It's Snowing, So What!

[DangerUXD]

Most of the schools are out! What has happenned to society? I can't remember ever having a day off school due to weather. When the heating broke we had lessons in our coats! Is this some sort of health and safety effect?

[sophie_1003]

Brilliant argument there jl, you've really got me to see your point of view!?

[gness]

Joe...if I couldn't get to my school I would go to the one at the end of my road. In my school not one teacher from any school lived in the area.....too scary :-)...so, without transport no-one got in on time if at all.

[sherrardk]

JL - your point being what? Schools close and parents (shock of shocks) have to look after their own children, how disgusting, how dare people make parents sort out child care for their own children in term time. What if the school burnt down, or the electrics went haywire, or the plumbing went mental. Sugar happens, deal with it. Get a plan in place for when things go awry. (I appreciate its difficult but just deal with and stop moaning about it.)

[DaisyNonna]

13 week holiday? Evening meetings? Weekend sports supervision? After school clubs? Weekend drama rehearsals? Building sets , making props and costumes for school productions? Bolstering the school choir with mature voices? School camp out of term time? Taking part in stupid weekend staff bonding camps, plus travelling time from Midlands to north Wales? Counselling children after school? Home visits? Lesson preparation? Lesson evaluation? Marking? Report writing? Keeping up to date with government directives? Keeping abreast of new ideas in one's own subject? Bloody inset days listening t the lates rubbish?
Yes, teaching is easy.

[Answerprancer]

Worryingly, I just went to the offy and discovered melty bits!
I was hoping it would be freezing up for tomorrow's snowfall, then Sunday's and Monday's for a couple of days of no work and lots of photography!

[naomi24]

My husband and I (goodness! That sounds a bit regal!!) were talking about this the other night, and neither of us can remember our schools closing due to bad weather. I think it's all down to current thinking on health & safety - and potential litigation!

[FredPuli43]

Strange. I took the regular bus 8 miles to school from Monday to Saturday for 11 years, from 1954, so including '62/'63, and don't recall the school being shut even once

[gness]

Then I would be quite happy, jno. In more ways than one. :-)

[joeluke]

Daisy....my heart bleeds

You missed out 'lack of backbone'

[Barmaid]

lol Daisy. I only ever taught 16+ but with all the "extras" I was expected to do I gave up. I only ever taught part time but in terms of all the additional stuff I had to do it was so intrusive it wasn't worth it in the end. Whilst the hourly rate may have been £12 ph (this was 2000), the actual hours you put in worked out that you were working for £4 p/h.

[sophie_1003]

JL; seriously, retrain as a teacher. I'm sure you'd be brilliant and show all us lot a thing or two!

[gness]

Joe. A question...no cocky answer please. Have you ever in your life listened, genuinely listened to anybody else without your brain itching to spout your own ill informed opinions?

[joeluke]

Sorry, what was that gness?

[sherrardk]

JL - are you pissed off because someone had to look after you child(ren) today or just downright jealous of the holidays?

[joeluke]

Sherrard.....Mrs Joe had to take day off work (unpaid) because sons school closed

Meaning we are out of pocket.......unlike the lazy teachers who get paid when school is closed

Teachers are in a win-win situation here

[Barmaid]

If the school is closed, it doesn't make the teachers lazy! They can't bloody well teach in an empty building, can they? For an intelligent man, you sometimes make some idiotic comments.

[sophie_1003]

I'll address this to anyone but JLseeing as he doesn't seem to be listening--
Did you know teachers' pay can be docked if they don't make a reasonable effort to get in to work and that it's not actually their fault if they go in and the head decides to close anyway (as happened to me today). Also, some teachers (me) are willing to have pay taken to pay for supply if they can't make it in?

[sherrardk]

Train to be a bloody teacher then if it's such a cushy job. When I was working my child minder fell ill, I had to take a week off unpaid, Sugar happens. Get organised and get a plan. And yet AGAIN, the teachers don't shut the schools, if you are going to moan (relentlessly) at least moan about the right people, the head teaches (male and female), the governors, the LEA, the transport companies. Sorry you are out of pocket (not nice) but it is not the teachers fault, they can't actually make it snow.

[joeluke]

Barmaid....by lazy I meant that they take the easy option by claiming they 'can't' get in to work when it snows.......which ultimately results in schools closing

I'm sure impending snow is probably discussed in the staff room the day before:

"Looks like we'll be closed tomorrow"

[sophie_1003]

I wish I could though sherrard; I'd have loads of days off then ;-)