https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/04/01/by-friday-im-so-tired-i-can-barely-see-straight-the-rise-of-long-distance-commuting-teachers/
FFS, a major newspaper running this story just because it's a teacher. Driving 80 minutes is something many people do, but they have to do it far more days a year than a teacher will have to.
My Partner worked as a nurse abroad before returning home, not really sure what you’re talking about there or what I’m supposed to ask.
As regards the rest of your post you have resolved to childish nonsense presumably because you can’t argue against the points I made.
Never argue with a fool, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Good luck, enjoy the rest of the holidays.
I see the teachers are now booing ministers over 'government inaction over Gaza' and bleating support for Palestinian teachers at the conference…
These slacktivist teachers are clearly over paid, they are less interested in teaching then pushing their wierd agendas in the classroom. To think a teachers union has any right to speak on foreign policy just shows how narcissistic and off mission these clowns are.
Sounds like she wants teachers to have the option to work from home. That'll surel be the next subject of strike action come September.
That’s how he found out. But it is not arbitrary, there is policy on private schools outside the EU.
It's exactly the same thing.
How come we’ve such shortages then??
I'd say the change from a one year HDip to a two years masters a while back (on top of a primary degree) was one factor. It certainly stopped me. I live in Dublin and could afford to take a year out for a HDip but not two for a teaching masters and would teach in Dublin where apparently there is the biggest lack of teacher supply.
When I was on the Board of my kids school, I recall the principal telling us that it was very hard to recruit teachers as the common refrain was "we cannot afford to live in Dublin on that wage", no doubt it's only gotten worse in the last few years.
Ye while parents were still expected to work a 40 hour week while teachers sent an email on a Sunday, get real.
If it's so sweet, why didn't you become one?
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I didn't say it was sweet, you referenced covid, I told you people found it hard, as in most peoples situations they were still expected to carry out a full time job and educate their children.
PS The holidays are sweet though.
The 'mickey mouse' degree doesnt qualify anybody to teach, they need the postgrad to do that. And Im pretty sure you need to do an interview in Irish to get that post grad so the dedication was clearly there for those people. Working a ft job whilst also studying is no piece of cake! Id also like to know more about the degrees they did before Id write them off as mickey mouse.
It's lunacy that the public sector unions (not just the teaching unions) are so resistant to the idea of a Dublin cost of living premium for their members.
Salaries on offer in any private sector job will be higher for Dublin compared to regional-based roles.
Is that because its a democratic vote? And maybe the majority are non Dublin?
I don't think they've ever even allowed it get that far. Gets rejected outright by union leadership
Lol, they dont care about fairness or market rates or any reality of how the world works. They know damn well that theyve got >100K members, almost double that in votes and a gun to the govts head. That's all they've ever needed and its never failed before.
Public sector unions should be illegal or public sector workers should have lower weighted votes in general elections.
You dont need to do any interview to do an online HDip for primary school teaching. You just sign up and pay the fee.
In the particular school I'm talking about, this is the career route taken by relatives of BOM members who'd like to get a teaching job, but arent good enough to get into college. Get signed up to theology degree in a small private catholic 'college' for persons joining religious orders. Not too much academic rigor, no entry requirements and everyone passes. Do the online HDip and bobs your uncle - you have a permanent pensionable job!
The online 2 year Masters in Primary Education exclusively offered by Hibernia, requires a C2 in Irish at Leaving Cert or other relevant accredited knowledge of the subject, eg studying it in 1st year or beyond in the undergraduate degree.
And yes an interview is required. In Irish.
https://hiberniacollege.com/course/professional-master-education-primary-education/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn7mwBhCiARIsAGoxjaJyZnAQA0v7dbEpwc7K8pUr3URF_KmH-uF5dsVDnKPrH2csvTS11DEaAquEEALw_wcB
I presume this course can’t be filled, because of the terrible pay.
how are they different to private sector unions, who lobby for tax cuts, increased subventions for private industry etc.
Should their votes carry less weight as well?
Pay isnt too bad in Dubai as it transpires. Like our nurses and doctors etc, the world knows the quality of Irish graduates. Sadly Ireland doesnt so they leave.
I'm glad you asked. Because private sector unions cant bribe their bosses with votes.
That I need to explain this is depressing.
did you even read my post?
They can bribe the government for their own personal gain, same as public sector unions.
Should their votes carry less weight?
Also, you need to brush up on who employs the public sector. Hint. It’s not the government.
If teachers' votes determined elections, FG would have been decimated in 2018 and Labour would now be defunct.
Source: trust me bro.
Teachers and especially retired teachers vote FFG. Why? Because they guarantee their pay and pensions continue to increase, and the same is true for the value of their property.
Only young teachers without "a foot on the property ladder" did not vote primarily FFG.
Source: trust me bro version 2.0.
Im not an especially young teacher. I have a house. Itl be a cold day in hell before I ever vote Labour again after Ruari Quinn's stint as Education minister. I have never in my life and will never vote FG.
I cant tell if you are trolling or stupid, in any case no, no they can not. The government does not set the pay for workers in private companies.
The exception to this is the minimum wage.
I sometimes find the whinging by teachers insufferable, but on this one, I think they have a valid point.
Regardless of your profession, if you move abroad for a number of years, you wouldn’t be expected to take a job paying a rate that was applicable when you left, you would expect a job which pays the current rate for your experience. I wouldn’t expect an IT worker to accept a job which paid the 2019 rate just because they went to Silicon Valley for 5 yrs.
Ahaha. Oh dear, you really cannot accept the fact the FFG continue get into govt by buying the public sector vote. And yet immediately after the pubsec overwhelmingly approved the newest massive pay deal (2024), polls revealed the govt saw its highest approval rating in years!
The kids on Reddit Ireland were left scratching their heads on that one. Couldn't understand why anyone would like their boss after getting a massive pay rise.
Yeah so it turns out giving the public sector an extra €3.6BN helps with popularity. Do you deny this?
the government sets tax rates, sickness benefits, provides subsidies, tax breaks, etc. Private sector unions have been influencing government policy for decades, to the benefit of their members.
Suggesting that one cohort of voters should have their votes lessened in value is utterly ridiculous.
Yes the govt taxes the bejaysus out of the private sector worker, to enrich the public sector and themselves.
Private sector unions are a bloody necessity for a healthy workforce and yet they have withered on the vine to their lowest ever membership as the govt correctly knows its far easier to get the public sector votes than it is to tackle business interests especially the ones paying gigantic amounts of tax.
But my point must not be misunderstood, public sector unions are an affront to democracy, for workers that pay tax get nothing and those that get paid from tax, get everything.
And in the case of teachers, although they get far more than the vast majority of private sector workers in pay and holidays, they still complain (on their tax payer funded week off).
Thats before we factor in strikes.
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