As some of you will know, my more contentious posts are encouraged by Brett whose company oversees the forum . I was originally approached to "shake the forum up a bit as its a bit boring at the mo" Which I have duly done over the last couple of years.
Brett approached me last night with a similar request, suggesting i expand on the theme of teachers, something alluded to on the erosion thread yesterday, I am not sure what he has against them.
Instead of picking a specific issue i.e illiteracy amongst children and who is to blame and as I am short of inspiration of this (and have no real feelings either way and most teachers I know are ok, Millipede for example) I thought it easier to ask if anyone wants express an opinion about or comment on teachers feel free to post.
You might want to comment on why so many are fell runners, their excessive holidays. Their pay (often more than other essential services such as police, fire etc) and that they often manage to holiday abroad despite claiming they have a lack of it.
There is of course the issue that some feel that the youth of today are badly behaved and apparently poorly educated and that some teachers shift the blame onto parents instead of taking responsibility. That teachers have new tools such as the citizenship module to address these issues but don't know how to use it effectively - I don't know anything.
You may even have good things to say about them. (But Brett couldn't think of any).
However if you have strong feelings about this thread and its appropriateness can you please address general abuse, death threats or even congratulations directly to Brett, either by a pm or by emailing [email protected]. At this stage I am unwilling to give out his mobile number.