Thursdays Strike

[Ric.ror]

My colleagues are on strike on Thursday
I'm not in their union but if it's sunny I might join them
I know I won't get paid but other than that will it be ok

[sherrardk]

Hissy fit!? Victim card? Gosh, you don't get out much if you think that's a gussy fit. You just don't like being confronted in even the slightest way.

[DaisyNonna]

May I have a hissy fit? There are many things I can do and do well. Perhaps that is why I wanted to teach, to pass on my knowledge, expertise and skills to the next generation. Or was it I was soft enough to want to keep the kids from under the feet of those who had proper jobs?

[sherrardk]

Hissy ^ (whoops, wouldn't want to look 'mentally challenged').

[Ric.ror]

I can't argue that teachers do a good job and work hard
But it might be nice if they could acknowledge that so do many many other people too

[DaisyNonna]

Who says they don't? Not I, nor do I suppose my fellow ex, retired and present teachers do. It makes me so mad when people say that those who can't do end up teaching. Just who is supposed to teach?

[Ric.ror]

Your probably right Daisy
In fact your all probably right too

[chrissa1]

You're


You are.

[Ric.ror]

Goodnight one and all

[sherrardk]

Divebuddy, I expect we have clashed before, I tend not to suffer fools gladly. I don't memorise every 'exchange' I get into on here and certainly wouldn't remember a low level skirmish with a rude, obnoxious stirrer such as yourself.

[royfromaus]

Is it the red sky making posters irritable?

[Mosaic]

Divebuddy - the correct quote is 'those who can't teach, teach teachers'
A broadside swipe at the cushy people in FE / University departments handing out advice without having to shoulder the burden.

And if you can read this - thank a teacher.

[Peter Pedant]

Ric - you bedda take advice....
your union hasnt balloted you so I dont think it is lawful for you to strike
and you cant strike in sympathy these days ( since about 1980 )


and yes I agree if your parents generation of teachers had had more savvy in the sixties - you wouldnt have the lowered social status and really crap pensions that go with that....

[Peter Pedant]

Why dont Anglo=saxons value education...

I despair

[237SJ]

Should I not bother putting the bins out then?

[Peter Pedant]

// sherrardk, whenever I've seen the phrase "doesn't suffer fools gladly" on someone's annual appraisal it has invariably meant...//

for me it has meant intellectually able and lacking in social skills....

so perhaps not a preacher or chat show host, but you know do you need a preacher with an IQ of 200..... ?