repetative talking pays off

[Dizzy]

Teacher gets awarded ?150k for having to speak loudly and repeat herself

 

http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/uk/2010/11/09/teacher_gets_voice_damage_payout

 

Gosh.... I mean GOSH... (that's me raising my voice by the way)

 

Message to Obs and Lt... note 'repetition' you two could be rich if you changed your 'jobs'

[Bazj]

Absolutely amazing.... but I loved the bit that says "I even have to think twice about day-to-day things, like speaking on the phone to my dad in Scotland as my voice is not strong enough to maintain a conversation for any length of time"

 

If her dad lived in Birmingham; would it make any difference? I mean why did she have to mention that he lived in Scotland? Are the Scots prone to be not very good at hearing a phone call from London or something?

[Lt Kije]

[Sue Durnim]

April 1st is a long way off, I just don't believe it, the world has gone mad!

 

No explanation is needed, the people in the education system/government who have allowed this to go to court/tribunal to get a financial award such as this should all be sacked. No wonder this country has no money!

 

This makes a mockery of real casualties who suffer loss of limbs etc and get no where near the financial compensation this person has been allowed to receive.

 

[Evil Sid]

in these days of modern technology i wonder why they don't use the same headphone devices that singers are seen wearing. would save a lot of wear and tear on the vocal cords and the saving in compensation payments would more than make up for the cost of installing the system.

[Bazj]

Sid, a wireless classroom head mic system and speakers would cost less than ?400.00 to fit

[Dizzy]

Good idea

 

Makes me wonder how many other people will go down the same compensation route now ie more teachers, people working in noisy offices, factories, football coaches, singers... the list could be endless.

 

And what about kids themselves... they are so vocal and noisy not only in school but also generally so surely they would all get them and be able to claim compensation

 

And finally.. I wonder how she and her solicitor (no win no fee injury lawyer?) or doctor (privately paid for perhaps) managed to prove that it was actually the talking at school that caused her nodules and not something else as .....

 

..... any one or more of the following can contribute to the development of vocal cord nodules:

 

1) Misuse of the voice - The use of an incorrect pitch, volume, or quality

 

2) Inadequate breath support

 

3) Excessive tension in the neck muscles when speaking

 

4) Abuse of the voice (the most common cause of vocal nodules in children)

 

5) Excessive shouting, screaming cheering or crying

 

6) Strained vocalizations (for example, sounds used to imitate animal noises or motors)

 

7) Excessive loud talking

 

Hard vocal attacks (starting words abruptly)

 

9) Excessive coughing or throat clearing

 

Other factors

 

1) Chronic (long standing) upper respiratory infections or allergies

 

2) Exposure to smoking

 

3) Reflux (stomach acid coming up the swallowing tube)

 

4) Endocrine or Hormonal imbalance

 

5) Fatigue

 

6) Allergies

 

7) Personality or general adjustment of the child/person

 

ok so I googled the nhs website

[inky pete]

Forget wireless mics and amplification systems.

 

Any halfway competent teacher should be able to keep a class quiet enough to enable the use of a normal speaking voice.

 

If it's noise during playtimes from outside of the classroom which is the problem then structure your lessons for the class to be doing written work for the few minutes the noise lasts, or even shut the windows!

[Evil Sid]

IP. i think it was an adult learning class she was teaching and they do not tend to be noisy. the noise was from outside caused by children playing. now i would think this would only be for the most twenty minutes to half an hour. maybe a hour at dinner time.

 

so a wireless system for one classroom ?400.00 so that works out at 375 classrooms fitted out for the cost of one compensation claim.

[Sue Durnim]

Thinking back to my school days, I was hit by several pieces of white chalk, the odd blackboard duster, bamboo cane and a gym shoe, could I claim for ?physical and mental cruelty? retrospectively after 40 years against the education system?

[inky pete]

Shut the windows Sid, it's free.

 

Or, don't schedule classes at lunchtime - have lunch at lunchtime instead, also free.

 

(BTW, if it was lunchtime noise which was the problem then there must have been plenty of alternative classrooms empty for that hour.)

[Primedius]

Any halfway competent teacher should be able to keep a class quiet enough to enable the use of a normal speaking voice.

 

 

Ever been in a large Comprehensive school lately pete? The teachers are lucky to get out alive never mind keep the class quite.

[inky pete]

Like I said, any halfway competent teacher can keep a class quiet enough.

 

It is kind of what we pay them for.

[Dizzy]

Ever been in a large Comprehensive school lately pete? The teachers are lucky to get out alive never mind keep the class quite.

 

Maybe that is a point that should have been used against the woman who claimed compensation... 'count yourself lucky it's only nodules on your vocal chords missus... you clearly had no control and therefore ..... you can sod off'

[Evil Sid]

if you read the article it was outside noise not rowdiness in the classroom as she was teaching proper english to adult "foreigners" and the noise was so loud that they had to ask her to repeat what she had said.

[wolfie]

What was that Sid?

[Dizzy]

if you read the article it was outside noise not rowdiness in the classroom as she was teaching proper english to adult "foreigners" and the noise was so loud that they had to ask her to repeat what she had said.

 

Why were adult foreigners being taught at the same time as children in the community school though ??

[observer]

Perhaps they couldn't afford a Uni place?!!!

[Dizzy]

Naah they would get it for free