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Absolutely, if you think the way to control behaviour is to hit children then we shall end the conversation here.

Primary schools are predominately female. Secondary schools are more mixed. Colleges and universities there are more male teachers.

You would blame teachers rather than parents for that?

Like most teachers I have worked in other jobs too, I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that teaching is significantly harder, other teachers and ex-teachers who have worked in a range of jobs will tell you the same too. However, it is by fat the most rewarding job. As for whining...

Become a teacher then if it a p1ss easy, stroll in the park occupation.

They get 12 weeks NON-CONTACT TIME, the same way that many people have work from home days or training in other places other than the office. This does not mean it is time off to do whatever. Let's say that during a half term a teacher has reports to complete, 100 A-level essays to mark or...

I ask again, why should teachers have meetings in their own holidays?. Do other professions have meetings in their holidays or during the working schedule, do any other professions see meetings as a 'day off doing nothing' or is it apparently only teachers who do that? I would love to see the...

My view is that only a few teachers do this. These arguments only tend to come out when other non-teachers criticise them for doing nothing and not doing a 'proper job in the real world'. For example, again on this thread there is criticism for inset days, the suggestion being that teachers do...

Clueless. My friend was of the same opinion once about teaching so I offered him the chance to come and shadow me for one day. I think it is fair to say that he changed his mind by the end of it, off he went back to his office job of sitting on facebook, long lunchbreaks, looking out the window...