http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19519839
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) said that 82.5% of the members who voted were in favour of walkouts.
The turnout was 27%...
Meaning that just 22% of the NUT membership are calling the shots. Union democracy at its best. 
I don't believe that many sensible and intelligent people withdraw their labour without good cause, Nick.
Maybe the teachers feel their concerns are being ignored. 
Well that excludes about 75% of all teachers then 
Maybe teachers should take a look in the mirror and ask themselfs why the kids are really doing so bad
Imho, give all schools "academy status" and let the heads hire the teachers who know how to teach and can comunicate with the kids .................. and fire the lazy, self opinionated vermin who have infested out classrooms for the last 30 years
Hugs and kisses too all 
Rant over 
Maybe some parents also need that mirror. Education starts at home - not the academic sort, the other. It is so so easy these days for parents to criticise schools, teachers etc, but do they ever question themselves. Some do, I know, but I think they are the minority.
I'm the first to slag off some of the inbread mongs that have given birth to kids over the last 20 years.
Me, personally i'm a old school parent who thinks its my duty to bring my lad up in the best way I know fit and stuff the political correct social worker types who are more interested in the human rights act then doing whats right for the kids in the long term and prepareing them for the real word out there.
My methods are a mixture of the way my parents brought me up with a little fine tuning by myself.
With my son, i'm his best mate or his worst enemy. That is upto him. If he wants respect, its upto him to ern it. Not the other way round.
If more parents took my attitude (and a fair few on here) to being a father then the world would be a far better place.
Teaching is not just a case of reading what it says is in the national curiculam notes for that subject.
Imo, they are there not only to teach but also to set a example to follow in life.
For instance, one of the first things a teacher is taught nowdays is "classroon control".
Not how to teach, more like how to keep the kids quite.
If you look at the league tables, Hull has been one of the worst areas in the UK for years.
Our local LEA has being ruled by labour party and union fanatics for donkeys years.
In the past few years, some of our schools have being granted academy status.
Within 2 or 3 years, these schools have managed to turf out the scum who imitate teachers and bring in teacher "on merit" and pay them acordingly.
Now days, these academy's results are a match for pretty much any area in the country.
Needless to say, the schools which are still run by the local LEA are well down the league tables.
In fact most of them are dropping even futher down.
Also it should be note that these academy's have not been built in the better off areas of my city.
The majority have been built on the council estates where most of the inbreads of this city live.
This is not a slur on the good teachers of this country who deep down inside, want to help the kids.
Its a slur on the tossers who call themself teachers who would rather toss it off and enjoy a quite life on the picket line.
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