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Originally Posted by kizzy

That was a long time ago...
Again I don't think you can blame the teachers as they are highly qualified, the problem is they are tied with regard to lesson planning...Classes are structured to the curriculum and there is little room for manoevre.
As you say the level of disipline at home may have changed over the years which has added to the strain on teachers, making the job far more stressful than it was.
Assault cases have risen to alarming levels, and all the while there is the onus on exam results ever present....

Precisely my point - that standards of teaching have declined and much of that came with the 'ban the belt' stuff. No deterrents in place so kids knew they could do what the hell they liked with no real consequence.

it's a bit rich (in every sense of the word) to strike about pensions: they way the teachers are going on, you'd think they were the only ones who had cuts to their pension plans. they should think themselves lucky that they work for the state who do in fact contribute to their pension schemes. Far too many who work in the private sector don't have that luxury - but they don't go on strike at any moment it suits them.

never in a million years do the teachers get my sympathy. Not on this one, not a chance. hell would freeze over first.