Education

[dominie]

I have just finished a days supply teaching in a Scottish school and was a Headteacher for 20 years in secondary.......what has changed, every young person is permantly wired to their mobile phone and parents defend their kids to the hilt, right or wrong, some nice kids still out there but others with labels ADHD and so on......remedial or slow are banned words, rant over, any comments?

[dominie]

Permanently oops!

[wolf63]

Are you going back for a second day?

[237SJ]

My friend works in a school and she has had to teach 7 and 8 year olds how to hold a knife and fork because the parents only ever feed them sandwiches or pizza.

[dominie]

Yes wolf pays for the holidays even after 40% tax, NI etc lol

[Mamyalynne]

They should not be allowed to use phones during class.

Parents who defend their children automatically without acknowledging the facts are wrong.

Thank goodness words like 'slow/remedial' are no longer used.

[ummmm]

I have never backed my kids up against the school.

[pixie374]

Neither have I.... agree with mamya, too.

[Zacs-Master]

If you were a Headteacher for twenty years, your grammar and punctuation leave a lot to be desired.

I have just finished a days supply teaching in a Scottish school and 'HAVING BEEN' a Headteacher for 20 years in secondary.......what has changed (NO QUESTION MARK), (FULL STOP RATHER THAN COMMA)every young person is permantly(SPELLING) wired to their mobile phone and parents defend their kids to the hilt, right or wrong,(FULL STOP INSTEAD OF COMMA) some nice kids still out there but others with labels ADHD and so on......remedial or slow are banned words, rant over, any comments?

2/10 SEE ME :-)

[naomi24]

//I have never backed my kids up against the school. //

I've never had any issues to back up - or not.

[dominie]

Get a life please zacs, tis t' Internet; notice apostrophe and semi colon lol!

[Zacs-Master]

Not sure how you can post something criticising education but expect people to take you seriously with such a poor delivery?

[dominie]

See my last comment Zacs......and I am serious about education after 40 years

[dominie]

Pedantic.com

[jourdain2]

Don't get me started!! I used to have grammar, vocabulary and spelling lessons as well as literature (pupils learnt poems even) when I

[Zacs-Master]

Hypocritical.com

[mikey4444]

Were the kids on their phones during class ?

[jourdain2]

Don't get me started!! I used to have grammar, vocabulary and spelling lessons as well as literature (pupils learnt poems even) when I taught in tough Sec. Mods.. By the time I left teaching pupils could take annotated texts into exams! For 'annotated' read 'exam-passing hints from teachers' - and they were incapable of memorising almost anything. We fought a long and losing battle over mobile phones, parents complained and complained if we removed them from their darlings told us we were endangering their children's safety!

[jim360]

#somepeoplecan'ttypeverywelleventhoughthey'rewelleducated,getoveritZM

[frugalfred]

Zacs, you missed one - possessive apostrophe required, line 1, "day's"

[dominie]

Love all these grammar lessons, this thread could run for a while