tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post385605346840940715..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Codes…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-373801910214410072010-10-12T05:40:21.090+01:002010-10-12T05:40:21.090+01:00"...infected by this kind of attention-seekin...<i>"...infected by this kind of attention-seeking, look-at-me, down-with-da-kidz, egalitarian twit."</i> <br /><br />Indeed, and he no doubt considers himself a brave seeker of 'truth'. <br /><br />Yet he is, in every sense, the total opposite of the likes of <a href="http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2010/10/one-to-watch-methinks.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Davidthompson+(davidthompson)" rel="nofollow">Ms Birbalsingh</a>. Now that's bravery.<br /><br /><i>"It's small wonder kids speak so badly (or bad, as he might say) when a teacher says "A lot of kids have said I dress quite cool". Fail, Mr Smith, fail."</i> <br /><br /><i>"Clearly he doesn't understand how the sex discrimination act works..."</i> <br /><br />Indeed. Remarkably poorly educated for a teacher. <br /><br /><i>" I always wear clean underpants though."</i><br /><br />Of course! ;)<br /><br /><i>"Teachers are not supposed to look cool. Teachers are authority figures..."</i> <br /><br />Yet so many of them, despite their whining about 'lack of control', don't seem to <b>want</b> authority. You see, wielding authority means making judgements, and that's a dangerous game to play, these days...<br /><br />Much safer not to wield it.<br /><br /><i>"He tried to be our friend and we persuaded him that it was OK to smoke in class since we were 16yo. Gimp."</i> <br /><br />Can anyone imagine that today? He'd probably be prosecuted.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15091020603365857252010-10-12T02:19:40.529+01:002010-10-12T02:19:40.529+01:00@Timdog, most of my school education (1970s) was g...@Timdog, most of my school education (1970s) was given by men in jackets and ties (except for PE).<br /><br />I realised that things were going downhill when, in the Upper VI, we were presented with a new economics teacher wearing purple flares and a green shirt with no tie, he came from some Polytechnic or other.<br /><br />He tried to be our friend and we persuaded him that it was OK to smoke in class since we were 16yo. Gimp.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-79058098882779657092010-10-11T23:27:31.891+01:002010-10-11T23:27:31.891+01:00Well THIS Teacher wears a suit and tie (quite the ...Well THIS Teacher wears a suit and tie (quite the change from before I entered Education). As a Teacher I have a responsibility to set an example and frankly this gentleman lets the side down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-88745747890140944062010-10-11T22:46:40.744+01:002010-10-11T22:46:40.744+01:00Great post. Always gems here.Great post. Always gems here.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-7923168829512139372010-10-11T20:50:29.578+01:002010-10-11T20:50:29.578+01:00That a typical left fluffy wuffy attitude to have....That a typical left fluffy wuffy attitude to have. Teachers are not supposed to look cool. Teachers are authority figures and kids are supposed to follow their orders. Looking cool does not give you authority. You need authority in which to control a class and ensure that they learn rather than mess about.<br /><br />The only way teachers can be cool is to teach in imaginative ways.SadButMadLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836368722377421009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-21969894296269438382010-10-11T19:47:44.696+01:002010-10-11T19:47:44.696+01:00"A lot of kids have said I dress quite cool&q..."A lot of kids have said I dress quite cool" ..<br /><br />Ahh .. so he's the sort of Teacher who, in support of his own desires to buck the rules and regulations, canvasses the support of those to whom he's supposed to set an example ??<br /><br />If he so dislikes the rules & regulations (which must have been in force when he first took the job) .. then may I suggest he takes his somewhat dubious "talents" to Iran .. where no-one (not even Pres ' I'm a dinner jacket' wears a tie .. he should fit in rather well ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-72206453762438034732010-10-11T19:31:45.668+01:002010-10-11T19:31:45.668+01:00How you act reflects it too, though ‘bright and co...How you act reflects it too, though ‘bright and colourful’ isn’t the wording most people would choose…<br /><br />In a nutshell - yes.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15884193321363886552010-10-11T17:50:46.558+01:002010-10-11T17:50:46.558+01:00The leisure studies lecturer slung his hammock on ...The leisure studies lecturer slung his hammock on the beach. This was part one of his teaching, a variety of beach enjoyment being the rest. A management learning consultant entered the lecture, tossed a cabbage and a few potatoes to the audience, announced this was a learning experience and left.<br /><br />I knew the actual guys. Trouble is, they were better than the mainstream Death By Powerpointers.<br /><br />The Dutch middle class once tried to make it against the law to wear smart clothes like them, if one was of the lower orders. I'm still protesting against that when I don't wear a tie. I always wear clean underpants though. Thanks to Mother, I live in mortal dread of being run over by a tram and the ultimate embarrassment of being caught in dirty trollies. This should be enough dress code for St. Ambrose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-7793023438006884592010-10-11T17:43:22.200+01:002010-10-11T17:43:22.200+01:00Clearly he doesn't understand how the sex disc...Clearly he doesn't understand how the sex discrimination act works and he really, really should have looked at the case law before shooting from the hip. Schmidt -v- Austicks Bookshops Ltd would be a start.<br /><br />Employers are allowed to impose different dress codes on men and women providing that they apply equally restrictive codes and they are written down and consistently applied. So, there is no need to impose a ties rule for women as this is not a normal mode of dress for them. Requiring standard business dress for both sexes would allow for men wearing ties and women not.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-78671237088701846162010-10-11T13:30:30.023+01:002010-10-11T13:30:30.023+01:00Our economics teacher was one of these - he wore b...Our economics teacher was one of these - he wore brightly coloured felt (I know, but that's what it looked like) blazers. He thought he was our mate, and we let him think so 'cos it made our lives easier. This man sounds equally deluded.<br />They should also have fired him for being thick. It's small wonder kids speak so badly (or bad, as he might say) when a teacher says "A lot of kids have said I dress quite cool". Fail, Mr Smith, fail.Timdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225417382255695334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-68932618720841827212010-10-11T13:07:22.300+01:002010-10-11T13:07:22.300+01:00Scools are infected by this kind of attention-seek...Scools are infected by this kind of attention-seeking, look-at-me, down-with-da-kidz, egalitarian twit. I would include in that description female teachers who turn up looking like bag ladies because looking smart is giving in to the patriarchal system. Good on the school for standing up to him. The issue is not how he dresses - that is up to the school itself to set out. Suit, t-shirt, pyjamas, whatever. It's the fact that he considers it his right to dress how he pleases and thinks that his employer has no right to tell him otherwise.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.com