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Bored; through the years ...
Topic Started: Jan 2 2009, 10:17 AM (15,548 Views)
Norbert
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or the brown snow....

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Another day working from home... Another day the schools are closed <yahoo>
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how can they still be closed

most are open up here and we still have loads of snow and its snowing again now and it's staying on the ground

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should we all be expecting a tax rebate this year then?
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u4coffee,Feb 3 2009
12:01 PM
stradlin24,Feb 3 2009
12:58 PM
The bottom line is that schools are shut, that’s the bottom line…

Everyone else can make it in too work apart from those that come under a LEA because they told them not to go

. Is this what I pay my taxes for? Will I get a rebate?? Yeah right! It stinks. What a load of complete bullsh*t.

I’m sorry, this is no offence to teachers but the whole system is a complete shambles. I’m paying for these people to sit on their arse, what if I don’t pay, will the government accept that. No, I don’t think so…

Hope they enjoy my money, once again the working man has to pay so the elite can do sweet F.A

I’m going out now into the freezing cold to check on my lads and do some column testing

It’s work so I wouldn’t expect you all to understand

Since when have teachers, LSA's, School Matrons etc been part of the elite????? <doh>

because the current economic climate doesn't effect them does it because they are bank rolled by us

the extra strain put on the economy by school closures will not affect them at all

it will affect the working man, the men that are paying their wages

that's why they are elite, they aren't happy with 200 holiday days a year, they need even more

try living off 21 days a year and they'd roll over and die, and i'm sure the thought of 12 hour days would also kill them
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There's no snow here any more. :( Not that it affected me as I only live 300 yards from my office, and I can work from home and do 99% of everything without ever having to come into the office. In fact, given a decent Wi-Fi connection I could work from the pub. Now there's an idea....

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Hey, come on, it isn't the teacher's fault. It's the stupid buggers at the authority level who decided that three snowflakes were enough that the schools should shut for half the week, despite the fact that mummy grings Jonny 400 yards to school in her Chelsea tractor that can quite easily cope with a bit of bad weather.

As for the 12 hour day, an awful lot of teachers probably work at least that when they have to take work home for marking. Agreed, the vast amount of holidays will go some way to addressing that, and let's face it, there's little point in going to school when all the kids are on holiday. My grip is that school summer holidays are so long. Why on Earth do you need six weeks in one go? That's a month and a half of peope having to get babysitters, dumps the kids on the grandparents, time off of work etc. Why not spread those six weeks between the other half-term and end of term breaks? The worst part is that it makes towns and resorts almost unbearable for the whole of summer due to hoards of screaming brats invading the place!
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u4coffee,Feb 5 2009
09:23 AM
Another day working from home.

Ditto.

After Monday's fun and games, I decided to remain home (although the main road into town being "treacherous" and many buses not running this morning, seems like I made the right choice!)

Plus, when do I get the chance to work from home and watch Flyers hockey at the same time??
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Norbert,Feb 5 2009
09:59 AM
Hey, come on, it isn't the teacher's fault. It's the stupid buggers at the authority level who decided that three snowflakes were enough that the schools should shut for half the week, despite the fact that mummy grings Jonny 400 yards to school in her Chelsea tractor that can quite easily cope with a bit of bad weather.

As for the 12 hour day, an awful lot of teachers probably work at least that when they have to take work home for marking. Agreed, the vast amount of holidays will go some way to addressing that, and let's face it, there's little point in going to school when all the kids are on holiday. My grip is that school summer holidays are so long. Why on Earth do you need six weeks in one go? That's a month and a half of peope having to get babysitters, dumps the kids on the grandparents, time off of work etc. Why not spread those six weeks between the other half-term and end of term breaks? The worst part is that it makes towns and resorts almost unbearable for the whole of summer due to hoards of screaming brats invading the place!

If the teachers really cared about Education they would be slamming the LEA’s decisions to close schools, but they aren’t, they are happy just to sit at home

should our place shut down for a week i'd be banging down the door because if we don't get the work done in time then we'll lose our contract and i'll lose my job

that's the reality of it
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stradlin24,Feb 5 2009
10:24 AM
If the teachers really cared about Education they would be slamming the LEA’s decisions to close schools, but they aren’t, they are happy just to sit at home

Really? Have you asked any?
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it is a bit rough out there today but i'm not giving up, apart from that fact i've come back to office to warm up

yes, my neighbours are teachers and I was talking to them last night over the fence, on monday they went shopping, amazing, they can get to the shops but not to school

hilarious
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Yes, but, if the authority has shut the school there's bugger all point in going there! The school, and the shops, may well be easy to access, but if the teachers have been instructed by a higher authority to close the school, what are they supposed to do? Go there and teach invisible kids? as I've said before, it's the LEAs being the arses, not the teachers (apart from PE teachers of course*). And they're only acting in self defence against litigation. Blame the bloody lawyers!!!

*In Red Dwarf, Holly, the ship's computer, equated his IQ of 6000 to that of 6000 PE teachers, or 12000 carpark attendants.
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Norbert,Feb 5 2009
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Yes, but, if the authority has shut the school there's bugger all point in going there! The school, and the shops, may well be easy to access, but if the teachers have been instructed by a higher authority to close the school, what are they supposed to do? Go there and teach invisible kids? as I've said before, it's the LEAs being the arses, not the teachers (apart from PE teachers of course*). And they're only acting in self defence against litigation. Blame the bloody lawyers!!!

*In Red Dwarf, Holly, the ship's computer, equated his IQ of 6000 to that of 6000 PE teachers, or 12000 carpark attendants.

like i said though, i hardly here them complaining about it
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I wouldn't either! However, I only get 20 days a year, and managed to be left with 6 this year, and five from the previous one carried over that I never managed to use either!
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Norbert,Feb 5 2009
04:08 PM
I wouldn't either!  However, I only get 20 days a year, and managed to be left with 6 this year, and five from the previous one carried over that I never managed to use either!

i would!

knowing that the work i would miss would still need doing but the deadline would still be the same

if it's not done to the deadline then we lose the contract and all of us that aren't protected by TUPE would be out of a job

we have the situation where I work, the ex council guys jobs are protected and they got TUPE'd accross on their massive pensions and holiday entitlements, ok they get crap pay rises and lower money but their massive benefits more then make up for that

obviously, they haven't been off work but should we close for snow and sit on our asses I would be worrying all day whearas they would not be bothered because the Local Government and beyond that, the Government protect their jobs

they are also the worst workers we have, not sure it's coincidence or not
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