O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Andy_Faber]

There's a lot wrong with this statement. But I think you guys have been too easy a catch today for GP without me additionally winding you up further with "real world" working time and salary protocols (although this in itself may do the job - sorry!).

Anyway, back on subject, my real boss (the wife) has her vaccine this Saturday, so things are still moving forward in the Salisbury Boris fan club household!

Yes, stir the pot Adi! One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that, forget mere monetary reward, anyone who would contemplate 'teaching' a fif**** year old Me deserves a medal! Seriously though, there are so many pros, cons and different perspectives to this argument that it could run for years with no resolution. Have you even touched on state versus independant teaching?

Good for your wife Adi, mine (with the benefit of youth on her side) is still waiting for the call (or rather for the app to go live for her age group). The average daily number has slipped by 25% from its peak but its still going great guns

[ramAnag]

Yes, stir the pot Adi! One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that, forget mere monetary reward, anyone who would contemplate 'teaching' a fif**** year old Me deserves a medal! Seriously though, there are so many pros, cons and different perspectives to this argument that it could run for years with no resolution.

You’re right, Andy...it’s a complex issue, but when someone tries to illustrate a point by citing teachers ‘squawking’ at having to give up some of their ‘16+’ weeks of holiday there is a need to identify that as ‘bollux’.

It made me laugh when I recently saw a careworn parent bemoaning the fact that she didn’t have the luxury of a teaching assistant to help her with home tutoring. She had two children to deal with...and they were both hers!

[Andy_Faber]

You’re right, Andy...it’s a complex issue, but when someone tries to illustrate a point by citing teachers ‘squawking’ at having to give up some of their ‘16+’ weeks of holiday there is a need to identify that as ‘bollux’.

It made me laugh when I recently saw a careworn parent bemoaning the fact that she didn’t have the luxury of a teaching assistant to help her with home tutoring. She had two children to deal with...and they were both hers!

Apart from the usual tomfoolery I've kept out of this one simply because its too many-faceted to resolve.

One question I would ask is about the media specifically (especially TV) spin on the typical student. I won't repat my usual observations about demographics, but is it frustrating to you as an ex teacher that all students interviewed appear eloquent, well presented and determined to succeed little angels? Maybe things have changed but back in the day any reporter asking questions of most of my schoolmates would have got a gobfull and their car pinched at the very least.