1 for all the parents out there ....

[Nym]

13 for me . And I have to write a quarterly report for the imeche, decide on my final year project and finish my internship in this time

Awrrrr....................

I only have 11 days till I start work, and nowhere near sorted yet, me other half started back at school yesterday... really should see how that went...

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

If you ever want to annoy a teacher, just say to them how many holidays they get, it really winds them up.

Seriously though, I know a lot of them do give up their own time however for preparing lessons, after school activities, marking books, dentention duties etc. I don't envy their job. So all respect to Sir.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dentention duties etc.

Since schooling is an integral part of this thread, can you give the meaning of the word "dentention", please.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Since schooling is an integral part of this thread, can you give the meaning of the word "dentention", please.

Whoops, just checking how alert everyone is! dentention should of course read detention.

I did not check my spelling, therefore perhaps I should stay behind for an hour writing out the correct spelling 100 times!

 

[Searle]

And I've still got another 20 days before the start of Uni!

31 for me sorry, just had to be smug!

 

[Nym]

Some of us would have started back at university two months ago if we'd have taken up the offer, we'd also have had an annual stippend of £13,590 for up to five years and all tuition fees paid, but said person turned down the potential offer... We'll find out in a few weeks if he regrets this.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

31 for me sorry, just had to be smug!

Lucky *******! I don't break up for the summer until August 16th :cry:.

 

[TGV]

I've had a total of 8 days off since June. That was my "summer". I have no sympathy for any of you!

 

[Tomonthetrain]

I had to share my bus with the local chav populations kids coming from their school to the local shopping mall. Stopped at every bus stop despite nobody getting on or off. I was bloody glad to get off eventually!

 

[swj99]

My birthday is early in September and when I was a kid, it was always on a school day. I eventually got good at blagging days off, but I always seemed to be at school on my birthday. As a result of this, I still feel sympathy for all the poor little buggers who have to go to school, especially when I see those "back to school" adverts.

I think the uniform was the worst thing.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU9DilPgRY

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

I thought it was rather ironic that in the week schools reopened after the holidays, one of the teachers unions have voted for strike action against pay and conditions!

 

[Nym]

I thought it was rather ironic that in the week schools reopened after the holidays, one of the teachers unions have voted for strike action against pay and conditions!

Just as they start having to do some actual work

Nothing aginast teachers in general, just those that choose it as a career path then moan about pay and conditions that are well published beforehand, you know the kind, those who prove the occational rule, those who can't; teach.

Then you get those who do enjoy their work and will rarely go on strike as a result, while also actually doing a much better job than those who went into it 'for the money'.

When TeachFirst tried to recruit me into teaching with a stand in the George Begg Building they where quickly told where to shove it, advertising salary benifits etc. They can still sod off, I'm not teaching at this age... (Used to instruct 13 - 18 year olds so I do know what it's like.)

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Just as they start having to do some actual work

Nothing aginast teachers in general, just those that choose it as a career path then moan about pay and conditions that are well published beforehand, you know the kind, those who prove the occational rule, those who can't; teach.

Then you get those who do enjoy their work and will rarely go on strike as a result, while also actually doing a much better job than those who went into it 'for the money'.

When TeachFirst tried to recruit me into teaching with a stand in the George Begg Building they where quickly told where to shove it, advertising salary benifits etc. They can still sod off, I'm not teaching at this age... (Used to instruct 13 - 18 year olds so I do know what it's like.)

I Agree with what you say here. The teachers who really enjoy their work are the best, the trouble is these days, they seem to have to do so much paperwork for statistics etc, . In my day the teachers were able to get on with their main job of teaching and keeping the kids in order. In fact we had better lessons with the strict schoolmasters than with the teachers who were seen as rather "Soft". Although we may not have thought that at the time.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In fact we had better lessons with the strict schoolmasters than with the teachers who were seen as rather "Soft". Although we may not have thought that at the time.

The "Wisdom of Youth" can often be seen not to last with the passage of time, but at the time, can be such a deeply held belief by young people.