In the end your job does give you a lot of benefits and privileges denied to many in the private sector
a bit of gratitude for this perhaps may not go amiss sometimes?
Your habit of trying to one up different sectors and play job top trumps isn't something I have much appetite for. My posts were about my other half's experiences and her job. You think it's piss easy and a gravy train which is fine but I wasn't actually writing about myself here
I don’t think it’s piss easy but yes there are benefits including job security
I don’t see other professions on here complain so much about their ills as if they are such a special case
People I’m sure will have lost jobs who post on here and have real hardship. Yet the proportionate time complaining about it is nil compared to the teaching profession on here
I do wonder if we should have a teacher only sub forum so you can all complain how bad it is as a collective
One of the best in the world died with Covid didn’t they?I was watching World's Toughest Prisons on Netflix. There are some new episodes on there, the one in Greenland being the pick of the bunch for me. Would highly recommend watching it. Made me appreciated our freedoms a little bit at least.
WtfIn the end your job does give you a lot of benefits and privileges denied to many in the private sector
a bit of gratitude for this perhaps may not go amiss sometimes?
No one is stopping you sharing your feelings about your own experiences, and I’m pretty sure that very few people are judgmental as to yours or anyone else’s feeling... even if they appear trivial in comparison to others.I don’t think it’s piss easy but yes there are benefits including job security
I don’t see other professions on here complain so much about their ills as if they are such a special case
People I’m sure will have lost jobs who post on here and have real hardship. Yet the proportionate time complaining about it is nil compared to the teaching profession on here
I do wonder if we should have a teacher only sub forum so you can all complain how bad it is as a collective
One of the best in the world died with Covid didn’t they?
Worlds strongest manThink I misunderstood, you mean a prisoner?
Thanks Clint.
I have been going round the houses with them for about a year now. Without going into too much detail it isn't the lockdowns that are my issue as such, but an ongoing condition - quite possibly BPD. I've unfortunately been through a lot of trauma and they think as a result it might be that. They passed me from team to team and I find out tomorrow if I can be evaluated for a diagnosis, but it is looking unlikely. Unless I'm standing on the ring road trying to jump in front of cars then it is a case of here are some pills and go away.
Not going to tag everyone because this isn't Bebo, but I really appreciate everyone's kind words. It has more of an effect than you might think and I do value everyone's comments. Also @Brighton Sky Blue - Book is completed. Just trying to work out how to market it and design a cover but it should be published in the next couple of weeks.
Yes Aaron Page died in November from the virus. He was a strongman competitor and rated in top 5 in the UK.Worlds strongest man
Worlds strongest man
Let’s be honest - if teaching or nursing was that fucking easy and well paid then there would be no staff shortages ever because there would be competition for the jobs that exist and by that ends increase the quality of the workforce.
But that kind of disproves Your point as those who stay in it do so as i assume they appreciate the pay and conditions or just love The job
People don’t leave teaching over pay or job security. I am acutely aware that I have benefitted from job security especially in the last 12 months, and I do think what I do is reasonably well paid. However the issue why it’s a sector with such an unprecedented staffing crisis is because staff are driven out of the career because of poor working practices, exploited staff by shit school leadership and other factors related to these core ones. People in their droves give up those ‘good conditions/pension/security ‘ for far less to leave the profession. People like Mrs BSB who is new to the profession are exploited and manipulated, sometimes they don’t know any different and sometimes they are made to feel their jobs are at risk if they don’t conform. I don’t think telling them they should be grateful is going to solve the problem.But that kind of disproves Your point as those who stay in it do so as i assume they appreciate the pay and conditions or just love The job
Why do you think there's a chronic shortage and 40% quit in the first 5 years?
I assume as people decide it’s not for them and go and do something else. As you have the benefits of education and experience on your side then you decide don’t you what you do. Accept the conditions or actually go and do something else
What you actually need to do is decide do you want this career in 30 years. If not then sit down and between you decide this life isn’t for you - then plan to move and in the interim do the minimum work required to box tick and then move on
Even if you lower income in the short term make adjustments
I was a trainee solicitor but decided not to do it and massively changed including a significant lifestyle adjustment
As discussed last night, we have had long talks about that very thing for her and alternatives. For the short term though, she kind of has to keep doing it as do I.
Well you work the hours of your contract and just do the bare minimum - it’s the 3 piece jigsaw syndrome and frankly play the game
Well you work the hours of your contract and just do the bare minimum - it’s the 3 piece jigsaw syndrome and frankly play the game
I agree with what you are saying here. When I chose to enter teaching from my previous career I gave up a good salary and decent benefits, but I was prepared to do that as I wanted to make that career change. Far less people actually make it to 10+ years in the profession, never mind 20/30.I assume as people decide it’s not for them and go and do something else. As you have the benefits of education and experience on your side then you decide don’t you what you do. Accept the conditions or actually go and do something else
What you actually need to do is decide do you want this career in 30 years. If not then sit down and between you decide this life isn’t for you - then plan to move and in the interim do the minimum work required to box tick and then move on
Even if you lower income in the short term make adjustments
I was a trainee solicitor but decided not to do it and massively changed including a significant lifestyle adjustment
I don’t think it’s piss easy but yes there are benefits including job security
I don’t see other professions on here complain so much about their ills as if they are such a special case
People I’m sure will have lost jobs who post on here and have real hardship. Yet the proportionate time complaining about it is nil compared to the teaching profession on here
I do wonder if we should have a teacher only sub forum so you can all complain how bad it is as a collective
Problem is if I do that the kids' education takes a hit. Working to rule is basically a strike
Only on SBT could a thread about Mental Health eventually turn into an arguement.
Scenes.
Or maybe you just stay out of things you clearly have no idea about. It might just be that you see so many teachers complain because there’s so many of them and the working conditions are shit.
But this I’m afraid is your perception and I can bet there are many people who do this.
You really have to get a sense of perspective. The worst that can happen to the pupils is they have a bad teacher in one subject for a year. Will this impact their whole lives going forward. No.
So actually you consider your own position and not even wind it down totally. Just a gradual decline in effort. Whose actually suffering and whose actually benefitting
As I pointed out above I was acutely aware of that! G's last post was actually quite constructive to be fair. He's alright really
He is right on one thing. You should work to rule, and the thing is you will find many other schools that will TELL their staff to do this. My MAT has some serious issues, but the one thing they have got right is work/life balance. And it does pay dividends in the classroom over time.Working to hours is genuinely a form of strike that has been used by unions in the past, but you aren't wrong about the rest. It is hard to divorce myself from that mindset though.
Working to hours is genuinely a form of strike that has been used by unions in the past, but you aren't wrong about the rest. It is hard to divorce myself from that mindset though.
He is right on one thing. You should work to rule, and the thing is you will find many other schools that will TELL their staff to do this. My MAT has some serious issues, but the one thing they have got right is work/life balance. And it does pay dividends in the classroom over time.
Schools that obsess over marking, monitoring and the like are run by dinosaurs.... and it will fade away - but it takes time.
Yes I accept it’s hard because you feel within your mindset of achievement you need to do the correct thing for your customers - ie the people you teach.
So do one hour less for a day one week and see what the consequence is for you and your customer, I can assure you the customer won’t miss it and you will see a benefit. I’m not saying work to rule but the truth is when on your deathbed your regret won’t be the zoom meeting you didn’t prepare for in 2021 for class 8A and the disappointment they felt
There you are right. The difficulty is that the missus isn't really being given a choice which makes it very hard to know what to say or do to make it better.
One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given is to accept that you will never ever get level, never mind ahead. Once you really embrace that then you can see things differently. The only thing in teaching that HAS to be done to a strict, strict timescale is Safeguarding. Everything else is able to be delayed, put on the back burner, even ignored in some cases.... no matter what they tell you.I agree, but it's hard early on to not feel like there aren't enough hours to do what needs doing. In the missus' case, it's gone completely off the deep end.
Well I think there probably is. If she really is being told to write the coursework write it to a fail standard but make sure above the line activity is maintained to a required standard. She didn’t write it.
Or there I suppose is the option I never really recommend - the off for stress route - a GP would easily do it but the way back is difficult
Whistle blowing - i suspect she’s not mentally tough enough as once you do that you are a pariah
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