Quote Originally Posted by spikeontheright View Post
WTF are you talking about? I feel extremely sorry for folk in your position and there is no doubt that you should be given the help that you need and deserve.

Why you need to attack teachers for fighting their own corner doesn't make sense. They've got a good, strong, organised union that looks out for their interests - how does that impact your situation? Divide and rule seen to be working here. Blame another group that are a bit better off than you rather than the folk at the top who are running the show.

I am an independence supporter but I would put a fair bit of the blame on the Scottish government for the decline in our education standards. They seem to be looking to the Scandinavian countries for ideas as to how to improve our education system but a lot of the ideas don't work because we have many more social problems than they do.

And having a go at teachers because they don't do a physical job and calling them snowflakes is something worthy of the Daily Mail.
I agree with you to an extent as it's not an easy job in any way. My mum was a teacher for 40 years in schools in deprived areas of Glasgow and I can assure you she ain't no snowflake! I think the problem is the sense of entitlement, this is possibly down to their strong unions but it doesn't come across well.

Many teachers have been working remotely, or not at all while supermarket/shop workers have been working in very close proximity to people who refuse to wear masks throughout the pandemic. Personally I think these folk and delivery drivers are as much the heroes of this pandemic as teachers/police etc.