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It was more a case of me declaring, and being open about, my position that could be conceived as being biased, as opposed a barbed comment on your post. Apologies if it came across that way, it was not intended.

I've never said on this thread that I don't have a vested interest here. My wife is a teacher, therefore i know both her and many of her colleagues. Again i'll stick to the facts that i know of. Every teacher is different. The unions are representing all, including the most militant. My wife...

I'll not make an unfounded sweeping statement, but the 12 teachers that I know that are striking all would.

As I've made clear on this post several times teachers are striking principally because the 5% pay rise is not additional money from the government but is to be taken from existing school budgets which are already stretched beyond breaking point. If they don't win, your kids education will...

The point is that teachers are vital for the education system that serves our children and readys them for the life ahead. The poor pay and horrific conditions mean that there is not enough of them, and numbers are falling.

Duplicate post.

You're angry. Fair enough. Life is clearly tough and the system has dealt you a shitty hand. But don't blame teachers. Teachers who desperately want give kids like yours a better chance. Teachers who are fighting for the future o the education system. If you've not read my earlier post, do...

yes, I agree. The biggest issue though is that, due to the huge difficulties that teachers now face the drop out level of staff is unsustainable. 41% leave the job within 10 years. 20% drop out within 3 years. The number of teacher vacancies is at its highest ever. Soon there will be non left to...

I've not read all of the pages on this to date. I started, but got a little to angry at some of the ignorant responses that i was reading, so apologies if some of the points i raise have been made previously (i hope they have). My wife trained late in life (she was 47 at the time) to become a...