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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 15 May 20 12.18pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

The teacher union NEU might obstruct that, ignoring the fact that key workers have been working throughout all of this and more are beginning to go back to work. They’re going to create a really bad feeling towards teaching if this happens.

There are all kinds of teachers - some who have been pushed to the limit by demands throughout this Pandemic. They have had to suddenly change everything and somehow teach possibly hundreds of students from home.
I work in education - although I am by no means, your standard teacher, I tend to deal with adults and with University students. I can state that my workload has quadrupled. I have had multiple arguments with my ridiculous management - who have just added further layers of bureaucracy onto the job. They are asking me to fill in twice the paperwork during this, plus continue with assessments and lessons as though absolutely nothing has happened.
Although, there are teachers who are sending out emails on a Monday and checking them on a Thursday/ Friday; with the ever vigilant administrators wanting all paperwork in triplicate - I can't imagine many are getting away with it, however.
Everyone has had to adapt to working from home, and there have been so many complaints about teaching, yet, frankly, who can work out how to teach 100s of people from home with whatever you have laying around the house? May not be quite the easy job you think. Politicians love to blame lazy teachers, but the difficulty is not the teachers or the teaching - it is the silly bureaucracy that jobsworth managers like to inflict on teachers. All in the name of the next league table or legal complaint. So little actual teaching anymore - more just meeting pre-prepared targets from people who have never been in a classroom.
Real shame that there is no actual learning or even just a bit of common sense.

Edited by ASCPFC (15 May 2020 12.19pm)

 


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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 15 May 20 12.38pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by ASCPFC

There are all kinds of teachers - some who have been pushed to the limit by demands throughout this Pandemic. They have had to suddenly change everything and somehow teach possibly hundreds of students from home.
I work in education - although I am by no means, your standard teacher, I tend to deal with adults and with University students. I can state that my workload has quadrupled. I have had multiple arguments with my ridiculous management - who have just added further layers of bureaucracy onto the job. They are asking me to fill in twice the paperwork during this, plus continue with assessments and lessons as though absolutely nothing has happened.
Although, there are teachers who are sending out emails on a Monday and checking them on a Thursday/ Friday; with the ever vigilant administrators wanting all paperwork in triplicate - I can't imagine many are getting away with it, however.
Everyone has had to adapt to working from home, and there have been so many complaints about teaching, yet, frankly, who can work out how to teach 100s of people from home with whatever you have laying around the house? May not be quite the easy job you think. Politicians love to blame lazy teachers, but the difficulty is not the teachers or the teaching - it is the silly bureaucracy that jobsworth managers like to inflict on teachers. All in the name of the next league table or legal complaint. So little actual teaching anymore - more just meeting pre-prepared targets from people who have never been in a classroom.
Real shame that there is no actual learning or even just a bit of common sense.

Edited by ASCPFC (15 May 2020 12.19pm)

Excellent post.

 


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View mezzer's Profile mezzer Flag Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 15 May 20 1.22pm Send a Private Message to mezzer Add mezzer as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

I've also seen that...the missus likes musicals.

I suffered in silence....my life has contained undue suffering of the musical kind.

Sorry Stirling, I just can't believe that!!

 


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Originally posted by mezzer

Sorry Stirling, I just can't believe that!!

Fair dos.

 


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View blackheatheagle's Profile blackheatheagle Flag Beckenham 15 May 20 1.52pm Send a Private Message to blackheatheagle Add blackheatheagle as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

I've also seen that...the missus likes musicals.

I suffered in silence....my life has contained undue suffering of the musical kind.

And what makes it more challenging is at the same time ideally you should pretend like you are enjoying it in order to avoid upsetting the person who asked you to join.

I had to go as well because for some reason my boy is fan of Abba. We went together.

Honestly speaking, not so bad. My problem is that i don`t like musicals. Only moments i enjoy is when they start talking properly instead of communicating to each other by singing. Which would be awkward reason to go to a musical.

 

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One view on this `not only vulnerable and old is impacted` discussion.

True that there has been cases which impacted people who has no underlying issues or not old. However:

- One other reason is the interaction intensity with the virus. This probably is the main reason why there has been excessive loss for NHS and transport staff.

- There is a terminology named as `standard deviation`in statistics. This may seem soulles for this discussion but it is about ruled out extremes while analysing a data to come to a conclusion. For eg, when you need to analyze summer temperature in UK, ideally you need to rule out 2 days which UK seen 37-38 C or 12-13 C due to unforecasted reason. Else, this may manipulate your data.

There is simply no harm to consider this data for virus impact for sure. But the discussion is how feasible it is to let decision led by this portion when those decisions would impact 60-70% of the population which is exactly opposite of what virus reporting says.

It should not be about full lockdown or who-cares-herd-immunity approach. Diversed & balanced approach based on different profile and dynamics would be the common sense.

 

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 15 May 20 2.05pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

I've also seen that...the missus likes musicals.

I suffered in silence....my life has contained undue suffering of the musical kind.

In all fairness to you, I got dragged to the Riverdance and to Blood Brothers in The West End. I didn't mind Riverdance as I got well pissed up beforehand and it's kind of catchy (when drunk). Blood Brothers may as well just be the programme sellers at Anfield, fighting over a fifty pence coin. Cannot see the appeal in musicals but why women always like them is anybody's guess: much like most things to do with the minds of the (less rational) fairer (and obviously more evolved Becky) sex.

 


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Originally posted by blackheatheagle

And what makes it more challenging is at the same time ideally you should pretend like you are enjoying it in order to avoid upsetting the person who asked you to join.

I had to go as well because for some reason my boy is fan of Abba. We went together.

Honestly speaking, not so bad. My problem is that i don`t like musicals. Only moments i enjoy is when they start talking properly instead of communicating to each other by singing. Which would be awkward reason to go to a musical.

I don't hate all musicals just bad ones....and boy, those are two prescient examples of bad musicals....That said if a bloke really enjoys his musicals...you know...that little bit too much then it's like an unofficial announcement.

Your post chimes with me though. The well meaning bloke will go through many instances of suffering for the betterment of others....but it has its limits.

I remember complaining on here about my missus's weirdo obsession with marmite crumpets.

Edited by Stirlingsays (15 May 2020 2.09pm)

 


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Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Excellent post.

Seconded.

"And if the homework brings you down,
Then we'll throw it on the fire
And take the car downtown"

from Kooks

Btw Bowie was obsessed with Orwell's 1984

Yeah, but how can a novel written in 1948 have any relevance to the world we're living in today? you may ask. The technology was so primitive for a start.

WRONG !!!

If we can't open our eyes, at least apply a little common sense.

 

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Originally posted by ASCPFC

In all fairness to you, I got dragged to the Riverdance and to Blood Brothers in The West End. I didn't mind Riverdance as I got well pissed up beforehand and it's kind of catchy (when drunk). Blood Brothers may as well just be the programme sellers at Anfield, fighting over a fifty pence coin. Cannot see the appeal in musicals but why women always like them is anybody's guess: much like most things to do with the minds of the (less rational) fairer (and obviously more evolved Becky) sex.

Does Quadrophenia count? If not I don’t like musicals (exception Susan Sarandon in the Rocky Horror Picture Show)

 

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Originally posted by ASCPFC

In all fairness to you, I got dragged to the Riverdance and to Blood Brothers in The West End. I didn't mind Riverdance as I got well pissed up beforehand and it's kind of catchy (when drunk). Blood Brothers may as well just be the programme sellers at Anfield, fighting over a fifty pence coin. Cannot see the appeal in musicals but why women always like them is anybody's guess: much like most things to do with the minds of the (less rational) fairer (and obviously more evolved Becky) sex.

You're a braver man than me....I've always disliked that old Irish music and dancing (though I'm part northern Irish) and Riverdance looks like pretentious armless ballet to me.....tarts showing off.

And if you want to see a tart showing off you can't do better than Travolta.

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As for Blood Brothers....listening to whining scousers singing for two hours....We already know what that sounds like.

 


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BlueJay Flag UK 15 May 20 3.43pm

Macaque monkey trial offers hope [Link]

Early days but potentially promising

 

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