Last day of term

[tazmaniandevil]

Why on earth does school have to close at 13:45 on the last day of term? What is the purpose of this? Confused!!!!

[jennielou75]

We break up at 3.20 as usual . Then we had a full inset on Friday and with most of my colleagues I was in mon to weds this week. I shall also be in the last week with everyone else. Still love my job and being with the kids though!

[user1489675144]

Well 6 - 7 weeks is not long enough for the teachers so they get the extra half day for a pub lunch and a drink....

I think some schools have teaching assistants in until usual close day to look after children that cannot go early... TA's obviously don't need an extra half day LOL

[LittleIda]

www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/criticising-schools-vital-to-shit-parenting-2014071088471

[SmileEachDay]

It's like the MN equivalent of Godwin's Law Maisy

[MaisyPops]

Don't you just love it when a teacher thread resorts to "yeah... well, the grammar in your last post was off" secretly feels smug safe in the knowledge that you're infinitely smarter than the idiots who teach

A friend of mine who lurks on Reddit says you can tell when a topic has lost the plot when it resorts to picking apart somebody's (probably rush typed) replies on a forum or fascism gets mentioned. Starting to think the same might be true for some MN threads

[MSLehrerin]

And everybody has been to school so knows exactly what it's like to be a teacher........and is therefore eminently qualified to pass judgment, comment and give advice.

I go to the doctor fairly regularly but would never even think to comment.

Those who have it in for teachers are usually those parents too 😉

I see we've bored @Whoopwhoopwooo off too.......

[SuperPug]

Mittens, exactly, always started by a goady OP.
And if someone said this to my face, I would say exactly the same and have done before.
I don't feel the need to start goady threads about any other job but it's a bit of a trend here and becomes a bit boring. It's normally full of assumptions and incorrect information as well to boot...

[Mittens1969]

Basically an end of school year thread, where teachers and parents alike can have their rant whilst being protected by being anonymous. They can say things they would never think of saying if it was under their own name.

[Whoopwhoopwooo]

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[KittyVonCatsington]

I only stated in the original post that teaches get lots of time off, and still whinge about their job. You have just proved my point. Thank you

No-this thread hasn't proved that point at all. It wasn't a teacher who started this thread to whinge about their job but has been full of teachers defending their jobs against attacks like yours. In fact, you whinged about your job on this thread - it's only acceptable when you do it?

[SuperPug]

Here's a thought OP...
Why don't you ask your school why it closes at that time? If you don't want opinions and you like using this - 😴, when people on this forum who work in schools quite rightly reply to stupid comments about teachers and holidays?

[SmileEachDay]

You know what I hate about this sort of thread? The giant lumping together generalisations.

I'm a teacher. I don't "whinge" about my job. I have very real concerns about the way education is going and the hoop jumping that increasingly gets in the way of me teaching, but that's not whinging.

Some teachers whinge. As do some people with other jobs.

[MSLehrerin]

Excellent. Glad we cleared that up @Whoopwhoopwooo

Now I'm away to enjoy the rest of the first day of my six and a half week holiday.

[Whoopwhoopwooo]

I was replying to mittens actually.

[Whoopwhoopwooo]

Also as there seems to be a cross post. I'm glad you enjoy your job. My children's teachers are amazing. This post is purely about holidays. not knocking teachers or the job they do.

[MSLehrerin]

No i haven't just proved your point @Whoopwhoopwooo

Read my subsequent post. You're obviously well balanced, with a chip on both shoulders.

Petal is a term of endearment. Believe you me, if I was being patronising you'd know all about it. 🙄

[Whoopwhoopwooo]

I'm not pretending to be good at grammar I'm not a teacher as already stated. Also calling someone petal and telling them to enjoy their customers with a 🙄 Face is patranising how ever you look at it. I have no chip on my shoulder about teachers or any profession you clearly haven't read the whole thread. I only stated in the original post that teaches get lots of time off, and still whinge about their job. You have just proved my point. Thank you

[MSLehrerin]

@Whoopwhoopwooo

I just think 6 weeks off and a half term ever 6ish weeks is plenty of holidays to make up for the stress of looking after 30+ children per day

Your above quote led me, as a teacher of 20 plus years standing, to believe that you thought teachers' holidays were a reward or merit. Obviously, my perception of this isn't aligned with what you actually meant to say.

Again, your perception that my subsequent comment about the origins of school holidays was patronising, is entirely your right to hold, although, as subsequent posters have said, it hasn't. Ike across that way to them at all.

I love my job as a teacher, there is absolutely no better feeling than see a young person "get" it, maybe after they've been struggling with a concept or topic. It is also such a privilege to be part of a pupil's life fora short while and see them grow and develop into young adults. It's also lovely to be a vital input to families who may be struggling a bit with the behaviour of a kid, and providing a wee bit of help and support.

Yes, it's stressful at times but I've loved virtually every minute of my career to date. Yes, I work over and above my contracted hours, but never grudge a minute of it. Yes, I deserve and love every minute of every holiday I get. Without the holidays, teachers would be unable to provide the high quality education they do, and kids would be completely and utterly knackered. There would be no winners.

I hope this clarifies why I get completely and utterly fucked off with entitled and jealous parents who grudge me and their kids our holidays.

[Mittens1969]

@Whoopwhoopwooo, on the subject of teaching English, I wouldn't say too much about that; your grammar and spelling are very poor indeed. I don't think MSLehrerin was being patronising, but you can read it that way if you want to.

No, you didn't use the word reward, but it is a way of interpreting what you said. Would compensation for teaching 30 children be a better way of putting it?

I'm not a teacher, as I said, but my DH's parents were. He says he hardly saw his dad in the term-time, and he used to work down half the holidays too. Apparently he only started to relax when they were finally away for the summer holidays. (He was a physics teacher at secondary school.) So just as well there were six weeks off school in summer!

You do seem to have a chip on your shoulder about teachers, I have to say lol.

[KittyVonCatsington]

Try working in a call centre and getting shouted and sworn at by every customer.

I did work in a call centre-for two years at Seeboard. I still preferred that on the phone than getting shouted and sworn at in my face, by pupils or parents on a regular basis...

[Whoopwhoopwooo]

MSLehrerin- patronising much 🤔.... hope your not a teacher, especially not English as I haven't mensioned once rewarding teachers with anything. So not able to read or understand very well.

I will enjoy my summer though thank you. You too petal.....

[MSLehrerin]

@Whoopwhoopwooo no preaching from me petal. Was just pointing out the reason behind long school summer holidays as your original post states it is a reward for teachers for dealing with 30 kids?? Ermmmm that's our job, for which we receive a salary thank you very much. No grips of self needing to be got ta muchly for the feedback tho.

😀 enjoy your summer with your boy and I hope your call centre isn't to stressful with those pesky customers 🙄

[Whoopwhoopwooo]

@ MSL- I haven't misunderstood the reason for the holidays or indeed said I don't like having my 7yr old son home. I enjoy the holidays and a more able to take some of my annual leave at the same time. All I said was the we have to get the classroom ready and I have to mark things in the evenings are evened out by the fact teachers have loads of holidays per year. If it was as easy as giving up my job and finding one I liked then the world would be a better place for millions of people. Get a grip of yourself instead of preaching to me about agriculture really???

[mumof3boys33]

Our primary finish at normal time. But the secondary finish at midday.

[breadedbrielarson]

I have not heard of teachers in other countries where they enjoy high status (eg Finland) going on strike

If you can't work out why that is then you're a bit dim.