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(1) The Morrison's thread interests me. Teaching is such an easy job. Hours are 9-3, 13wks a year holiday, and it's pretty much just babysitting. So why do we have a recruitment & retention issue?
Shut up, or put up - no excuses.
Shut up, or put up - no excuses.
(2) Quit your job. Go to college for a year. Then dedicate 3 more years to getting a degree in whatever subject you fancy. Apply for an ITT place. Pass the basic English & Maths tests. Spend a year training, plus another proving yourself as an NQT.
(3) 6 years it took me to go from the logistics sector to passing my teaching induction. You see, Reader, the best way for me to shut down those who slate the profession is to mention I've not always been a teacher, and put my money where my mouth was.
(4) For the record: Between my wife & I we luckily benefit from Bluelight, Armed Forces, & Student discounts. We are always grateful for them. Folk will always spout the "what about me" line. Even at the height of lockdown, NHS workers were being abused for this same discount.
(5) Keyworkers across the country were being abused for asking folk to wear a mask/not buy all the loo roll/socially distance.
My wife was told to "f*** off back to where you came from" for explaining to an extended family that they were not allowed on a mat ward.
My wife was told to "f*** off back to where you came from" for explaining to an extended family that they were not allowed on a mat ward.
(6) It is a sense of entitlement that creeps in when people feel less valued for their contribution to society. Rise above it all. Teachers biting really don't help our public image. We always need to play the hearts and minds game...
(7)...because folk have selective memories. Remember the "Oh, God! How do teachers do this with 30 kids, let alone just 2?" at the start, but we ended up with "Wasters are refusing to go back to work" at the end?
(8) Public sector workers are always political pawns & targets are painted on our backs. Always remember the adage "A pat on the back is just a recce for a knife".
Anyway, I'm going to enjoy my NHS discounted Morrison's bacon and eggs...
Anyway, I'm going to enjoy my NHS discounted Morrison's bacon and eggs...
