Today I'm angry about.....

[Lofthouse Lower]

I think he's Australian, mate

[thebish]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

to be fair... they DO get loads of holidays! it's no good denying it!

[Lofthouse Lower]

Must be ace being a teacher

Rock up at 9am, finish at half three, months off every year and a good wage. Piece of piss

I've seen Waterloo Road, all the sixth-formers are fit slags wearing next-to-nowt and the teachers are usually up for some action too.

[Gooner Girl]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

to be fair... they DO get loads of holidays! it's no good denying it!

I'm going back to work for 2 half days next week then am getting paid to have 8 weeks off You lot are all in the wrong professions...

[Lord Kangana]

Are you a teacher?

[Gary the Enfield]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

to be fair... they DO get loads of holidays! it's no good denying it!

Coming from Mr. '1 day a week man' that's a bit rich.

[Gooner Girl]

Are you a teacher?

Yeah, on maternity leave at the moment though.

I teach PE and Games to 5-13 year olds at a local private school. However, in my absence its been threatened with closure and whilst it is now staying open we have all been made redundant and only some of us will be re-employed. They have said informally they would like me back (was only going back to 3 afternoons a week anyway) but can't confirm anything til handovers and paperwork etc has been done so its all up in the air at the moment.

I have been offered some sports coaching work in primary schools and some swimming teaching at the local leisure centre but would prefer to stay in education because you get a proper salary rather then hourly rate and nice long holidays which you don't get in sports coaching/swim teaching so we shall see.

[Lofthouse Lower]

PE and Games!

What do you teach?

I'm not 'getting' at you just interested - our PE teachers just played the games with us, and didn't really do any coaching or teaching or owt like that

[bobo the clown]

PE and Games!

What do you teach?

Cluedo & Risk.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Can you do a PGCE in that?

[bobo the clown]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

Oh ..... do they NOT get loads of holidays then ?

My bad, coz I always thought they did.

[Bruce Rioja]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

And BWFC-I demonstrates perfectly just how out of touch teachers are with the world for which they're supposed to be preparing their pupils/students.

[Gary the Enfield]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

Oh ..... do they NOT get loads of holidays then ?

My bad, coz I always thought they did.

Officially yes.

My wife is a teacher.

She leaves home at 07.40 and arrives at school at 08.00

She works from then until 17.15 when she leaves to pick up my daughter from school. 4 nights out of 5 she brings work home and again at weekends she will spend half a day working. She NEVER takes lunch breaks.

In the summer holidays she spends the first week in school finishing work for that academic year and the last week is spent there in preparation for the coming academic year.

She is directed to attend meetings in the evenings (twice this week she has returned home after 21.30) and receives no extra pay for any of it.

I like to tease my wife about her holiday entitlement but in reality she gets to spend very little of it 'relaxing'

Next year she will have chalked up her 25th year of working for the same education authority. In private industry she would be afforded a dinner dance in her honour and some sort of financial recognition for her effort.

Instead she, and her vocational peers will be villified by the press and government for 'holding the country to ransom'.

She isn't striking today. Her union isn't involved. She is keeping the school open for those kids who have teachers in.

But should she be required she would do. And I would applaud her decision to. Too many holidays? Pah!

[Gooner Girl]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

Oh ..... do they NOT get loads of holidays then ?

My bad, coz I always thought they did.

Officially yes.

My wife is a teacher.

She leaves home at 07.40 and arrives at school at 08.00

She works from then until 17.15 when she leaves to pick up my daughter from school. 4 nights out of 5 she brings work home and again at weekends she will spend half a day working. She NEVER takes lunch breaks.

In the summer holidays she spends the first week in school finishing work for that academic year and the last week is spent there in preparation for the coming academic year.

She is directed to attend meetings in the evenings (twice this week she has returned home after 21.30) and receives no extra pay for any of it.

I like to tease my wife about her holiday entitlement but in reality she gets to spend very little of it 'relaxing'

Next year she will have chalked up her 25th year of working for the same education authority. In private industry she would be afforded a dinner dance in her honour and some sort of financial recognition for her effort.

Instead she, and her vocational peers will be villified by the press and government for 'holding the country to ransom'.

She isn't striking today. Her union isn't involved. She is keeping the school open for those kids who have teachers in.

But should she be required she would do. And I would applaud her decision to. Too many holidays? Pah!

Yup - and don't forget after the school clubs teachers are required to run, ENDLESS reports, not to mention stroppy, unreasonable parents and teaching complete brats who will do their upmost to push you to the limits and make you react. Oh, and the dreaded OFSTED...

My job isn't as intense as Mrs Enfields cos i teach a subject that doesn't require marking or as much detailed lesson prep plus i am part time, but for the many teachers i know what Gary describes is pretty standard.

[BWFC_Insane]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

And BWFC-I demonstrates perfectly just how out of touch teachers are with the world for which they're supposed to be preparing their pupils/students.

Hey I'm not a teacher.

Point being that whatever holidays they get has absolutely nothing to do with the current situation. You keep bashing the public sector/teachers/nurses whoever you like and saying they've got an easy ride etc. My question is if that is the case why aren't you a teacher or a nurse, I'm sure you'd look fetching in the uniform!

[Raven]

Fecking Jordan going on and on about Frankie Boyles jokes about her kid, its more offensive than the jokes, every bloody advert on Sky has her milking it just feck off you obnoxious ugly cow!

[Gary the Enfield]

Folk on the radio making stupid ill informed statements re Teachers striking. "What they complaining about they get loadsa holidays". FFS!

Look I'm not in favour of striking really, especially in this case. But its the above mentality that we really need to stamp out in this country!

And BWFC-I demonstrates perfectly just how out of touch teachers are with the world for which they're supposed to be preparing their pupils/students.

Hey I'm not a teacher.

Point being that whatever holidays they get has absolutely nothing to do with the current situation. You keep bashing the public sector/teachers/nurses whoever you like and saying they've got an easy ride etc. My question is if that is the case why aren't you a teacher or a nurse, I'm sure you'd look fetching in the uniform!

He wouldn't!

[thebish]

My daughter is on work-experience as a teaching assistant. She happens to be assisiting the only teacher in the school who is NOT on strike - so she has to go in today! Obviously I followed her down the road shouting SCAB! SCAB! SCAB!

[Raven]

[Gary the Enfield]

My daughter is on work-experience as a teaching assistant. She happens to be assisiting the only teacher in the school who is NOT on strike - so she has to go in today! Obviously I followed her down the road shouting SCAB! SCAB! SCAB!

I suggesting to my daughter (whose school is closed) that she could go to my wife's school for the day.

''I'm not a scab, Daddy'' she said. Bless.