...to think it's rude of teachers at end of term declaring that they've earned their holiday/deserve a large glass of wine etc.....?

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Does it not imply that they think everyone's kids are little horrors and that it's such a hard job and we're not worthy?
Maybe all the kids are little horrors, maybe it is a hard job but they're getting paid for it. It was their choice! My job's hard too but I won't bang on about It.
I think it's quite insulting to the parents of the children. No? [hmmm]

And they must all be engaged at all times, and you need to have strategies for each one to improve all the time. And remember to question each one correctly for said flight path all the time.

Now repeat for 250 children.

It's a ruddy marvellous job, but it's emotionally and mentally really taxing. It saps your reserves of energy, patience and calm no matter how much you have. Inevitably there are days where you are just frazzled.

But it's worth it for that one kid who lacked confident, has MH issues and just needed that extra bit of support and encouragement who pops in after their last exam with a lovely handwritten card and small gift. I don't get many at sevont but my word, they mean a lot. I know I've had a positive influence on this lovely, lovely child and I can smile on the last day with my wine feeling like I've actually achieved what I set out to do.

Bookmarking this thread to read on my toughest teaching days - might come back to it at the grimmest time, November for me!

Just helping out in the classroom for an hour gives me the vapours!

Teachers definitely deserve their holiday, and wine, or whatever they want. They do a lot of work, both in and outside of the classroom. Think of all the planning, all the lesson making, etc. that goes on as well.

Actually op, my ds is a teacher who has worked in a school similar to your dcs, and also in deprived areas. She hated hated hated school A. Spoilt selfish children with parents whose expectations for their special snowflakes were completely out of reach. She then loved school B, where whilst the behaviour was less polite, the children were grateful for every little extra thing she could provide.

Lethaldrizzle - I have to say, helping out in my kindy child's classroom has increased my already healthy respect for teachers no end! I do 2 hours, one morning a week, and find it pretty tiring just dealing with the little souls one on one (reading practice) - how they do it, day in, day out with 20 of them is beyond me. And that's when most of them still have enough respect for authority to sit still! (Not all though, not by a long chalk).

Seriously?! People in other professions say they have earned their holiday / glass of wine. I don't see why teachers should be any different and declared "rude" for doing the same

Regardless of whether a teacher works with a large class, multiple difficult groups, small classes of little angels, or whatever. I think any worker is entitled to take a deep breath at the end of their current work project/week/term/shift and say 'phew, I could do with some wind down time now'.

It's no reflection on the teacher's children, it's just a way of marking the end of term.

No!
I break in a couple of days and deserve my 8 week holiday. I love my job and my school but I work bloody hard in a senior role....... and yes sometimes kids and their parents are a significant part of that hard work. It’s not an insult to anyone to rejoice at the end of term and when I’ll be genuinely looking forward to starting back in September.

Teachers HAVE earned their holidays AND deserve a big glass of wine. Or whatever else they choose to chug.
I despair every single day at the posts on here from whiny parents about their precious snowflakes. Every.single.day. You could not pay me enough too put up with the PARENTS.
I've put in enough time helping in the classroom to know that teachers mostly do an amazing job dealing with the challenges and crazy workloads they face.

the mass end of term onslaught which doesnt seem to come from other professions just makes me think [hmmm] crikey is it that awful?

In other professions, everyone isn't taking their holiday at the same time.

You don’t get the multiple posts from other professions at the end of term because, guess what? Other professions don’t have terms. Simple really when you think about it.
I frequently say I deserve a holiday/ wine as do my colleagues but we don’t all go on holiday at the same time.
Having been exposed to the appalling behaviour of a few teenagers recently I think their teachers would certainly deserve anything they want.

Ours look after severe special needs kids, I'm talking being attacked, incontinence, non verbal kids (mine included). She has a class of only 3, mine on his own is exhausting, though I love the bones of him and so does she, I think she's the best.

She deserves a trip to the Seychelles with a back rub from Tom Hardy, kind of break. And the many TA's in our class. I tell them so too.

I love my job (not a teacher) but I also feel like i need a glass of wine after a week.at work.
Teachers do a hard job and the vast vast majority do it amazingly and with little recognition or support. They can say they need a glass of wine if they want and they can say they need a glass of wine without it meaning they hate your children too.

OP, people such as yourselves won't be happy until there are no teachers left. It's not the children that are the reason teachers are leaving the profession in droves but ignorant comments like yours from people who believe teachers are fair game to critisise for whatever they say or do.

Why don't you try and gain some understanding and appreciation of the job before starting another goady teacher bashing thread.

Don’t be such a misery. YABVU.?

About to say, before my phone posted without me, I doubt that your kids are so delightful that the teacher doesn’t need her summer break. Nobody’s are.

Yabu

And dc attends a lovely little rural prep. Those teachers work their bits off. If I heard them saying this I'd raise a glass to them.

Yabu. How ridiculous to think like that. Teachers are human too, I hope they all enjoy their long break, with plenty of wine, or whatever is their fancy. They deserve it if the children are horrors or not.

PSA here (Scottish equivalent of TA) and there are going to be a few sore heads this morning after our end of term pub outing last night . It doesn't mean we hate your kids and can't wait to see the back of them, but it does feel good to have a bit of a blow out after a lot of hard work, the last term is always hard going with various trips, sports days, leavers parties etc to organise. We enjoy our holidays but it will be nice to see the kids again and hear all about their summers in a few weeks.

Do parents not feel the same when term starts again? Why is it only teachers not allowed to express relief at getting a break?

YABU. I'm ready for a rest and a glass of wine at the weekend after looking after just my one DS. Dealing with 30 kids every day sounds like hell to me and teachers do deserve a rest.

Having worked in education for over thirty years, my husband would say he’d never met a teacher who took the six weeks holiday. He certainly wouldn’t employ them and his staff were all expected to put in several weeks work during ‘the holiday’. Staff who were never in school during holidays would be a bit of a red flag.
He himself rarely goes a day without working for at least a few hours.

Just because you love your children (which I mean.. we all do??) doesn't mean their teachers love them! They're doing their job. And doing it well. I'm a nurse and always had a wine at the weekend to celebrate another long difficult week ending. Doesn't mean I think my patients are a pain and I can't be arsed.

What a ridiculous post.
For what it's worth, I love having my children home in the holidays and am always sad when the holidays end. We're not all the same though and I hear countless parents counting down the days until their kids go back to school. Hey ho.

On the other hand, I work in a school and bloody hell we are all counting down the days!!!! It can be the best job at times but it's totally bloody draining!!!!!

OP I think your title should have made it clear that you were talking about a tiny school with half a 'normal' class in (at least) but even so, you abvvu!!!!