All of which has zero to do with the teacher and everything to do with government policy and even more to do with local councils and their budgets.. I think before you decide to respect or disrespect teachers you should at least make some effort to at least sound like you know what it is you...
That's not an easy question to answer and I don't know definitively but I have a few ideas.
There's a jealousy culture in the UK. A lot of coveting in all walks of life: "he gets loads of holiday, why don't I get that holiday? What a lazy *******"
Plus successive governments have loaded...
Nah. What teachers could do with in the UK is more respect. From the pupils, the parents and the government. I've taught all over the world and almost without exception every country I've been to treats teachers with huge respect except the UK. Most other countries see teachers as the people who...
Just the other day I was sitting there saying to a mate " Mate, you know what I reckon kids could really use? A bit more time off school. 16 weeks just doesn't seem enough somehow".
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