Teacher to go on hunger strike

buckfasterer

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/cork-teacher-threatens-to-hunger-strike-if-junior-cert-proposals-are-implemented-670987.html

Oh yeah, that's really gonna help.

gerrybbadd

What an idiot.

I sincerely hope that chip vans, ice cream vans, bread vans etc all pass her by every half hour of her strike.

Dope

Timberrrrrrrr

Great

Another one who will not eat for 24 hours.

Dear Marion.

If you spot a shop selling grips, go in and buy one. You are not Joan of Arc.

Conor74

Menas

I am setting up a book on how long she lasts before giving up her 'strike'. We measure in hours, not days.

Geniass

Would you be worried if this person was in charge of your children?

She doesn't sound all that well balanced.

Jesus Wept

Da****

Geniass wrote: »

Would you be worried if this person was in charge of your children?

She doesn't sound all that well balanced.

They have a Facebook page an all

smash

She said teachers are at war over proposals which would see them correct their own students work.

God forbid they'd have to correct their own students work instead of getting paid extra to correct other students work.

Jesus Wept

LolCork

The Peanut

I presume her hunger strike will be from 9.30-15.00 and not on weekends or holidays.......;)

Dozer Dave

She probably will have her pockets full of mars bars.

jimgoose

Mentalist. All that academia in teacher training obviously pops something in their little branes. :pac::pac::pac:

SEPT 23 1989

They really let themselves down when they are allowed out of the classroom and into the real world

whiskeyman

The Peanut wrote: »

I presume her hunger strike will be from 9.30-15.00 and not on weekends or holidays.......;)

It'll probably have lunch breaks too...

lertsnim

What a silly bitch. I'll give her 3 days max before she stops and says she has made her point.

lukesmom

Would not like her teaching my children!

ScumLord

I always thought that hunger strike should mean striking from hunger. Maybe she's just going to spend all day eating.

wretcheddomain

I'd sack her with immediate effect.

Hardly a positive sign to be sending out to young adults that their teacher endorses suicide when the cause is "right".

smash

Tea isn't food... she'll drink loads of tea!

The Backwards Man

I'd go as far as saying she's displaying the average teacher's sense of entitlement, but some of the replies here are a bit harsh to say the least, and I most definitely wouldn't want any of ye teaching my kids.

shruikan2553

What is the problem with the new junior cert? With how teachers are acting it would give you the impression that it was important.

Macavity.

I hope this goes viral and every teacher goes on hunger strike.

At first, it's grand like. Bit of a session, few smokes going around, maybe some weed - a real good buzz around the place. The clock rings for the Angela's. The realisation that dinner is ready at the aul lady's place sets in, nobody has eaten since this morning's fry up.

After some time, the smokes and alcohol run out, for some the munchies set it. Eventually the teachers resort to eating one another, at first it was just the fat old guy nobody liked. He had no family, so it didn't matter. But soon things get worse, things step up a notch. After 19 hours of no food we've got a serious issue on our hands - An organised teacher cannibalistic survival zombie crime syndicate; full of carnage, death, misery and pain. Soon their numbers will dwindle and eventually only two teachers remain - they have fallen in love. But with that hunger for passion, comes a real hunger. A hunger for human flesh (and probably burgers).

Can the teachers' love for one another transcend mankind's natural desire for survival and food (human flesh and burgers). What will prevail? Basic Biology or Love?

End Scene.

jimgoose

shruikan2553 wrote: »

What is the problem with the new junior cert? With how teachers are acting it would give you the impression that it was important.

They say this new plan whereby they'd have to grade their own pupils on project and/or practical work would damage the teacher-pupil relationship. A cynic might suggest the real problem with it is that it might involve actual work, during the working week, during the school semester, as well as cutting down on "Invigilating"* gigs during traditional exam time.



* From Latin Invigilatus, meaning "to sit around staring blankly at the ceiling while chewing a biro and furtively scratching one's crotch and getting paid a sodding fortune for it."

Fr_Dougal

ah sure I've piled on the pounds with all those Easter eggs like. Was planning on going on a diet anyhow like, now I have the perfect excuse like.

Indeed, Ms. wallace.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

shruikan2553 wrote: »

What is the problem with the new junior cert? With how teachers are acting it would give you the impression that it was important.

Shush - what's important is that people can get their digs in at teachers. You tell them what this is about or try and encourage some independent thinking here and that all goes out the window.

EDIT
Teachers - Teachers don't want to mark their own students because it will lead to inequality in comparison and assessment as some teachers may be biased or overestimaet their students' abilities (makes sense)
AH - Teachers don't want to mark their own students because they're lazy (doesn't need to make sense)

Macavity.

If it wasn't for the Junior Cert, the average AH member wouldn't have the vast political knowledge and awareness that CSPE taught them, meaning the numerous intelligent and profound comments we read regularly on this forum would not exist.

:pac:

Yellowblackbird

When somebody is prison goes on hunger strike it puts pressure on the prison authorities and others because that person while in prison is in their care and custody. If this woman goes home to her house and starves herself it's entirely her own business and her own choice. It's legal for her to do it. Quite tragic and utterly pointless.
Of course when her body starts to consume itself and irreversible damage kicks in you learn the difference between dramatic emotion and true commitment.

jimgoose

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

...Teachers don't want to mark their own students because it will lead to inequality in comparison and assessment as some teachers may be biased or overestimaet their students' abilities (makes sense)...

While it would indeed be quite pleasing to imagine a teacher doing some sort of a Thich Quang Duc to protect the integrity of some youngfellas exam grading lest he be unfairly denied something-or-other, I'm not quite buying it. :pac:

kowloon

Dumb move, but work should be corrected by a third party.

Neyite

Is that what they are calling the Trocaire Fast these days?

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Hardly a positive sign to be sending out to young adults that their teacher endorses suicide when the cause is "right".

And endorses eating disorders to a bunch of impressionable teens. Well done Miss! :rolleyes:

OldNotWIse

Oh FFS

walkingshadow

Just read another article with this same teacher- she says that if the proposals are not fully rolled back by the minister, she is going to do a Colombine- crazy.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

jimgoose wrote: »

While it would indeed be quite pleasing to imagine a teacher doing some sort of a Thich Quang Duc to protect the integrity of some youngfellas exam grading lest he be unfairly denied something-or-other, I'm not quite buying it. :pac:

As I said, their issue makes sense, your refusal to comment on it kind of illustrates my point.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

walkingshadow wrote: »

Just read another article with this same teacher- she says that if the proposals are not fully rolled back by the minister, she is going to do a Colombine- crazy.

Source?

walkingshadow

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Source?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

Putin

smash wrote: »

God forbid they'd have to correct their own students work instead of getting paid extra to correct other students work.

Didn't read the link, but I assumed it was something about having one month less for their holidays.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

walkingshadow wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

Damn batteries - in my defense though, with some of the reactions around here it can be difficult to tell sometimes.

No further debate on the actual teachers' comments though, I take it?

Anyone?
Anyone?
Bueller?

raze_them_all_

smash wrote: »

God forbid they'd have to correct their own students work instead of getting paid extra to correct other students work.

I will tell you this, when I was at school there was definately certain teachers who I would not want correcting my work as personal hatred would come into it

Geniass

Putin wrote: »

Didn't read the link, but I assumed it was something about having one month less for their holidays.

One month less holidays? The ensuing wrath and destruction would make the Dublin lock out dispute appear like a minor misunderstanding.

kona

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

I will tell you this, when I was at school there was definately certain teachers who I would not want correcting my work as personal hatred would come into it

They should be sacked then for being unprofessional.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Shush - what's important is that people can get their digs in at teachers. You tell them what this is about or try and encourage some independent thinking here and that all goes out the window.

EDIT
Teachers - Teachers don't want to mark their own students because it will lead to inequality in comparison and assessment as some teachers may be biased or overestimaet their students' abilities (makes sense)
AH - Teachers don't want to mark their own students because they're lazy (doesn't need to make sense)

Both options may well be in play here.

Iirc it's only a portion of the exam that is own teacher assessed?

ohnonotgmail

its the feckin junior cert. Hardly of major importance is it? On its own its worth nothing. Its just a practice run for the leaving cert.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

kona wrote: »

They should be sacked then for being unprofessional.

YOu have ay idea how hard it is to sack a teacher...?

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Both options may well be in play here.

Iirc it's only a portion of the exam that is own teacher assessed?

So far, no one else has actually commented on the ASTI statement let alone actually bothered to read it, which leads me to suspicions of crass cynicism and laziness amongst most of the posters on this thread.

The teacher-assessed portion is 40%.

Eugene Norman

walkingshadow wrote: »

Just read another article with this same teacher- she says that if the proposals are not fully rolled back by the minister, she is going to do a Colombine- crazy.

No you didn't.

Eugene Norman

I agree with the teachers on this one. It's just going to put pressure on teachers from parents to mark Johnny "fairly", put him in the better class, get into an easy marking class and all that dogsh1ite.

However as Princess B points out, I don't think we should expect much from this thread.

Sleepy

That idiot should be fired but, this being Ireland, she won't be.

Her actions constitute gross misconduct to the extent that, tbh, I hope she goes ahead with it so kids can learn the value of being a drama queen from her untimely death.

suicide_circus

Her students should learn by example and go on hunger strike next time she gives a load of homework over the weekend

Jake Rugby Walrus666

Those who can't do, starve.

suicide_circus

Eugene Norman wrote: »

I agree with the teachers on this one. It's just going to put pressure on teachers from parents to mark Johnny "fairly", put him in the better class, get into an easy marking class and all that dogsh1ite.

However as Princess B points out, I don't think we should expect much from this thread.

If a teacher dosnt have the stamina and wherewithal to stand up to and deal with a gobshiite of a parent such as you've described then they shouldn't be in the job.

Eugene Norman

suicide_circus wrote: »

If a teacher dosnt have the stamina and wherewithal to stand up to and deal with a gobshiite of a parent such as you've described then they shouldn't be in the job.

And since we can't fire the weak willed teachers, therefore we can't really implement this idea.

Not that this thread is really about the idea.

kona

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

YOu have ay idea how hard it is to sack a teacher...?

How hard?