i am a teacher
I am CONSTANTLY given more things I have to do that make my life a bit more of a burden. Lists, reports, welsh assembly demands to put unrelated things into the curriculum(ffs, I have to include 'welsh culture' - I plan to get them to pledge allegiance to the welsh flag at the start of each lesson).
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:54, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Must be really difficult to fit that in to a 36 week working year. My heart bleeds for you. Really.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:57, Reply)

oh, don't start. Please
I have to work through most of the holidays and during the week I work in the evenings.

Admittedly I love my job, but after how crazy stress the last 6 weeks have been, I have little patience for peoples' 'you get a shit load of holidays' argument
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:59, Reply)

I'm the wrong person to give you any sympathy. I haven't had more than a 72 hour break at any one time since August 2008.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:00, Reply)

I'm not asking for sypathy at all
I'm just fed up of that argument/put down

you should take more holiday, though, how the hell have you ended up like that? Self-employment?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:02, Reply)

I set up a company in 2008. I don't have the time, money or trust to take any time off. I am about to hire a new planning director that I hope to be able to trust to run things whilst I take some time off. .

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:07, Reply)

ah, I see
I ran a little business for a while (nothing like yours sounds) but you just CAN'T leave them. Good luck with the time off, otherwise you'll burn out
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:08, Reply)

I have friends who are teachers and I understand completely.

( girlinthehole, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:00, Reply)

When my father taught at Winchester
he got SIX MONTHS OFF A YEAR.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:02, Reply)

It's not so much the workload I have sympathy with but the fact they have to spend every working day with children.

( girlinthehole, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:04, Reply)

I would make a shit school teacher
kids are annoying
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:05, Reply)

*applies for job at a decent public school*

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:05, Reply)

Depends what kind of teacher you are
I have a friend who teaches at college and I know he's busy and hardworking and so whilst we rib him about having it easy we know he doesn't.

I have another friend who works in a high school and he has the easiest fucking life ever. He complains when he has to work until 5pm, so it's him that makes people complain about how easy teachers have it. However, it's always the ones who work the least who complain the most. *cough* BOBBY *cough*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:03, Reply)

college lecturer
it's brilliant, but very intense. Also, all the students are at the age of having constant criseses, which you tend to have to deal with in some form
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:05, Reply)

..by laughing at them and punching some fucking sense into them.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:06, Reply)

I wish
I use sarcasm as my main weapon
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:07, Reply)