tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post3396765896118267305..comments2023-11-05T10:06:05.380+00:00Comments on Clairwil: ARRRGH!Clairwilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10503239355248016287noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-90713346975092909492007-10-30T21:53:00.000+00:002007-10-30T21:53:00.000+00:00It's as I thought. A terrible shame that in effect...It's as I thought. A terrible shame that in effect is child abuse. Still we live in an age where anything that does not make a profit is regarded as worthless so what do we expect?Clairwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503239355248016287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-1425625681847034262007-10-29T03:35:00.000+00:002007-10-29T03:35:00.000+00:00Exactly Clairwil. The last school I was at are hae...Exactly Clairwil. The last school I was at are haemorrhaging staff, and it's all the decent ones who are leaving. Those that are left are the pen-pushers and the brown-nosers who are helping to turn schools into businesses rather than places to learn.Binty McShaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675394718164552966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-75599623685351026822007-10-28T23:25:00.000+00:002007-10-28T23:25:00.000+00:00Binty I suspect your situation highlights a proble...Binty I suspect your situation highlights a problem with the teaching profession, in that anyone who wants to do something as wacky as actually teach finds it so unbearable they either get out or give up. Leaving behind the idiots and child haters.Clairwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503239355248016287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-52425990219888235572007-10-28T02:23:00.000+00:002007-10-28T02:23:00.000+00:00Thanks Pisces. Nice generalisation. Until very rec...Thanks Pisces. Nice generalisation. Until very recently I was a teacher. I quit because the ever increasing red tape and paperwork left me with very little time to actually teach and the job had a serious detrimental effect on my health, to the extent that I was briefly hospitalised. But if you want to brand me a self righteous waster, be my guest.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I never hated the kids. They were about the only thing that made me actually want to go to work each day.Binty McShaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675394718164552966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-22546705926071059962007-10-27T21:16:00.000+01:002007-10-27T21:16:00.000+01:00I had a part-time job in a department store with a...I had a part-time job in a department store with a lot of girls who were studying for teaching and I'm telling you: the reason kids can't read and write is because a lot of the people who are teaching them can't read or write either. (Not all of them. But a scary percentage of them.)<BR/><BR/>Standards are declining across the board. I work in the legal profession, where clarity of expression and verbal fluency are supposedly highly prized. Ha. If I didn't want to work for a living I'd send 90% of the documents I get from other lawyers straight back with red pen all over them.<BR/><BR/>I thought I'd be at least 45 before I started saying things like "in my day", but in <I>my</I> day standards were definitely higher.Katy Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623177126862869055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-4505793255484360972007-10-27T17:15:00.000+01:002007-10-27T17:15:00.000+01:00Is it me or has there actually been more than one ...Is it me or has there actually been more than one program on the subject this week? I seem to recall a factlet in another program that many children are virtually illiterate when they leave junior school. I know I'm showing my immense old age here, but my junior school was very, <I>very</I> keen on the 3Rs. Okay, so I was never very good at Rsums, but I was a big fan of both Reading and Rwriting by the time I left...<BR/>I'm not quite sure what my point is - but I also have to ask why the parents aren't encouraging their children to Read and Rwrite and do Rsums - surely they also have a part to play in the education of their offspring?<BR/>Sorry, I'm ranting aimlessly, aren't I? I'll stop now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-69053723475245139502007-10-27T15:43:00.000+01:002007-10-27T15:43:00.000+01:00Oh the whole thing was infuriating. I particularl...Oh the whole thing was infuriating. I particularly loathed that obnoxious fat one in the England rugby shirt (as an aside - I remember teachers wearing suits, but that's for another time). "I have my own methods" she whined. "I hate being told to conform" she bleated.<BR/><BR/>Why did nobody say "Your methods are clearly failing so why don't you shut your cake-hole and do what you're being paid to, you lazy, fat slag?". Or words to that effect involving fewer expletives and more reference to terms of contract.Rory Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14411673931757713864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-51569629947691364772007-10-27T10:59:00.000+01:002007-10-27T10:59:00.000+01:00About time people staring saying this, you go girl...About time people staring saying this, you go girl! There is a long held tradition of whining in teaching (I come from a family of teachers) though I think the deprivation as an excuse is a relatively new thing and is a pathetic excuse for not calling a spade a spade, although not a cunt, however desperate one may be. <BR/>Don't start me on those wankers who want the whole self righteous poverty experience while the ignore people freezing and starving on their own doorsteps!BenefitScroungingScumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-71257964258818002452007-10-27T07:45:00.000+01:002007-10-27T07:45:00.000+01:00...as do Cuba, Venezuela et alDon't get me started......as do Cuba, Venezuela et al<BR/>Don't get me started on teachers - bunch of self righteous wasters who would be far happier if they didn't have to deal with children.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-6818258537804301662007-10-27T06:06:00.000+01:002007-10-27T06:06:00.000+01:00I spent some time in Kerala, India, and whilst tha...I spent some time in Kerala, India, and whilst that is undoubtedly one of the most well off states in India the living conditions are still, by UK standards, pretty piss poor. Yet they have a near 100% literacy rate (the highest in the country). And for many that's literacy in at least two languages.Binty McShaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675394718164552966noreply@blogger.com