Had to take time off work to attend a parent teacher meeting.Originally Posted by hammer
What is happening with the PS go slow ? No news this week. Everything seems to be running smoothly bar issue of medical cards
Don't you just love those teachers. So dedicated to their vocation and students.
How is young Tombo getting on ?
But they've added another little bit to your education. You now know that teachers aren't volunteer charity workers.
Terrible people, those teachers.
I find that my doctor, accountant, dentist and solicitor always agree to meet me outside their regular hours - and they don't charge for those consultations!!
My counsellor also agreed to attend the son's first communion on a saturday because she knew the event would cause me severe stress. No fee of course. 'Twas the least she could do.
Thank heavens those bloody teachers haven't yet backed out of organising and supervising the kids GAA and soccer matches and competitions in the evenings. Otherwise I'd have to do it myself !!
Had to take time off work to take delivery of a washing machine. Don't you just love those white goods salesmen. So dedicated to their customers.
Had to take time off work to bring my child to have dental braces fitted. Don't you just love those private dentists. So dedicated to children.
Had to take time off work to wait around for the plumber ("definitely before lunch on Tuesday. I have another job near you") who never showed. Don't you just love......etc. etc.
I guess they are completely different animals to the teachers that I saw supervising the choir at Mass on Sunday morning, and the teacher I saw in the kids section of the library on Saturday, getting kids books for her class.
Same pay.
And absolutely no appreciation for the extra unpaid contribution in their own time..
The ones you saw are just spending less time with their families, and less time resting in their down time in order to be better prepared for their job during the week.
Don't most workers "chip in" beyond what is their job? whether it is a meeting that goes on late, a conferene over a weekend, covering for a colleague out sick or holiday, doing ad hoc jobs that pop up etc.
Why isn't it in a teachers contract to do parent teaching meetings? most people would say it is part of the job.
Funny how these work to rule types expect the ministers to be available all day every day and have no problem giving stick to a minister going on holidays over christmas with his family, I'd laugh if that PS worker had said "it isn't in my contract"
Some PS workers are fine but some are whining ungrateful idiots. Why should I get a cut? ah - because your employer is nearly bankrupt you fukkin idiot!
A friend was telling me today about how his sons teacher was consistently absent for most of the last year which is badly affecting his son’s education, he said about 10 days sick just since Christmas!!.
Apparently the teacher is busy on lots of radio programs talking about her kids, twins called Jedwerd or something like that?
Re your first paragraph, TBF, teachers more than anyone understand the importance of "chipping in" and going that extra mile. When I was a young wan, I got good grades because one dedicated teacher, knowing I was from a poor family, gave me extra classes. In return I do the same. My son's teachers did the same for him (the ungrateful little idler). Most of the new stuff in education happens because teachers train themselves over weekends etc. And then train each other. In a disadvantaged school, you end up having to parent the child. You do everything for them.
Believe me, you do not understand the meaning of doing "ad hoc" jobs until you teach.
But, although I always seem to be in the school at night---awards evening, prize-giving, Leaving Cert farewell ceremony, concert----I am unhappy being contracted to meet parents formally at night (We met them after school since benchmarking, up until the present "difficulties"). It belittles the job in some way, and just like with the Inspection system, once its conceded, mountains of time-consuming paperwork---apart from teachers' own extensive class records for these meetings---will ensue.
Imagine coming home from work, eating, showering, and then going out at 8 o'clock to meet any other worker at night in their office or place of work.---insurance, dentist, broker. It just does not happen.
Of course it is awkward for parents. To help with this, teachers will always see a parent individually at a mutually convenient time. I have to get time off to see my own kids' teacher, (and orthodontist and optician), and I know its a nuisance. Teachers try, otherwise, to respect parents' time. In my school if you are absolutely unavoidably absent ( dead? dying?) for parent---teacher meeting, you must send a written report to the parents who have gone to the trouble of coming in.
I would never give stick to a minister, or anyone else, for taking holidays. Politicians work hard and are perfectly entitled to holidays. Nobody should be at anyone's beck and call. That way lies exploitation. It is human nature to abuse or exploit those who put no value on their time. Teachers who coach sport at weekends, or run school trips, will have ample experience of that.
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