[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by smudgie

No.
If anything they have to big a workload.
My daughter goes in every holidays for sorting the classroom, planning etc.
Works late most nights and then writes up reports once she gets home.
Even her weekends aren't her own, she managed to get away from schoolwork this weekend, by taking the kids camping for their D of E awards.
For all the hard work, she still finds it very rewarding.

Off topic,you must be pleased at the promotion of James Smudgie,

On topic now, I have great sympathy for teachers, this is where I have no political gripe at all as to one party.
Teachers must get fed up,govt; after govt; comes in and starts dismantling what the previous one did.

There is far too much changing of education procedure and never enough continuity of policy from any of the parties.

This must add massively to Teachers workloads and how I wish some consensus as to education policy was in place and it left alone for a long period with no govt; interference at all.

Teachers must be at times driven crazy with all the new plans and changes being kept being forced on them.
So even if, and I stress if, it appears on paper they get a lot of holidays, then for me they should have them.
It must be a constant nightmare as to a a profession, not only in the working in the classrooms but wondering what on earth politicians will be coming up with next for them to change and learn, as 'experiments' as to children's futures.