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Joao Moutinho said:
how long do you get for your lunch? how many breaks do you get?

most of the teachers i work with have to work through their breaks and get reduced lunch hours meaning they work solidly for up to 8 hours sometimes without any breaks, not an easy job
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I get one hour for lunch, which is almost always spent at my computer, which means that I never actually stop working, as phone is constantly going, questions are being asked. Depending on how things are going, whether deadlines are being met, 12/14 hour days are not uncommon. Its not a dick swinging contest though, I'm not syaing they dont work hard when theyre there. I've done a fair bit of wind up on this thread, but it does frustrate me, the ease at which they close the schools, when only 15 years ago, they would never of dreamed to of close the school. I only had one single day when school was cancelled, it was about -7 and the heating had failed.

In all fairness, some of the most influential people in my life were my school teachers at all ages, and that is partly why I see their actions now as maybe having a bigger effect than they consider on the future generations.
 
Anyhoo, Monday, Binmen and why they wont take my bin if the lid is lightly ajar, and when they do, they leave it directly behind my car.

Laters, have a nice weekend.
 

They are the one group of worikers who when you ask them how they are, almost every time reply "overworked and underpaid". Its not true and it's not funny. I wouldnt invite them to my funeral, dour bastards.
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That is a matter of their opinion and your opinion. To say it is "not true" shows ignorance. Also, I'm pretty sure they don't find it funny either.

One teacher told me once, "people think we dont do a full days work, I get home most nights and have to do a further 2 hours work"

Great, you start at 8, finish at 3, work till 5, on MOST days. You then have 13 weeks holiday, bank holidays (I dont even want to get into the whole 'training day' thing) It must be a real hard life.
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The vast majority work from 8 until 5, then do another 2 hours or so at home, then work again over the weekend. If you average out the amount of work they do over the 39 weeks of the school calendar, compared to the standard 37 hour working week x47 weeks a year, you will find that they actually do far more work than that, even when the school holidays are factored in.

The school staff have a duty of care to the pupils. If they think the conditions are becoming a risk to the children, the decision has to be made to close the school. It is made by the council or chair of governors. Classroom teachers have no say in whether the school stays open or not. Not only that, it is just as easy for a member of staff to slip and injure themselves, which would again come back at the school. In the event of a closure, a contingency plan has to be made to ensure kids get home safely, are fed, etc. In some cases, it may actually cause more problems than staying open.

The caretakers then need to get the site cleaned up as quickly as possible to minimise disruption, which requires grit. It is difficult to do this when the kids are around - would you like your child being pelted with a grit filled snowball?
 
Jacko93 said:
Closing schools because of snow around here in Warrington is an absolute joke. The teachers have clearly had their mind made up by the Thursday night that they can only be arsed working half a day. There is barely half an inch on the ground, roads are clear and it's hardly even snowing now, yet the schools have closed. This actually causes issues on the roads, rather than solves them. The way that they now treat the school and the ease with which they close the school is fostering an attitude with our children that at the first slight sign of adversity, you can just stop, give up and go home. Its bollocks.

Last year they closed cause it was windy! Windy for f*ks sake. They'll be just as safe in the school building, as they would be in the home building.

There used to be three good reasons to be a teacher, June July and August. Now theres bloody hundreds, depending on weather cycles of course.

Their attitude is rubbing off on the youngsters of today, and its going to cause issues in working Britain.

So there.
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No child's thought process will extend much past 'wooo snowball fiiight'. Mountain out of a molehill issue here.
 
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Joao Moutinho said:
firstly, it's not 13 weeks holiday - at most in a year its 12 weeks

As opposed to the rest of the working population who get 5 it's not bad like...

secondly, most teacher stay until about 6 after getting there at 8

Behave, I know a couple who are both teachers & they've got a glass of Chardonnay in their hands before 5 most nights

thirdly, teachers dont get july and august off, just august

Just half of July, all of August & a week in Sept, must be hell.

fourth, the days off that teachers have are spent doing things like preparation, planning and doing courses

Of course they are ;)
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