Sparky71 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Now that the first snow of the winter has fallen in the North West, I notice, as happens every year, how many schools are closed partly due to "teachers being unable to get to school because of the snow". Seeing as how the rest of the country manages to get to factories, hospitals and power stations, often at 6am, I fail to see why teachers can't manage to get in for 9. Perhaps they need to spend a bit of time during their teacher training on driving in snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 The majority of schools close because of the Health and Safety of the children and/or the failure of the heating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 well i managed to get to work but was on a loser money wise. flattened the battery trying to start the bike and had to get a taxi there and back. six hours worked for a net gain of ten quid less tax etc.( ten quid each way to work ) would have taken a bus but would not have got there in time to start shift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Would it help if folk tried or were encouraged to live within walking distance of their work-place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Would it help if folk tried or were encouraged to live within walking distance of their work-place? I don't think it would make much difference, judging by the number of people picking themselves off the floor this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 perhaps crampons would help?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Would it help if folk tried or were encouraged to live within walking distance of their work-place? I'd have no chance would I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 People just aren't used to being out of their comfort zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RENT-A-GOAT Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I work in a school (but not as a teacher), any teacher only needs to have a small cough and they are off sick. They can't do any paperwork otherwise they call in their union rep These teachers moan about crap wages and poor working conditions - the average teacher pay here is ?40k and the kids are a good bunch. Not a bad craic if you ask me!? At least they have job security They're on cloud cuckoo land these teachers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 the average teacher pay here is ?40k Strange The highest pay scale for a teacher is Upper Pay Scale 3 which pays ?35000 - a special needs allowance would take that up to ?37000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 the average teacher pay here is ?40k Strange The highest pay scale for a teacher is Upper Pay Scale 3 which pays ?35000 - a special needs allowance would take that up to ?37000 Yes but not in Goat land where facts mean little if they do not support ones point of view. I take it he is a caretaker and we all remember what miserable old so and sos they were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RENT-A-GOAT Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 PJ - jumping to the wrong conclusions again? Wolfie, as I say it is "average" especially after whacking on a few TLR's and management points for comparatively little in return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateoflymm Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 So, there's been a bit of snow and half the schools in the North West shut. Right, I'm one of the older members of this site and I remember the Winter of 1946/47. I was only 4 years old but I remember it well. Not only was it one helluva Winter, there was coal rationing and very frequent power cuts. I went to the local Council School, up a country lane from where I lived, at the time. I can remember walking up the lane when the snow was deeper than my wellies and arriving at school with wet socks which were put on the heating pipes to dry. I remember Mr Snape, the caretaker, shovelling coke into the boiler - from a store that even I, as a 4 year-old, could see was only filling a quarter of the storage space. I do not remember a single day when the school was closed, despite lack of lights at times when there was no power. I also remember the Winter of 1962/3. I lived near Accrington and I worked in the Tax Office in Bury so I used to travel by steam train every day. I had just got married and my husband was in the RAF. To the end of his life he kept a telegram he received on 2 January 1963 extending his Christmas leave by a week as RAF Yatesbury, Wilts, where he was on a course, was buried under 10' of snow and it was too much trouble to dig it out. I, meanwhile, struggled to work every day. The unheated steam trains used, often, to get "stuck" for several hours at about Ramsbottom and I would arrive in Bury at about 11 a.m. instead of 8 o clock. I used to be told to work through my lunch hour to make up some of the time but I never took a day off due to the weather. What on Earth has happened to the British? I find it hard to believe that a bit of snow nearly brings Civilisation to a stand-still...... or, do I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 So what is it that you do then Goat, whatever it is it obviously makes you envious or cynical of teachers and their pay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I think he's 'kidding' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 My wife rememembers all her teachers used to live within a 5min walk of their school - ah the good old days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I worked in the Tax Office in Bury Go down 20 points in league table of nice people!! so I used to travel by steam train every day Go back up again.... lovely way to travel. Even now on a summers day; my little boy loves travelling on the steam engines from Bury! What on Earth has happened to the British? I find it hard to believe that a bit of snow nearly brings Civilisation to a stand-still...... or, do I? Because most people are too namby pamby and liberalistic to care about their jobs or their employers business and think only of themselves I once drove (with my mate) in an old Montego van from Warrington all the way to Newcastle in the North East to do a job for the National Rivers Authority. We travelled up a frozen A1; driving in the frozen tyre ruts and sliding all the way there and it took almost 7 hours to get there. We did the job over the weekend and then drove back again past abandoned cars and crashes!! ........"and if they told that to the Kids of today they'd never believe you"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 The majority of schools close because of the Health and Safety of the children and/or the failure of the heating. That is the way it is here - child safety first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 But wasn't it fantastic as a child to get that bonus day off because the boiler had failed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 believe it or not i did live within walking/falling distance of work but due to refurbishment i have been temporarily relocated to gorse covet. as for asp why would it be a problem, it's been done before you know in fact anybody can do it, provided the ice is thick enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I think he's 'kidding' Well he could be a lollypop man or a dinner lady or perhaps in this enlightened age both at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 He's certainly not your 'average' member of staff, because under his interpretation he would be the Headmaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Don't worry, global warming should make things easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 believe it or not i did live within walking/falling distance of work but due to refurbishment i have been temporarily relocated to gorse covet. as for asp why would it be a problem, it's been done before you know in fact anybody can do it, provided the ice is thick enough Actually now I come to think about it I actually get paid to sleep on my job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 ...... within walking distance of the bridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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