[fishini]

At last kids back at school tomorrow. Yipee. Wish I had the holidays the teachers have. What is it 14 weeks year?

[Westbars Spireite]

Most schools back yesterday.

[fishini]

Westbars Spireite, on 09 September 2015 - 10:37 PM, said:

Most schools back yesterday.

6 weeks off then 2 inset days. Whats that about?

[Westbars Spireite]

fishini, on 10 September 2015 - 06:46 AM, said:

6 weeks off then 2 inset days. Whats that about?

Three if back on Thursday.

I know I'd like the holidays they get though that's for sure.

[lindo-spireite]

Careful, you'll have some folk claiming it's a harder job than a fire fighter

[JonB]

Do have the downside of having to go away on holiday at the same time as all the kids though and pay the school holiday prices.....

PS...i'm not a teacher!

This post has been edited by JonB: 10 September 2015 - 07:48 AM

[Westbars Spireite]

lindo-spireite, on 10 September 2015 - 07:22 AM, said:

Careful, you'll have some folk claiming it's a harder job than a fire fighter

There's more marking.

[Goku]

Teachers generally do more hours than they actually get paid for tbf. Thinking about the trouble I and many others used to cause them I don't begrudge them a nice long holiday.

Plus my missus is a teacher so I'm biased

This post has been edited by Goku: 10 September 2015 - 08:32 AM

[fishini]

JonB, on 10 September 2015 - 07:48 AM, said:

Do have the downside of having to go away on holiday at the same time as all the kids though and pay the school holiday prices.....

PS...i'm not a teacher!

As do all parents now

[HistoricWarwick]

Forget the hours.

The responsibility of being a teacher and their role in influencing a child's development and the indirect impact on society and the economy means they have some job.

Sadly, in a lot of instances they do more to mould a child than some parents - we've all seen it. Yet they remain a soft target.

I'm a free market monkey but, if I was in charge I would pay teachers a lot more.

[firedodger]

Westbars Spireite, on 10 September 2015 - 07:48 AM, said:

There's more marking.

You'd be surprised! Our job is so assessment and competence based nowadays you never seem very far away from an assessment, or gathering evidence or filling in a development folder. And it all has to be bleeding marked or verified.

[firedodger]

fishini, on 09 September 2015 - 10:07 PM, said:

At last kids back at school tomorrow. Yipee. Wish I had the holidays the teachers have. What is it 14 weeks year?

Got to be honest I don't begrudge them their holidays, on the whole they work hard and put extra hours in.
My mother in law has taught all the time I've known her and has worked very hard at it. My wife was a uni lecturer and that is B****Y hard going.

[fishini]

firedodger, on 10 September 2015 - 07:38 PM, said:

Got to be honest I don't begrudge them their holidays, on the whole they work hard and put extra hours in.
My mother in law has taught all the time I've known her and has worked very hard at it. My wife was a uni lecturer and that is B****Y hard going.

They don't work any harder than anyone else, lots of worker have to work long hours for a lot less money the difference being that the rest of the working population are lucky to get 25 days plus bank holidays as opposed to 14 weeks plus bank holidays. Good luck to them but jeez don't expect me to feel sorry for them

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

HistoricWarwick, on 10 September 2015 - 09:12 AM, said:

Forget the hours.

The responsibility of being a teacher and their role in influencing a child's development and the indirect impact on society and the economy means they have some job.

Sadly, in a lot of instances they do more to mould a child than some parents - we've all seen it. Yet they remain a soft target.

I'm a free market monkey but, if I was in charge I would pay teachers a lot more.

I've met very few teachers in recent years I'd want to employ never mind give a pay increase

[firedodger]

fishini, on 10 September 2015 - 08:06 PM, said:

They don't work any harder than anyone else, lots of worker have to work long hours for a lot less money the difference being that the rest of the working population are lucky to get 25 days plus bank holidays as opposed to 14 weeks plus bank holidays. Good luck to them but jeez don't expect me to feel sorry for them

You can't generalise any one profession as being more hard working than another, in an ideal world everyone puts the same effort in regardless of their job.
Nobody has asked you to feel sorry for teachers either, you went on the offensive about their 14 weeks holiday, I just said I know a couple of people in the teaching profession who work very hard for their rewards.
Teaching is just another job with its own benefits, it's there for anybody to do and if you choose not to do it, you can't really grumble because they get more holidays than you.