To already be fed up with teachers/eduaction workers posting about their long holiday!

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Facebook is swarming with people saying how much they deserve it and other people patting them on the back. It seems like the world and his wife are in education or SAHM's with 6 glorious weeks ahead of them. Apart from a one week holiday I have a juggling timetable of various childcare arrangements to run to and fro from.

I know many people in the public sector leaving their jobs. The Government treats its workers very badly, and many jobs have changed out of all recognition.

Raven I bailed before you did and went into Adult Ed. If people like you are going the system is in a bad way.

Thanks noble.

To be fair to my HT, once he heard I was seriously looking he did spend a couple of weeks sidling up to me & whispering sweet nothings in my ear about finding a year 7 place for ds now we're an academy & 'have some leeway over admissions' .

But it's the whole culture. Ten years ago, you'd tell people you were a teacher in this country & at worst they'd be politely bored, more often they'd say something like 'oh all those kids would do my head in'.

Now you're a skiving, whingeing bastard who alternates paid holidays with striking except when you fancy scamming a free holiday by organising an overpriced trip .

Enough already! I might be back in a couple of years, but for now, I'm out.

Noblegiraffe - I have no idea. How about you just spit out what you want to say and tell me?

I wasn't really saying spaniel was bleating!! ARGH! SPANIEL you knew that, right? I was taking the piss, following a comment waaaay back.

Fuck. Did I misjudge that?

ravenAK congratulations on the new job.

One if my colleagues at work has a wife who's a primary HT. Their family is moving to Dubai later this year where she's secured a headship at an international school. I don't imagine her school will find recruiting a replacement easy.

Jade or her husband could of course train to go into teaching. She and others haven't yet explained why so many teachers are leaving if the conditions are so great.

Dubai relies on slaves.

In what way is that relevant larant?

ilovesooty don't try and turn me into a teacher basher. I'm anything but.

Neither or my dh have ever had any desire to teach and it doesn't interest me in the slightest. Not quite sure what your point is?

wideopenspace No, no problems here!!

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Sorry didn't mean you, jade was cherry picking to "prove her point"

If you can't understand my point Jade I don't think I can be bothered to waste my time explaining it to you. I don't think it should be too difficult for you to comprehend so far

Oh thank fuck.

It is relevant because a Headteacher in Dubai may have a great time, but at the expense of slaves.

It's not Dubai that I'm off to, in fact, although I did have an offer there .

Thanks Iheart & ilove.

I think that's a stretch, larant.

I don't think I'd want to work in Dubai myself but I hardly think it's my place to comment on that to a colleague whose wife I don't even know larant.

Oh good ilovesooty.

You save your breath, I'll save the tedium of reading your misdirected comment. Win win.

It's a shame that an interesting and relevant discussion can't be had without resorting to childish insults.

Good. I'll just assume you haven't any ideas about why so many teachers are leaving then. Thought as much.

Jade, you said Teaching is a decent enough profession to get into, in most cases adequately paid (IMO) and with some lovely perks. Some bad bits and stresses, just like every other professional role.

I wouldn't hurt to hear some teachers say it now and then.

Thing is, teachers are leaving in droves. You have been unable to explain why, with your assertions that teaching is a decent profession. Given that actions speak louder than words, teachers are telling you with their actions that you are wrong.

I love teaching. But dear god I don't blame the ones who are quitting, and I don't think I would recommend it to anyone as a career choice at the moment.

In my personal experience teachers I come across tend to mention the extra hours they put in as part of defending themselves against mean and nasty comments. Only one person I know seems to bring it up randomly and phrase it offensively some times. Tbh I think it is more to do with the type of person she is and she would be like that whatever her profession.

I don't think it's fair to object to people defending themselves.

Well said noble. We have lost two in our department in the last two years. Not for other teaching jobs but to leave the profession all together. One lady has no job at all to go too but she regularly cries with the stress.
Some people are so deluded on here and think we are some pampered Mr chips types. I am exhausted. Roll on Friday.

The job of teacher has changed. It doesn't surprise me that some teachers are not happy with this change.

I know of two that have left the profession this year, but they were both useless teachers who couldn't cope.

No great loss to be honest.