us and them clash. We are arguing for ourselves and our children. Lots of teachers want to walk. Most of them probably won't because of our children. But we need to be given time to get back to teaching, and a bit of credibility. TG12https://www.blogger.com/profile/04167947538877403058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-51999330139991139952013-10-02T23:42:56.674-07:002013-10-02T23:42:56.674-07:00I am a science teacher with a degree from a very g...I am a science teacher with a degree from a very good university in biomedical sciences. My partner has degree in business. They earned £6000 more than me in the first year of their job compared to my first year. Yet I worked at least 15 hours a week longer and spent all bar 3 weeks of my holidays doing work to make sure I could manage. The corporate world is better paid and less challenging. My head of department asked her husband how much a position like hers would earn in the private sector, his reply was £100,000 upwards, I guarantee you that is at least treble what she earns! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014431127286039029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-12462811563302339442013-10-02T21:14:37.546-07:002013-10-02T21:14:37.546-07:00Can I ask a genuine question where does performanc...Can I ask a genuine question where does performance related pay come in? Like every profession there are those teachers who give 100% work late into the evenings at weekends during holidays but there are also those who are poor performers who lack drive and do the bare minimum it would be wrong to suggest that all teaching staff are superb dedicated talented individuals I think we all have come across those who we wonder why they bothered entering the profession. So my question is will performance related pay mean those who give their all will be rewarded for doing so and those who don't won't? Will this act as a motivator like all other professions who have to have yearly appraisals? Eating Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08140663095176646054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-1430221531000095212013-10-02T14:51:57.624-07:002013-10-02T14:51:57.624-07:00Quite agreed Liam, my flatmate is a newly qualifie...Quite agreed Liam, my flatmate is a newly qualified techer, we were taking about pensions today, my company will match what I put into my pot, v generous for a private company, in his pension he gets back £2 for every £1 he puts in, no such scheme exists in the private sector, the teachers are striking for something other people can only dream off<br />potterguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334206511012527591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-23999708963082269122013-10-02T10:52:35.181-07:002013-10-02T10:52:35.181-07:00Tommy Tee, striking is not "taking it out on ...Tommy Tee, striking is not "taking it out on the kids" or on anyone else, for that matter. It is a desperate measure (and a financial sacrifice) to stand up to the bullies who are demoralising and demotivating a community of hard working people by belittling their existence (as most of us would agree, teaching is not simply what you do, it is also a huge part of who you are). Of course it is not good that kids will miss out on a day's lessons and many parents will be inconvenienced for the day, but we believe that this is a small price to pay for the defence of the education system- surely it is better that in the long run, children will have access to an interesting, relevant and varied education, delivered by people who still have the energy, enthusiasm and motivation to do so?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125297082783524722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-79401483919154374352013-10-02T03:11:46.587-07:002013-10-02T03:11:46.587-07:00Verity......At last, someone talking sense. I also...Verity......At last, someone talking sense. I also work for a charity, not high risk offenders though, but people living in their own home with severe learning difficulties, and the Autistic spectrum. I am always on my feet, at risk of violence on a daily basis, have the responsibility of handing out dangerous medication on a twice daily basis (four times daily if I have to pull a double shift....which I do, often), and am happy to be paid £7.60 an hour to do all of this. I also cannot afford to train to be a teacher, but quite frankly, seeing the greed and awful lack of empathy shown by some of the people here, who seem to believe themselves the only hard working people in the country, I don't think I could handle spending time with them in the staff room, even if I could take the time out to become a teacher. By the way, we do have a pension pot....our employer kindly pays in 0.5%......and you lot moan about pensions. Give me a break.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15284280011258621272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-87829907949583081712013-10-02T01:52:03.353-07:002013-10-02T01:52:03.353-07:00If the price of the government not interfering in ...If the price of the government not interfering in teachers' jobs were that state schools were abolished and replaced with deregulation and a voucher system, would you choose that instead of the current system?David Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391219077769743352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437404988487194198.post-11949524098922333752013-10-02T00:35:53.316-07:002013-10-02T00:35:53.316-07:00Standing all day! Standing on desks to pin up disp...Standing all day! Standing on desks to pin up displays! Author did right not to credit themselves - name a teacher who marks work standing up - and get a step ladder - that particular paragraph had me in stitches <br /><br />Just what is this strike about anyway? I am only asking as all of the other comments are about the teachers - not about the education system, the schools, or the kids. So any justification for strike cannot be about anything else (ref-the bullet points) because if you gave teachers a sweeter deal, then the strike would be off the table<br /><br />Ok so its about the teachers, I am not a teacher, but have been told I am retiring at 68, I am not happy about it either - but I am not about to undermine every other profession in the land by trying to sort my own out with a better deal. Ditto national insurance, Pension, working hours etc. And justify that by saying my job is special, its not - and I know where the border is if/when I have had enough<br /><br />Gove, Gove is a tw*t he got where he is because of a bigger problem, please focus your efforts on that, or live with it, or run for the border. Please don't take it out on the kids/parents/end user of the system/customer<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859758073347551740noreply@blogger.com