Teacher Strike on Thursday 27 June

[The Giffer]

Support the teachers. They don't get paid when they take industrial action and do not strike at the drop of a hat. No one likes the disruption but how else can they bring their issues to our attention? This Tory-led government never relents in its attacks on our public services.

Tory led with considerable lib dem support of course : this is a coalition after all .

[Duke Fame]

Nice idea Duke, let's plunge even more children into poverty.

Thanks Tony but I can't agree with your follow up idea.

[tonysheldon]

Nice idea Duke, let's plunge even more children into poverty.

[Duke Fame]

Good idea Duke.  After all, if there are homeless women sleeping on the streets with their children, they can always send their kids up chimneys to clean them, just like in the good old days!   

Thanks Dave, having some responsibility for one's own decisions seems as alien concept to some parents and politicians.

[Harry]

I agree with you there, the state pays people to become parents when they are not emotionally, economically, socially ready nor mature enough to start families. Cancel child benefits and housing for all children born 9 months from now, that will change that.

I'd go further. Cancel subsidised Child Care, so that mothers stay at home and bring up their own children to be well behaved, sociable and good mannered. Rather than farming them out at the first opportunity, at the taxpayers expense, so they can go back to work, and then blaming 'the system' when they turn out to be little monsters.

Then people would only have children when they want and can afford them, and it would free jobs up for people who need them.

Parents need to take responsibility for their own children. The second car on the driveway is not important. The child is.

[amazon]

Good idea Duke.  After all, if there are homeless women sleeping on the streets with their children, they can always send their kids up chimneys to clean them, just like in the good old days!   

The good old days .me dad used to do owers when I lived at Woodley . Put the soot on the allotment good stuff
Anybody remember the good old days .come on let's have some comment .what you used to do .no take always or restraunts just a chippy at the bottom of the road under the rail way bridge at Woodley called nights chippy .then ther was one at trafic lights near st marks church that was called fodens .

[Dave]

Good idea Duke.  After all, if there are homeless women sleeping on the streets with their children, they can always send their kids up chimneys to clean them, just like in the good old days!   

[Duke Fame]

Or perhaps, Duke, their parents need the training given that their kids belong to them, not their teachers.....

I agree with you there, the state pays people to become parents when they are not emotionally, economically, socially ready nor mature enough to start families. Cancel child benefits and housing for all children born 9 months from now, that will change that.

[Miss C]

Or perhaps, Duke, their parents need the training given that their kids belong to them, not their teachers.....

[Duke Fame]

Only on Planet Duke would anyone suggest that someone who stands in front of 30 unruly kids all day is in some way not in the 'real world'.   

If the kids are unruly, perhaps they need an additional training day, sometime in August perhaps?

[Dave]

Only on Planet Duke would anyone suggest that someone who stands in front of 30 unruly kids all day is in some way not in the 'real world'.   

[Duke Fame]

Support the teachers. They don't get paid when they take industrial action and do not strike at the drop of a hat. No one likes the disruption but how else can they bring their issues to our attention? This Tory-led government never relents in its attacks on our public services.

They do not strike at the drop of a hat, Tony, they wait until the summer when there is half a chance of a nice suntan on their jolly day off.

Let's change the record on attacks on the public services, try working a little harder and get on with the job that those in the real world pay far too much for.

[amazon]

Support the teachers. They don't get paid when they take industrial action and do not strike at the drop of a hat. No one likes the disruption but how else can they bring their issues to our attention? This Tory-led government never relents in its attacks on our public services.

Agree with you there tony .

[tonysheldon]

Support the teachers. They don't get paid when they take industrial action and do not strike at the drop of a hat. No one likes the disruption but how else can they bring their issues to our attention? This Tory-led government never relents in its attacks on our public services.

[JMC]

 They report that the % of children who don't know how to behave has increased exponentially in the past five years or so.   

I agree with this. In my son's class there are two extremely badly behaved and disruptive/violent boys. They constantly seem to 'get away' with it, many parents are fed up. There has been violence, bullying over special needs/disabilities and racism and sexually explicit language etc. as well as daily disruption, throwing chairs etc. They really spoil it for the rest of the class. There should be better discipline and if they can't behave they should be kicked into isolation/bad behaviour schools.