To be sick of the current public slating off teachers!

[Belle15]

Just feel teachers are criticised from all angles at the moment and we work damn hard for very little financial gain or thanks!! Would like to see any of the people moaning about us actuallu spend a day in our shoes.Needed a rant!

[Feenie]

sonly -

Your = possessive

You need you're = contraction.

Hth.

[Englishroses]

They are too busy working and not lounging about on holiday! Over and out!

[ilovesooty]

Other sectors have had pay cuts,pay freezes,performance related pay,stress,yada,yada for years.It's life

Agreed: my job is an example. I still think there are very negative perceptions of teachers out there though: I disagree with Englishroses

[Passmethecrisps]

every profession has good and bad

every profession has its whiners and martyrs

It's been the end of a looooong term for teacher and parents and, let's not forget, the children

[BoneyBackJefferson]

Englishroses
"Teachers seem to be so sensitive!"

If teachers where that sensitive we wouldn't be in the job.

MrButtercat
"Performance related pay is long over due"
and by what standard do you gauge PRP?

"and you get a very decent wage alongside rather nice holidays."

Yes we do get a nice wage and Unpaid Holidays

[Feenie]

Lounging? What else do you suggest I do with my unpaid holiday, Englishroses?

Shame, you sounded halfway reasonable for a couple of posts.

[ilovesooty]

You see your all so fab no one can ever pull you up on your job. You don't start work til your in your twentys and expect to finish before you are 60, but I forget you have been to uni and are the chosen ones. Oh and my DCs have been told numerous times they are a pleasure to be around but I forgot that teachers always like to be sarcastic

Grow up.

[Feenie]

Christ, they are all out tonight. Is it a full moon?

[Amaxapax]

Well, Englishroses, in fairness, no one ever complains that, say, project engineers don't work hard enough, even though my husband seems to occasionally spend a few hours out of his day perusing the Internet.
We're in a public facing role so that means it's likely that the public will comment and teachers will feel it necessary to correct misconceptions.

Feenie, I figured that was my giveaway. In fairness, I actually found that this year's gained time was filled with a lot more to do than previous years', including three observations in the space of two weeks and an HMI visit. However, as an English teacher, my marking becomes substantially more manageable when my exam groups leave, so that's a luxury for me.

[sonlypuppyfat]

Feenie is my grammer not up to much.....Crap teachers!

[Feenie]

My FE English teaching DH too, Amaxapax

[ilovesooty]

my DCs have been told numerous times they are a pleasure to be around

Glad to hear they haven't taken your views into the classroom.

[Feenie]

Grammar, dear

[BoneyBackJefferson]

sonly

That you can read at all is thanks to a teacher.

[Wbdn28]

YANBU. So much of what teachers do is in their own time, behind the scenes.

[Viviennemary]

I think most teachers do work hard. But they must win the prize for being the biggest set of whiners on the planet.

[sonlypuppyfat]

How am I supposed to judge all you hard working teachers if the ones I have met have been awful?

[XBenedict]

Aw Vivienne I thought us nurses won the prize for that!

[Feenie]

How am I supposed to judge all you hard working teachers if the ones I have met have been awful

Exactly - penny drops at last?

[wherearemysocka]

In my experience on Mumsnet, teachers normally get accused of whinging and not living in the real world when they quite reasonably respond to someone slagging them off and calling them lazy and incompetent.

Look at this thread - do you blame us for not defending ourselves against some of the ridiculous comments that have been made?

[sonlypuppyfat]

How can the penny drop if I think you are not up to it?

[ravenAK]

'How am I supposed to judge all you hard working teachers if the ones I have met have been awful?'

The same way anyone would, surely. I hate going to the dentist, but if I meet a dentist in the pub I don't immediately assume he's a right bastard & knee him in the nuts.

[wherearemysocka]

defending ourselves, even.

[Englishroses]

Look you do a great job. But if the grass is greener, then re train and do something better. My last post was intended to provoke a reaction ;)

[Feenie]

What - me personally, sonly?

How could you possibly know that?

Come on now, have a think.