Can i just say i've been workin in a school part time the last few weeks and being a teacher really does take it out of you. You are on your feet all day runnin round after kids, trying to teach them very simple things. It's the one of the hardest jobs. Most teachers are in school at 8 and leave at 5, but thats not it, after getting home they have work to get ready for the next day.
8 while 5 would be lovely! I'll take you a pic of the carpark at 3.15 if I get chance, and can fight through the stampede, so you can see just how many of ours stay while 5
I've spent most of my career in schools arriving long before 8, think the earliest was about 5.30am and not leaving until jobs are done. Alongside my normal job, I've also spent much much time effectively teaching a teachers lesson when they don't want to take responsibility themselves. Unlike teachers, we aren't timetabled protected "free periods" of the day in order to get things done. As for planning at home, granted some will do, but many don't. In IT related subjects, many just turn up in our office 15 minutes before their lesson and ask us for a "quick tutorial" on a piece of software they've never used before.
Again, when I finally get home, most nights I have to connect remotely to my PC at work and carry on working "out of hours" so I have enough time before the next day to get things done. That and to ensure that there is no disruption of service.
Plus, it might be called a holiday to them but it isnt, they have a stupid amount of planning to do every holiday.
You've most definitely been taken in by the "hard done to" teacher spin. The majority use the last few weeks before a holiday to do all their holiday jobs, often at the detriment of lessons. Many then go off on a multitude of holidays before coming in on the last day of the holidays (if at all) to wind people like me up
Out of 25 holiday days I had available last year, I had 23 left as I simply could not take them at any stage during the year. It's very encouraging when they come back to let you know they've driven over/spilt red wine all over/lost their laptop and need an immediate replacement... "Oh and by the way, have you had a good holiday? I haven't really had one this year, we just went to Spain for two weeks, went to check on our villa in Australia and then had a mini cruise" (100% genuine quote)
In my opinion they deserve their holidays, not only that they need them to do the amount of paper work they have. Rant over. :rant:
They get paid generously and lots of holidays specifically for this reason, they are supposed to use some of the many weeks they have off for planning and preparation etc.
Linz said:
I think Foxy will argue otherwise with your point, having worked in a school for the past four years
Its more than four years! and feels like a lifetime
Of the current championship grounds at the start of this season I'd only not been to Blackpool, Birmingham, Doncaster, Swansea and Bristol City. 2 were/are night games (Donny/Bristol City) so I can't make them unless I go to see Ipswich there. And thanks to Blackpool and Birmingham being the 2 first away games I have no money for any home games at the moment!
