AcousticallyChallenged Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, WTF said: a job with about 15 weeks off a year , hmmmmmmm. Teachers work 49.5 hours a week on average. Down from 54.4 according to the UK government. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/teacher-workload-cut-by-five-hours-a-week-over-past-three-years Quote In the second Teacher Workload Survey, teachers and middle leaders reported working an average of 49.5 hours per week in 2019, down by 4.9 hours compared to 2016. Headteachers and senior leaders also saw a significant fall, to an average of 55.1 hours per week in 2019. Teachers and middle leaders in primary schools reported working an average of 12.5 hours during weekends and evenings, down by 5.0 hours compared to 2016. For secondary teachers, this came to an average of 13.1 out-of-school hours, a reduction of 3.8 hours compared to 2016. There's a reason there's a huge shortage of teachers in the UK, and it's not because it's a cushy number. 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Teachers work 49.5 hours a week on average. Down from 54.4 according to the UK government. Less than most people I know the and with loads more time off. Anyway, does anyone have any insight to Julie Edge’s views on motivations in schools? Is she likely to be pushing for loads of unnecessary nonsense like social distancing and compulsory masks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 28 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: There's a reason there's a huge shortage of teachers in the UK, and it's not because it's a cushy number. Teachers, nurses, care assistants, GPs, HGV drivers… What jobs are people actually doing these days? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Just now, wrighty said: Teachers, nurses, care assistants, GPs, HGV drivers… What jobs are people actually doing these days? Influencer Tiktoker Doley 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Layman Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: Influencer Tiktoker Doley what the hell are those. Heard of them but cannot see where they actually mean anything to anybody with an active brain cell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, wrighty said: Teachers, nurses, care assistants, GPs, HGV drivers… What jobs are people actually doing these days? The people who used to do much of this important work are no longer allowed into Britain. The unemployable are not going to take it over. Time to increase the retirement age perhaps - and heavy taxes on the private pensions of anyone who retires earlier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: Less than most people I know the and with loads more time off. Anyway, does anyone have any insight to Julie Edge’s views on motivations in schools? Is she likely to be pushing for loads of unnecessary nonsense like social distancing and compulsory masks? Are we forgetting the existence of a 9-5 at 35-37.5 hours a week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Just now, AcousticallyChallenged said: Are we forgetting the existence of a 9-5 at 35-37.5 hours a week? No, obviously there are plenty of people fortunate enough to only work fixed contracted hours. Just stating that there are huge numbers of people who work way more than 50 hours a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo65 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: Less than most people I know the and with loads more time off. Anyway, does anyone have any insight to Julie Edge’s views on motivations in schools? Is she likely to be pushing for loads of unnecessary nonsense like social distancing and compulsory masks? We can but hope she is going to do so 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Just now, momo65 said: We can but hope she is going to do so They would have riots in their hands. No way my kids are going in to school and being made to wear a mask when there is no point. They have both already had it and didn’t even notice other than the tests being positive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo65 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Just now, Ramseyboi said: They would have riots in their hands. No way my kids are going in to school and being made to wear a mask when there is no point. They have both already had it and didn’t even notice other than the tests being positive. This time they didn't notice, next time they might & presumably you don't care about infecting others? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, momo65 said: This time they didn't notice, next time they might & presumably you don't care about infecting others? If you get it you get it, same as anything else so not much we can do about it really. Plus having both already had it and one also now having been jabbed they are better protected than when they got it last time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo65 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: If you get it you get it, same as anything else so not much we can do about it really. Plus having both already had it and one also now having been jabbed they are better protected than when they got it last time. Of course this is entirely wrong. There are a number of mitigations that will reduce numbers Edited October 17, 2021 by momo65 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, momo65 said: Of course this is entirely wrong. There are a number of mitigations that will reduce numbers But why? What harm is the current level of infection doing and how long would you put mitigation’s in place for? People want their normal lives and the majority aren’t bothered any more about COVID or any more at risk from it than they always were from sever stomach bugs, Flu etc. The only changes I would support would be a complete removal of testing and isolation of people who are not ill. Just return to if you are I’ll you stay home and if you aren’t you carry on as normal without the pointless testing. Why should some kids isolate just because something showed up on a test their parents made them take then thousands of others aren’t bothering to test an are in school infected and not knowing it anyway? 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Ramseyboi said: Less than most people I know the and with loads more time off. Anyway, does anyone have any insight to Julie Edge’s views on motivations in schools? Is she likely to be pushing for loads of unnecessary nonsense like social distancing and compulsory masks? There must be a reason you didnt fancy being a teacher then. Cant be that good. There is a shortage. You are the supply and demand advocate. Explain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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