Teachers Strike Day

[Dan]

Teachers striking today in some counties. Has it given you grief?

 

[AliGage]

Spoiling my day off!

 

[Dan]

Unlucky pal.

 

[nakhodka2002]

I am staying home with my two girls. Plus my wife is the teacher . She didnt go on strike, but still have to go to school

 

[Lee@emctiles]

Dont get me started on this one Dan.......

It seems ok for a teacher to strike and give no notice whatsoever (ok a couple of weeks) but when both parents actually go to work for a living its a bit of a nuisance.

Try taking them out of school in term time now (applies i know to Derbyshire, not sure rest of country) you get fined per day per % of parents pay........but if your a ponder (you dont work.......who i think this applies to more anyway) you dont have to pay!

Marvellous eh?

i did say dont get me started........but looks like ive started!

 

[Fliselege]

PARENTS: don't forget if your child's school is closed because of strikes next tuesday then make sure you write to them to let them know that as far as you are concerned you never gave permission for your child to have time off school. Therefore you will be logging it as "unauthorised absence" and that they should take your letter as notice that if it happens again you will be fining the school £60


Dare you ;-)

 

[John Benton]

I thought they'd only just gone back for the new term! Lightweights!!!

 

[Ian]

13 weeks per year holiday obviously isn't enough

 

[Dan]

I'm not even sure what they're striking about this time. Is it pay or pensions?

The amount of hassle these bloody unions cause. They should be abolished and in-house committees setup to constantly push forward their views etc. Committees that are free to join and don't cost the country anything through strikes. It's mental the way we do it. Why pay somebody else to argue your point?

 

[On one]

I've no problems with the teachers or any other profession going on strike if they feel aggrieved. But I used to get really peed off(my kids have long since left school) when they used to shut the school for
Teacher training days,
Boiler broken down,
2'' of snow on the ground,
The last week before the summer holidays being treated as a right ol joly,
And then being looked down at for taking our kids out of school for 1 week during term time.(Even though we made our kids do homework on holiday)

 

[AliGage]

I think its someone hypocritical.

We send our children to school to learn, be taught and develop. Well what do they learn from this? If you don't get your own way have a paddy and sulk??

 

[Dan]

Never thought of it that way Ali I suppose you're right there. :-/

 

[White Room]

Dont get me started on this one Dan.......

It seems ok for a teacher to strike and give no notice whatsoever (ok a couple of weeks) but when both parents actually go to work for a living its a bit of a nuisance.

Try taking them out of school in term time now (applies i know to Derbyshire, not sure rest of country) you get fined per day per % of parents pay........but if your a ponder (you dont work.......who i think this applies to more anyway) you dont have to pay!

Marvellous eh?

i did say dont get me started........but looks like ive started!

What has the perants pay/wages got to do with the school....

 

[Lee@emctiles]

I'm guessing so they know. How much they can fine you

 

[AliGage]

I find it quite irritating.
Teaching is not the sort of job you just walk into. You train to become a teacher. I'd like to think that 99% of teachers choose this career with a certain amount of passion, enjoyment and dedication to "teaching" children.
A lot of men and women join our majesties service to serve their country. If anyone has cause for complaint about their jobs its them. You don't see them having a tantrum not getting enough pay or time off from Afgan patrols, why? Because they still have a job to do.