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AIBU Teacher letter

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Janemarpling · 04/02/2020 19:24

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/letters/18209773.letters-become-teacher---three-months-holiday-year-work-will-closed-event-heavy-snowfall/

I mean why publish? Surely the person is just trolling though we know people do think like this. Sigh!

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Clavinova · 04/02/2020 19:31

The writer is obviously complaining about headteachers though - they must be a teacher themselves;

"addressed by your workforce as sir/miss, occasional all expenses paid educational trips with your staff, and you can shout and scream at them whenever you like without fear of reply."

Iusedtobeapartygirl · 04/02/2020 19:35

It's just been written to cause a reaction. Ignore it

Pineapple1 · 04/02/2020 20:02

Obviously about head teachers, and is exactly right...

slashlover · 04/02/2020 20:03

For anyone who doesn't want to click.

WANT a good job? Hours 08.45 to 14.45?
Every weekend and bank holiday off, at least three months holiday a year, free periods throughout the day, mid-morning break, dinner break, no dress code, free parking, your place of work closed in the event of heavy snowfalls, addressed by your workforce as sir/miss, occasional all expenses paid educational trips with your staff, and you can shout and scream at them whenever you like without fear of reply.
Fantastic pension on retirement.
Apply to be a schoolteacher.

I know what I'm talking about – and I stand by every word of this.
Name supplied, County Durham

Cherry678 · 04/02/2020 20:05

Just a bored retired baby boomer, poorly educated with nothing better to do, sad really!

Whatsername177 · 04/02/2020 20:09

I'm a teacher, it is so ridiculous it is actually hilarious. There is no way any teacher can be offended if offence is meant, when the poor dear writing it doesn't even know the length of the average school day. Thanks, op. It made me laugh!

Whatsername177 · 04/02/2020 20:10

On second thoughts - might it be KH now that Twitter have taken away her platform? Cryptic slaggings off in local newspapers?

Eemamc · 04/02/2020 20:12

Yeah, this is daft... also can’t remember the last time I got a tea break or a lunch break...that bit was funny!

Cherrysoup · 04/02/2020 20:12

Hours 08.45 to 14.45?

Blow me, what school do they work in? I bloody wish!

xyzandabc · 04/02/2020 20:19

Erm so, if they only work 0845-1445, have a morning break, lunch break, free periods during the day, 3 months holiday and every weekend free.

Who plans the lessons, makes and finds resources, marks work, does parents evenings, writes reports, does assessment recording, data analysis, progress tracking, lunchtime and after-school clubs, class displays, organises trips..........

Ironmanrocks · 04/02/2020 20:31

Honestly - I work from 8am-5.30pm most days - every free period is taken up with helping someone out/cover/meeting/counselling/teaching other classes so I rarely get free time in school. Then add in duties, staff meetings/briefings/parent's evenings, options evenings, clubs, trips, weekends ....

I've not always been a teacher and used to ridicule my teacher friends. When I became one I wholeheartedly apologised. I have never worked so hard in all my life and it is exhausting...

I love it though...

sarahC40 · 04/02/2020 20:33

Today: didn’t manage to go to the loo; didn’t have lunch; cancelled my voluntary enrichment trying to get lower achievers through their Eng Lang gcse after school to do pointless training. Taught 6 periods. Spent my days off this week marking 120 year 11 essays (didn’t finish that, so will spend my birthday evening doing that); and I don’t get fucking paid for hols! Seriously, it’s so fatuous that it’s probably a goady bot that wrote it and I’m too knackered to be bothered.

monkeysox · 04/02/2020 20:35

From a town who voted a tory mp in "as they needed a change"
Sun had a video of a voter actually saying this. Thick as mince.

sarahC40 · 04/02/2020 20:37

Actually, I am bothered by the constant subtext that we are all somehow workshy; that we know nothing about the real world; and that we should be somehow fulfilling the work that parents should be doing. Someone asked me this week why I don’t make all kids hand their phones in at the beginning of every lesson as it ‘would solve all the problems’. I asked if we could actually time how long it would take or that maybe parents could have that argument every morning so that I didn’t have 32 kids telling me it was unfair. I’ve worked in industry, run my own business and if teaching is that easy, why am I having nightmares already about results? Please, if you think you can do a better job, goady letter writer, join a training program.

SignOnTheWindow · 04/02/2020 20:41

What a twat!

Whatsername177 · 04/02/2020 20:44

Don't feed the troll! We don't need to justify how hard we work. If you know, you know.

Downton57 · 04/02/2020 20:52

I've rewritten it so that it reflects the truth: WANT an impossible job? Hours: endless
Every weekend and bank holiday spent working on school work instead of spending them with your own kids, holidays restricted to school holidays so three times more expensive, no free periods throughout the day, mid-morning break to do marking, dinner break to prepare for the afternoon's work, wear your oldest clothes because the place is filthy, parking at entirely your own risk, your place of work closed to pupils in the event of heavy snowfalls, but you need to try your best to get there, even if it's dangerous, addressed by your workforce as *** bitch, occasional nightmarishly stressful educational trips with your staff, and they can shout and scream at you without fear of punishment.
Lousy pension on retirement.
Apply to be a schoolteacher.

I know what I'm talking about – and I stand by every word of this.
Name supplied.

sarahC40 · 04/02/2020 21:00

Agreed troll feeding is daft - they love winding teachers up. Just had a(nother) tough day...

Downton - very apt.

canonlydoblue · 04/02/2020 21:13

I'd love to apply to that school because that's definitely not what I did at school today. Oh and I dragged myself in at 7am despite being sick and worked through my breaks and lunch.

Clavinova · 04/02/2020 21:17

I put 'county durham school hours 2.45pm' into Google - this school came up -

www.shottonhallacademy.co.uk/students/school-timetable

Tombakersscarf · 04/02/2020 21:24

It's just so stupid. "Free" periods, for example, are times equivalent to office work - not actual free time. And pupils aren't a "workforce"

WombatStewForTea · 04/02/2020 21:42

Erm I think it's a joke! Written by a teacher taking the piss out of the fact so many people think like this about teaching

sarahC40 · 04/02/2020 21:53

God I hope so, Wombat, but it sort of reflects opinions ‘shared’ with me by some parents I’ve encountered. I even had a year seven student start laying into me the other day about ‘you teachers, with your long holidays’ 😂

siring1 · 04/02/2020 22:12

Downton 57

The pension is actually quite good.

Downton57 · 04/02/2020 23:28

Well, I've just retired and my pension is really crap. Though to be fair, I didn't start until I was nearly 30 and job shared for several years.

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