Why are teachers striking

[Doc Spock]

the cushiest job in the world. 30 odd grand a year min. 13 weeks hols and a 6 hour day.



sack the lot of the greedy lazy barstewards.

[4getmenot]

I have posted in news about this and totally agree with you.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question55 5798.html

[spaced]

me too, plus it means less traffic on the roads. Got to work quicker today!

[Supernick]

Bet there aren't any teachers (at work now) on chatterbank...
Whilst they're at work they have to put more effort in than most office workers.

[mistys]

I agree tonyted, I did some work experience in a year one class and the extra work the teacher had was unbeliveable. She was at the school from 6am till 7pm some nights of the week and spent half the 'holidays' working on lesson plans and catching up with paperwork. Teachers work very hard, have an important job and deal with a lot more than what is thought. They deserve to be paid more. So good on them for going on strike!!

[FoxLee2]

I heartily endorse what tonyted and mistys have said. Anyone who thinks teachers go home when the children do and have the rest of the evening to themselves and all the school holidays as pure relaxation and time for themselves is completely out of touch. My niece is a teacher and the times that she's come over to us at a weekend and brought a pile of books for marking; the clubs she runs after school; learning Spanish (in her own time) because that is now on the curriculum at her junior school, the reports that are frequently done on each child, the enormous amount of preparation for lessons and not forgetting parents' evenings each term - they deserve every penny of their salaries.

Doc Spock - your view is a joke, get real.

[Hellyon]

I'm with Tonyted on this one. I've often helped out at my son's infant and junior school and on Monday I spent 3 hours facilitating a business session at the local senior school and I can tell you I wouldn't want to do it for a week let alone as a job. It's totally draining.
My Grandfather was a Head Teacher and my abiding memory of spending the summer holidays with him (in pre computer days) is hours and hours spent organising the time table for the following year and writing lesson plans.....and that was in the 60's and 70's before the teachers had to complete a form every time they do something.
If you want the best teachers you have to pay the best and as the future of the country lies with the children I would say it's a pretty good investment!!

[Wop/tpo]

My granddaughter is in her second year as a teacher in the NUT union. She is on about �20000 a year which she considers to be decent pay. She drives for 40 minutes to her school, and does all the extra marking and after hours meetings that others have mentioned.
She tells me that she voted against strike action, and that it has been voted for by a majority of the 30% only of teachers that returned their ballot papers for counting.
She has been profusely thanked by one of the parents for not striking, which would have cost the woman much to
have her child looked after today.
Her school is in a poor area of Nottinghamshire, and has a high proportion of broken homes, one parent families,
some drug addict parents, and other drawbacks.
Some of her pupils are "little horrors", only their parents could love them, but of course no punishment can be given them other than referral to the headmistress.
SHE EARNS HER SALARY.

[milliezoe]

If you can read this thank a teacher

You have my total suppport