Thoughts of an unapologetic teacher

Insect Overlord · 15-09-2019 6:11pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

So it takes four years if you have no degree?

4 years for your degree, then 2 for the PME, for a total of 6 years.

That's at second level, or going down the postgraduate route. The B.Ed in Primary teaching at Mary Immaculate College, St Pat's, Froebel, and Marino takes 4 years as an undergrad.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 15-09-2019 6:20pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

4 years for your degree, then 2 for the PME, for a total of 6 years.

That's at second level, or going down the postgraduate route. The B.Ed in Primary teaching at Mary Immaculate College, St Pat's, Froebel, and Marino takes 4 years as an undergrad.

.... and yet people still think teachers should be paid on a part-time basis...

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 6:30pm

Virtually every teacher I have ever met has been the dullest, least intellectually curious example of a human being you could ever meet.

A friend of my wife’s husband is a teacher and he is an idiot. Perfectly knowledgeable about GAA or cattle but apart from that he’s an empty vessel. I mentioned Archimedes once and he thought he played for Brazil in the 1982 World Cup.

Rodin · 15-09-2019 6:30pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

.... and yet people still think teachers should be paid on a part-time basis...

They work on a parttime basis

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 15-09-2019 6:38pm

Rodin wrote: »

They work on a parttime basis

No, you WANT them to work on a part time basis.

Still waiting for an answer to this, btw:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

How are going to get someone to sign up for ANY longtern salaried job with large amounts of unpaid leave they year?

Mad_maxx · 15-09-2019 6:50pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Virtually every teacher I have ever met has been the dullest, least intellectually curious example of a human being you could ever meet.

A friend of my wife’s husband is a teacher and he is an idiot. Perfectly knowledgeable about GAA or cattle but apart from that he’s an empty vessel. I mentioned Archimedes once and he thought he played for Brazil in the 1982 World Cup.

WTF were you bringing up "archimedes" for

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 15-09-2019 6:55pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

WTF were you bringing up "archimedes" for

I'm calling bull**** on the whole anecdote. Just doesn't sound believable. And that's before you consider the source: "A friend of my wife's husband" ...?

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 6:57pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

WTF were you bringing up "archimedes" for

If you’re interested in topics other than comic book films and cartoons you’ll find yourself chatting about many different things.

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 6:58pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I'm calling bull**** on the whole anecdote. Just doesn't sound believable. And that's before you consider the source: "A friend of my wife's husband" ...?

My wife has a friend, that friend is married to an idiot. Hence a friend of my wife’s husband.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 15-09-2019 7:00pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

My wife has a friend, that friend is married to an idiot. Hence a friend of my wife’s husband.

That would be your wife's friend's husband.

Unless you're a polygamist, your wife's husband is you.

Miike · 15-09-2019 7:01pm

tomwaits48 wrote: »

So you don’t give a **** but start a thread on the internet to defend your choice of profession....right....

Make a new account, to start a thread on the internet to defend their profession.

Low tier effort for a troll though.

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 7:03pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

That would be your wife's friend's husband.

Unless you're a polygamist, your wife's husband is you.

How old are you? I’m assuming you’re not long out of school yourself if you’re resorting to correct people’s grammar.

thecomedian · 15-09-2019 7:03pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Virtually every teacher I have ever met has been the dullest, least intellectually curious example of a human being you could ever meet.

A friend of my wife’s husband is a teacher and he is an idiot. Perfectly knowledgeable about GAA or cattle but apart from that he’s an empty vessel. I mentioned Archimedes once and he thought he played for Brazil in the 1982 World Cup.

Ha ha, that backfired on you. Go read it again, then go back to school.

HBC08 · 15-09-2019 7:08pm

JizzBeans wrote: »

What a silly comment. Weather I "deserve" them or not is not the point. ITS THE JOB. Did you even read my post?

Its whether.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 15-09-2019 7:09pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

How old are you? I’m assuming you’re not long out of school yourself if you’re resorting to correct people’s grammar.

The irony.

Anyway, your statement is bull**** (a couple of indicators) and your wording is wrong.

We're done here.

HBC08 · 15-09-2019 7:17pm

JizzBeans wrote: »

I agree to certain extent. But again, these are flaws in the system, NOT the employees. If your such a hard worker and so concerned then why don't you get elected and change the system?

*you're

As in you're a bit of a disaster of a teacher.

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 7:20pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

The irony.

Anyway, your statement is bull**** (a couple of indicators) and your wording is wrong.

We're done here.

"We're done here." Alright, Tex. :rolleyes:

My "statement" was true, whether you like it or not. This same husband of my wife's friend told me they exclusively read The Sun or The Star in the teacher's room in his school.

Whenever I went to parent-teacher meetings for my kids I was never impressed with the teachers I met either. Very much a career that attracts the uninspired and mediocre.

JohnnyFlash · 15-09-2019 7:25pm

A lot of teachers do that thing where they claim it’s a vocation. As in their passion for teaching is so great it almost consumes them. The reality is the vast majority of them are in it for the long holidays, short days, and generous pension. Which is fair enough, but spare us the hackneyed shíte about being in it for the love of it.

NewMan1982 · 15-09-2019 7:32pm

I’ve no issues with teachers.
We all know what the holidays are and what the pay scale is. We can apply if we want.

Like any job really, there should be strict reviews on performance. It’s too important a role to have wasters cruising in.

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 7:35pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

A lot of teachers do that thing where they claim it’s a vocation. As in their passion for teaching is so great it almost consumes them. The reality is the vast majority of them are in it for the long holidays, short days, and generous pension. Which is fair enough, but spare us the hackneyed shíte about being in it for the love of it.

They certainly have a passion for lording it over people. Two people have already tried to correct my grammar, like we're in a classroom. School's out, lads.

Insect Overlord · 15-09-2019 7:50pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Whenever I went to parent-teacher meetings for my kids I was never impressed with the teachers I met either. Very much a career that attracts the uninspired and mediocre.

So the common factor in those meetings was either you or your kids, eh?

EmmetSpiceland · 15-09-2019 7:51pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Teachers are the real heroes. And they don't even wear a cape during daylight hours.

That’s a Norm McDonald line.

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 7:56pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

So the common factor in those meetings was either you or your kids, eh?

Are you slagging my children off? How classless.

JizzBeans · 15-09-2019 8:03pm

HBC08 wrote: »

Its whether.

Yawn

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 8:06pm

JizzBeans wrote: »

Yawn

They love correcting grammar, like their classroom authority works in the real world.

spurious · 15-09-2019 8:06pm

I am an astronaut and have size 15 feet.

JizzBeans · 15-09-2019 8:07pm

HBC08 wrote: »

*you're

As in you're a bit of a disaster of a teacher.

It's only boards, chill

munster87 · 15-09-2019 8:10pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Are you slagging my children off? How classless.

‘Classless’...like an unemployed teacher!

I used to be a secondary school teacher myself. Hated it.

Bananaleaf · 15-09-2019 8:12pm

rizzodun wrote: »

With the way that post is constructed, with it's rambling points leading nowhere, thank **** you don't teach English.

Woke Hogan · 15-09-2019 8:14pm

munster87 wrote: »

‘Classless’...like an unemployed teacher!

I used to be a secondary school teacher myself. Hated it.

What kind of newspapers did people read in the teacher's room? As a matter of interest.

Thoughts of an unapologetic teacher

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