Posted on 16/05/2016 21:45
Is there a school holiday at the moment?
The site we are on had loads of kids on site late yesterday and many of them were still here this morning. Their parents didn't pack up until well after 9am.
Also, as we left site at around 10am there were still lots of school age kids knocking about on site.
Is there an extra school holiday or do a lot of parents really not care about their kids' education?
Posted on 03/06/2016 21:16
No they are not they get paid holidays during those five weeks, its in their contract, that is what they are entittled to. Our contract does not have any mention of holidays, only working 195 days, that is all we're paid for. we could get other employment if we so wished or simply do nothing.
Listen just because you left school with so few qualifications, don't let it get to you, you've not done too bad, of course if you hadn't played truant to listen to American pie (which you confessed to) you might have done better.
Posted on 03/06/2016 21:22
to make things worse barnsley council are now taking about cutting the summer holidays down to five weeks from six , Some people have enough trouble getting there holiday dates as it is. cutting the hols will make it even harder. when I was woking always had to take my two out of school on the last week of term becuase of getting holiday dates at work. of course last week of term nobody did much in school so never hd any hassle malc
Posted on 03/06/2016 21:37
No they are not they get paid holidays during those five weeks, its in their contract, that is what they are entittled to. Our contract does not have any mention of holidays, only working 195 days, that is all we're paid for. we could get other employment if we so wished or simply do nothing.
Listen just because you left school with so few qualifications, don't let it get to you, you've not done too bad, of course if you hadn't played truant to listen to American pie (which you confessed to) you might have done better.
I sincerely doubt it.
No, I don't let it get to me. I have no complaints about what I was paid.......you seem rather bitter and just a little too keen to impress though. Should have tried for a proper job, maybe? You can but dream........
Posted on 03/06/2016 21:45
No they are not they get paid holidays during those five weeks, its in their contract, that is what they are entittled to. Our contract does not have any mention of holidays, only working 195 days, that is all we're paid for. we could get other employment if we so wished or simply do nothing.
Listen just because you left school with so few qualifications, don't let it get to you, you've not done too bad, of course if you hadn't played truant to listen to American pie (which you confessed to) you might have done better.
I sincerely doubt it.
No, I don't let it get to me. I have no complaints about what I was paid.......you seem rather bitter and just a little too keen to impress though. Should have tried for a proper job, maybe? You can but dream........
you're repeating yourself Ian you made the same point on page 11 (that's in binary) maybe your memory is failing. I'm not sure what a proper job is, or how it's measured. All I know is that thanks to my advice given to me my my dad about finding a job that you love I really have never worked a day in my life.
Posted on 03/06/2016 21:55
No they are not they get paid holidays during those five weeks, its in their contract, that is what they are entittled to. Our contract does not have any mention of holidays, only working 195 days, that is all we're paid for. we could get other employment if we so wished or simply do nothing.
Listen just because you left school with so few qualifications, don't let it get to you, you've not done too bad, of course if you hadn't played truant to listen to American pie (which you confessed to) you might have done better.
I sincerely doubt it.
No, I don't let it get to me. I have no complaints about what I was paid.......you seem rather bitter and just a little too keen to impress though. Should have tried for a proper job, maybe? You can but dream........
you're repeating yourself Ian you made the same point on page 11 (that's in binary) maybe your memory is failing. I'm not sure what a proper job is, or how it's measured. All I know is that thanks to my advice given to me my my dad about finding a job that you love I really have never worked a day in my life.
Write your comments here Surprisingly .I really believe your last sentence Corners .Thanks for being so honest.-------- There we have yet another positive friendly and adult discussion . Its good to discuss with a proper knowledegable school.teacher.
K
Posted on 06/06/2016 10:58
It's official!!!
Corners has never worked a day of his life!
Thanks for the confirmation of what we had long thought, old friend.
No I haven't, depends on your definition of work of course. You don't do 'work' when you love your job, I'm lucky but I feel sorry for people like you that didn't and saw each day as 'work'! How did you drag yourself out of bed, oh yes, of course for the money, seems a poor way to live your working life
As my instructor used to say - its seems a shame to draw the flying pay today
Posted on 06/06/2016 11:48
Good post, Corners, and I think it sums up the whole debate superbly. Those of us who have spent the best part of 40 years in teaching didn't do it for the pay or the holidays. We did it because we saw it as a vocation; we were proud of what we were doing, making a difference to young lifes. It was a vocation we loved and the testament to our success is the number of former students who still keep in touch today, long after they moved on.
I feel rather sorry for those who didn't experience the same joy from their working lives. Some are so up tight about it they won't even admit to others what they did for a living! 
Still, we must treat them with respect since we probably know as little about what their work involved as they do about ours!
IanH