The Forty Sixth Republic - online learning has killed the 'snow day'

[Staffdontblowitnow]

You are most welcome to this school staff support thread to get us through stressful times. It is meant for school staff only – a sort of room of requirement. Baiters, haters, goaders, and bashers can jog on somewhere else.

If you are NOT staff and just have a general education query please start your own thread.

You can play here if you are a member of one the following groups-

-ABBA - anti bashers and baiting association
-SWAB - school workers against bashers
-SWOT - school workers opposing teacherbashers
-STARS - schoolworkers together against ranting + slurs

Do not give the staffroom password just in case it attracts the wrong sort

Other requirements for staff room entry include the ability to find the staff room, the ability to find a clean mug in the staff room, knowledge of the photocopier codes, and the ability to sniff out where the booze is stashed - Thirsty Tuesdays, Fizz Fridays now in operation.

If you come with a stick to goad us then that is not allowed in the staffroom and you will receive a detention

When I was a chalet girl, we lived on cash and carry boxes of Twixs, Mars Bars and Orangina. I was skinny and super hot. Obviously I thought I was ugly and fat. But there you go.

I love having a cash and carry card.
I also really want orangina now.

@Piggywaspushed

On the 'I fancy Matt Hancock' thread, two people have said they fancy Gav!!!

Bleurghh

I noticed this too.

Just how the fuck?🤮🤮

Creme eggs used to be my favourite chocolate as a teen. They are yuck now though

@EnemyOfEducationNo1

Creme eggs used to be my favourite chocolate as a teen. They are yuck now though

Completely agree. Now I'm craving a proper creme egg so I can bite off the top lump of chocolate, then lick out the insides, and finally eat the rest of the chocolate. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

😱😱😱😱

Libel, slander, fume, fume.

I do have standards you know!!!!!!

Parents United (formerly PUAUS, formerly BRTUS) is a good source of info sometimes!

Do you remember when we puzzled over the date that the Letter which disapplied school attendance legislation ended, 6 Feb?

It's now been extended until 6 March.
Why?

Because under the Coronavirus Act 2020, any law can only be suspended for a month.

Libel, slander

Jan! Your standards are slipping all over the place! You should definitely know which it is!

@RuleWithAWoodenFoot

When I was a chalet girl, we lived on cash and carry boxes of Twixs, Mars Bars and Orangina. I was skinny and super hot. Obviously I thought I was ugly and fat. But there you go.

God, I wish I was the size I was when I used to think I was fat.

@RigaBalsam Captain Candy gets us all. I was five months pregnant last time we went, so DP didn’t dare argue about the cost.

@noblegiraffe

Libel, slander

Jan! Your standards are slipping all over the place! You should definitely know which it is!

My amygdala was during OK?! I was under attack.

Fancying Frank Spencer indeed?

Is my middle name Betty?

I have no idea what a meant to type instead of "during OK".....

Today is 5 days without sugar or sugar substitutes. I am only missing drinking squash. Water and ginger tea are not cutting it. Thank God for easy peel clementines.

Well. I've just read through a nasty little teacher bashing thread on the Corona board. Bravo to all those of you courageous enough to take them on. I knew there was a reason I stayed in the Staffroom. They really hate us, don't they?!

They hate us.
They hate that we say things that they know are correct, but don't want to believe are true.
So they then hate us extra hard.

Well done Rule! I have ditched sugar but not the substitutes. Now is not a good moment for me to step away from no-added-sugar lemon squash and culinary abominations involving sugar free jelly. I'm not sure when there will ever be a good time, tbh,

@EnemyOfEducationNo1

They hate us. They hate that we say things that they know are correct, but don't want to believe are true. So they then hate us extra hard.

That does seem to be the case. I might just hate them back.

I have got to stop typing things without my glasses on. Sorry for typos/fat fingered punctuation slips!

Delurking to suggest we have a whip around to hire Jackie Weaver, and then unleash her on Gav. There would no ridiculous suggestions about extended terms malarkey then!

I blocked the Corona board last march. I don't regret it for a second!

I'm afraid I can barely keep up with this thread let alone deal with the way wards on the cv board.

Rule was right re a stock answer.

I might get some deleted though.

(I've got a Gp appt soon; loads of shit symptoms which I'm now quite worried about becoming long term. And now wondering if iron a bit low, just feel not with it at all. Thyroid feels ok though. So not coming on much as I don't think anything I post makes sense!)

I would literally kill to be the size I was when I was a diving instructor who thought she was fat. The rare photos show I was lovely but too young to know it. I mostly on beer, pancakes and rehydration salts

@WarriorN hope you get some answers and feel better soon.

So on radio 4 today.

Teachers could be offered the vaccine if they agree to summer schools. I didn’t hear any mention of being paid for summer school.

Summer schools are a stupid idea. Come summer very few people will actually want to send their kids in. The kids who need it the most will be the least likely to turn up.

How about no thank you?!