RE: Ryanair re other listed European carriers.4 Jul 2022 08:50
Blimey, im having to have a sit down to type this, but i can confirm that I am currently in the very very VERY rare position of agreeing with EVERYTHING the doomster has uttered below regards schools/teachers..
I know, imagine my own surprise at such a first. Had to pinch myself.
My wife was deputy head at a rather large primary in Solihull for years, worked her ar5e off. She and The head teacher constantly nagged at me to become a Governor, i attended a few meetings as an observer and it put me off the idea for life, although i did quite a lot of 'unofficial' volunteering there over the years. Organised and managed a full refurb of a few acres of 'wildlife' area with a team of 60 colleagues from work, newly built footpaths, ponds, fencing clearance landscaping etc, well when your a "gas meter reader" you do have access to a lot of mechanical plant and labour, afterall.
Dont do marking or planning though, but do keep an eye on the professionally qualified teaching staff, despite no formal allied qualifications being required for themselves, always strikes me as a bit odd that - just the risk that you end up with a right busybody aboard.
"When I was a school governor in England (a few years ago) in both primary and secondary there was no extra allowance for playground duty, canteen duty nor parents evenings - they were expected to do these extra jobs as part of the role. They also have to ring parents, do sports/plays/revision sessions etc, meetings after school, marking and planning. Not to mention the almost annual changes to school policies and national curriculum. People think they have great holidays but those are usually people that have no idea what the job entails.
Teachers, in my opinion, are underpaid in UK which is one reason why there is always a massive shortage of teachers and such a high level of churn. I would fully support it if the teachers went on strike. If I remember correctly I think they've had a real terms pay cut of 20% since 2010 under the Tories. Compared to average earnings across the economy teacher salaries are at their lowest for 40 years."