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[Nickbat]

Whatever your views on the strike action by teachers (and other public sector workers), it seems quite concerning to me that a pupil should come home from school to announce that they have been told by their teacher that they are going on strike because "they pay the government money every month and when they get old they will only get half of it back."

Apart from the obvious fact that 10-year olds cannot understand pensions, it is quite wrong of any teacher to impart political assertions without balancing such words with opposing views.

Actually, it's not only wrong, but unlawful. 

[Kevin Wood]

Agreed. It leaves a very bad taste.

I can remember teachers when I was at school rightly refused to get into any political debate nor state their opinions on any political matter.

Kevin

[albitz]

The teacher who said it should be dismissed imo, and in a perfect world, so should all of the ones who go on strike.

[Andy B]

...., and in a perfect world, so should all of the ones who go on strike.

good job the world is far from perfect then.

[TheBoy]

Sack the lot of them. And the other civil servants.  Draft in a new mob of civil servants who are in touch with the real world 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The teacher who said it should be dismissed imo, and in a perfect world, so should all of the ones who go on strike.

You've been inhaling the Daily Mail again Albs...

[Martin_1962]

Whenever teachers unions were mentioned at school we took the piss out of them.

"you are nuts"
"you must be nuts"
"nutcase" ect ect

[Lioned]

My daughter is a teacher and she's going to work.

[STMO123]

My daughter is a teacher and she's going to work.

My missus is going to work....but there won't be any kids there. School is such a nice place without children.

[albitz]

The teacher who said it should be dismissed imo, and in a perfect world, so should all of the ones who go on strike.

You've been inhaling the Daily Mail again Albs...

Please tell us all where the money will come from to give in to their demands ?
Perhaps you are happy to have even more taken from your pension fund to fund theirs, but I (and I suspect the majority of people) am not.

[Banjax]

The teacher who said it should be dismissed imo, and in a perfect world, so should all of the ones who go on strike.

You've been inhaling the Daily Mail again Albs...

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[Gaffers]

I had an interesting argument debate with a friend who is a teacher.  She started complaining, wrongly, that Police and Military pensions were not being touched in the cutbacks and why should soldiers be called heros and teachers not.  Her last comment actually made me laugh - if it wasnt for teachers there would be no soldiers and thus no heros!

I thought that a large chunk of the infantry soldiers join because the education system had failed them?  Well that was like throwing a match into a petrol can....fireworks!  Not to mention all her colleagues piling in as well! 

Now I know that teachers have a difficult job but a little perspective needed perhaps?  I am sure many of the guys in Afghan right now would gladly swap places with her

[albitz]

A perfect example of just how out of touch with reality some of the teachers etc. have become. The overblown sense of entitlement and self worth from supposedly intelligent people is pretty ludicrous.
Sounds like your teacher friend needs to do a bit more studying. Could start with reading a few definitions of the word "hero". I cant see a dictionary including" giving instructions on the 6 times table" among the examples given.

[blackviper90210]

Its not a great a "gold plated" pension that everyone goes on about. I was in the LGP scheme for 10 years before I lost my job, and to be honest, it's break all especially after they increased our contributions significantly....... but had us on a pay freeze for the last 2 years!

The only "gold plated" pensions are well up the ladder, not the grunts on the ground working hard everyday!

I'm not for/against the strike a such, but all you hear about is how "big" a pension we all supposedly get.... wish I knew where mine was then  :-?

[Banjax]

A perfect example of just how out of touch with reality some of the teachers etc. have become. The overblown sense of entitlement and self worth from supposedly intelligent people is pretty ludicrous.
Sounds like your teacher friend needs to do a bit more studying. Could start with reading a few definitions of the word "hero". I cant see a dictionary including" giving instructions on the 6 times table" among the examples given.

being paid to get shot at isn't my idea of a hero either, most forces would agree - they're not heroic, they're doing a job much like firemen, police, nurses and teachers...........it always surprises me when people bang on about how cushy and easy life is being a teacher.....go do it then, all you need is a degree.....the whistleing silence from the better paid private sector^* is almost deafening 


^*oh yes, I'm fully aware of Mr Camerons attempts to claim public sector workers are better paid, but I suggest you look into that particular nugget of information....did you know for example, that public sector pay only overtook average private sector when those banks were nationalised and are now classed as "public sector" for the purposes of nonsensical and misleading "statistics"........