acequion wrote: » Do people ever wonder where all this antipathy /hostility towards teachers came from? Because it is totally and completely unjustified. Ok,decades back you had some very lazy and some very useless teachers,who nowadays wouldn't last five minutes. But back then you had the brilliant ones too and overall the majority were good to very good. I'm teaching long enough to remember when teaching was a highly respected profession and teachers, as individuals, were treated with courtesy and respect. So,what happened? Did teachers en masse create some enormous fcuk up? Not a bit of it. Was there some big scandal somewhere linking teachers to some sort of corruption, a la politicians of Ireland? Not a bit of that either. So,what went wrong? Quite simply,folks,at some point it became the "in" thing to hate teachers and teacher bashing, along the lines of priest bashing and politician bashing, became a national sport. Brought in no doubt by the all powerful media. All of a sudden,it was fine to express the ugliest of jealousy over the holidays and other advantages as if we'd only just acquired these things.As if teachers of the past didn't have those so called perks as well. I have also worked in the private service and in other countries and I've never seen a harder working,more committed group of professionals than today's teachers. So,the bashing is nothing less than revolting and that's why I couldn't care less about the public,or at least those elements in the public who treat us so shabbily. We've got to fight for our rights and let them think what they want. They will anyway.
Moody_mona wrote: » I heard Ed Walsh for the first time on Newstalk this morning. Such a mad way to start the day.
doc_17 wrote: » He is the personification of the attitude that exists in this country towards the teaching profession.
acequion wrote: » Sorry to turn people's stomachs just before dinner time, but for anyone not clear on the condescension and sheer arrogance of typical neo liberals like Ed Walsh,with their profit at the expense of people agenda,have a read of this:http://www.edwalsh.ie/2011/01/
killbillvol2 wrote: » I've reported your post to have the link removed. Adding clicks to this rodent's blog is helping him.
Armelodie wrote: » aahhh thanks for reporting but I spse. its not really against the charter to link to webpages of poor standard... I think! unless he has incitement to hatred on it! ... mod
Mardy Bum wrote: » If you are not in a union do you have to take an uncertified day on the day of the strike?
doc_17 wrote: » Don't abandon your colleagues.
2011abc wrote: » The union abandoned us years ago .HRA 2 (third vote...) was the last straw for me .They managed to win me a 1700 euro paycut !Im not going to pay for the wages of those who seek to actively undermine teachers' pay and conditions.
doc_17 wrote: » Everyone received that pay cut, not just you. I would have the belief that pre 04 workers abandoned me but it won't do me any good to walk away and then think things will get better all by themselves. If you think that being in a union isn't any real help an that there is a better way to protect or improve our terms and conditions then I respect that. But please tell me what it is. I will help you achieve it. You can be annoyed and still be a member of the union. Change happens from within. Play the long game. If every pre 04 and post 11 teacher left the union then the government would have carte Blanche to do everything they ever wanted to teachers. Our strength lies together. Those who don't see that are, in my opinion, naive. And being mislead either by themselves or Ed Walsh. Or else they have a super secret plan that they are reluctant to share.
2011abc wrote: » All credit to the above pair of psoters but the ASTI was usurped and ripped off in the early noughties and here we are again ...There IS another alternative , a new union .At an ASTI Fightback meeting proposing /exploring this 30-35 people turned up(including two absolute legends who 'saved' the ASTI the last time it was under siege and conceded it was back to square one again )It would require 1000 signatures @25 euro a head . So guys ?Are you going to reclaim your union ?Wait for the nice man to leave in his own good time and hope the next guy is better (some stirrings that incoming candidates have an existing track record of non resistance)Or do you want a new union ? I think there are about 27000 secondary teachers in Ireland .
gaeilgebeo wrote: » Anyone know where the secretarial staff and SNAs stand on Tuesday?
gaeilgebeo wrote: » Yeah, thought as much. Was just wondering. We have 22 SNAs and 3 office staff. Some seemed a bit unsure today.
