tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8681131597895367647..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Not All Strikes Are Over Pay…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-58703362888587300042011-03-24T22:51:20.350+00:002011-03-24T22:51:20.350+00:00Suck it up, fellas, suck it all up, every last dro...Suck it up, fellas, suck it all up, every last drop.<br /><br />Oh yes indeedy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29973374896885241302011-03-24T05:40:37.612+00:002011-03-24T05:40:37.612+00:00"The real issue here is that, under the curre...<i>"The real issue here is that, under the current system, teachers are automatically presumed guilty and have to establish their innocence..."</i> <br /><br />Don't worry, it seems the rest of our systems are quickly catching up to that outlook!<br /><br /><i>"The most left-wing profession in the country..."</i> <br /><br />Overall, maybe, but there are still good teachers out there. Mostly, though, they are now to be found outside the comprehensive system, for this very reason. <br /><br /><i>"An alternative title could be "Guardian readers meet world they created"."</i> <br /><br />Heh! Indeed!<br /><br /><i>"They can blame their own profession..."</i><br /><br />Indeed. If you're part of the union, you're part of the problem?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-31512806972198204862011-03-24T01:19:50.045+00:002011-03-24T01:19:50.045+00:00"Teachers are threatening to strike because t..."Teachers are threatening to strike because they are fed up with the bad behaviour of unruly pupils" ...<br /><br /><br />They can blame their own profession for encouraging kids to address them on first name terms ..<br /><br />For doing away with rows of desks & encouraging sitting around on bean-bags in "dicussion groups" .. <br /><br />For the ending of learning by rote and the dumbing-down of standards ..<br /><br />If Teachers are looking for "Sympathy" ... They'll find it in the Dictionary, somewhere between "Shit" & "Syphilis" ..<br /><br />As Ye sow .. So shall Ye reap ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-10688398479815862192011-03-23T21:33:24.591+00:002011-03-23T21:33:24.591+00:00An alternative title could be "Guardian reade...An alternative title could be "Guardian readers meet world they created".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-3108147813393814422011-03-23T13:44:17.471+00:002011-03-23T13:44:17.471+00:00The most left-wing profession in the country, in t...The most left-wing profession in the country, in the vanguard of dismantling any sense of discipline or order in our culture, suddenly has to deal with the consequences.<br /><br />Suck it up, fellas, suck it all up, every last drop.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-13514426583378932482011-03-23T11:09:50.870+00:002011-03-23T11:09:50.870+00:00It's all summed up by one of the problems cite...It's all summed up by one of the problems cited:<br /><br /><i>pupils filming teachers on mobile phones, which have then been confiscated by staff but later returned by senior management</i><br /><br />And the senior management have to return the phones because if they don't, the school is cluttered up with indignant parents demanding their 'rights' and threatening legal action.<br /><br />This is familiar ground; I was recently the subject of an allegation of assaulting a pupil after I stopped him slamming a locker door on another pupil by holding his arm.<br /><br />He - and a friend - went to the Head the following day trailing clouds of righteous indignation and alleged that I had grabbed him by the throat and thrown him across the room; the Head acted on the assumption that the allegation was true, claiming that this was management policy.<br /><br />This was despite the fact that over 24 hours had elapsed before the pupil thought to report it. On his visit to the Head, he was accompanied by a friend who had not witnessed the event but who had once been overheard announcing 'you can get loads of compensation if a teacher lays a hand on you'; the pair of them turned up repeatedly at the Head's office for days afterwards asking whether he had made a decision yet. Oh, and the boy is a foot taller than me and weighs twice as much. <br /><br />The real issue here is that, under the current system, teachers are automatically presumed guilty and have to establish their innocence in the face of potentially malicious accusations.Ms Chipsnoreply@blogger.com