Latest Moan From You and Me 2023

Summer hols is 6 weeks and the teachers work their butts off. Starting salary is 22-24k which is why so many leave after a short time

 

We used to have 10 weeks summer holiday, half term was only one day each term (always a Friday), Christmas was from Christmas Eve and then back on Jan 2nd, Easter was from good Friday and back on Tuesday.

We also had Bank Holidays off but I don't seem to remember that there were as many as now

There were no closed academic (teacher training) days but we did get the afternoon off on Founder's Day.

Those were the days!

Only slightly related:- I remember all the fuss kicked up when they cancelled School Certificates and Matriculation and brought in the GCE O-Levels. Early 50's I think.

 

Personally I'd pay both professions at least 50% more and give them tax breaks and incentives

 

I'm all for them being paid well.

That pay scale posted above isn't very explanatory and only 55% of people (presumably teachers or those wishing to become teachers) said it was helpful, and 36% said it was unhelpful. The rest said they want more info - which I interpret as not helpful enough.

Not a good example of teaching ability from a teaching union. I'd have thought that they would have used that feedback to try and improve their presentation and information.

Definitely a 'Could Do Better' and I guess that Ofsted would have given them an 'Inadequate'. Although that's not much of a determination as Ofsted are now under investigation for being inadequate!

 

Pensioners included

 

I still get annoyed about politicians and 'experts' talking about percentages . It should actually be about 'how much'.

A 6% rise on the full state pension of £200 is £12 per week. A 4% wage rise on someone earning £30,000 p.a. is almost double that. This is nothing against anyone's level of earnings but against the politicians using percentages to try and justify their arguments on whatever subject. Most of the time they don't know what they're talking about - as shown in a different way in the current covid enquiry.