EDUCATION, Education, Education! That was what Tony Blair said in 1997 yet our Government denies the very people who can supply it, the teachers, a decent wage.
I work with teachers and I see how hard they graft every day to try to educate children, not only in the three Rs but in subjects they should learn at home like respect and discipline.
So please don't have a go at the teachers over this last strike or any other action they are forced to take, talk to your MP and ask why £billions can be found to fund wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and bale out banks which have got there sums wrong, yet teachers, health workers and the like are denied a decent rise.
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The same goes for the workers at the oil refinery at Grangemouth.
They were promised a decent pension, now the billionaire who owns it wants to deny them that pension and fob them off with a pension that will be half the size promised.
So when you run out of petrol make sure you are blaming the right people, and when you have to stay home to look after your children don't blame the teachers.
Posted by: Stephen Davies, Hartford, Northwich on 11:44am Wed 21 May 08
I believe it is time that teachers were defended in these papers by the students they actually teach. As a 17 year old who has just finished college, I can tell you that the standard of education I have received has been excellent, and I have been taught at state schools the entire time. This just goes to show that you do not need to pay large sums of money to get a good education, and that money cannot buy the passion and enthusiasm and depth of knowledge my teachers have demonstrated in their lessons. I attended Hartford High School and Sir John Deane's College, and through the years I have witnessed how hard these people work and how much energy they devote to the profession, as it is easy to forget that their job does not just start and end in the classroom. So before any other adult criticises the teachers and blames them for the fall in standards in schools, take it from me they do an incredible job that is becoming increasingly difficult. Perhaps people ought to be more focused on why class sizes are increasing and the lack of disciplinary options now open to teachers if they want the real reason as to why standards are falling.
I believe it is time that teachers were defended in these papers by the students they actually teach. As a 17 year old who has just finished college, I can tell you that the standard of education I have received has been excellent, and I have been taught at state schools the entire time. This just goes to show that you do not need to pay large sums of money to get a good education, and that money cannot buy the passion and enthusiasm and depth of knowledge my teachers have demonstrated in their lessons. I attended Hartford High School and Sir John Deane's College, and through the years I have witnessed how hard these people work and how much energy they devote to the profession, as it is easy to forget that their job does not just start and end in the classroom. So before any other adult criticises the teachers and blames them for the fall in standards in schools, take it from me they do an incredible job that is becoming increasingly difficult. Perhaps people ought to be more focused on why class sizes are increasing and the lack of disciplinary options now open to teachers if they want the real reason as to why standards are falling.
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