Snowflake teachers.

peter_the_piper

I think thats one reason our daughter teaches abroad.

pmduk

z1a wrote: »

If he slipped and broke his wrist it would be his fault.

In these days of compensation culture, everything is somebody else's fault!

pollypenny

And here's me thinking that this year posters have acquired some realism about the job of teaching.

In my case, it was the fact that the school buses stopped running caused school closures.

I bet the OP is a wonderful, supportive parent. :cool:

Talking of broken wrists, I did just that in school after slipping on ice. I didn't take any time off, apart from going for x-ray and getting plastered. In a Y10, parents' evening, one woman complained that I hadn't marked her son's essay!

hollydays

pmduk wrote: »

In these days of compensation culture, everything is somebody else's fault!

And who's fault is that

peter_the_piper

No win, No Fee solicitors.

worried_jim

The younger generation at work all make excuses when there is a bit of snow to not come in. Every one over 40 is there with no dramas getting on with it. I wonder if this is something picked up from their time in school and it been closed or the expectation of it being closed at the sign of the first snowflake?

DCFC79

peter_the_piper wrote: »

DD teaches in Kazakhstan and they don't get time off for snow. In fact they enjoy it.


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Problem is I bet when you live over thee your used to the snow, people just deal with it where as over here not everyone knows how to deal with the snow conditons eg driving in snow.

Hope she enjoys it over there.

Hasbeen

worried_jim wrote: »

The younger generation at work all make excuses when there is a bit of snow to not come in. Every one over 40 is there with no dramas getting on with it. I wonder if this is something picked up from their time in school and it been closed or the expectation of it being closed at the sign of the first snowflake?

Unfortunately the majority of younger generation, have all their lives have been molly coddled, they basically do not think for themselves.

Perhaps the nanny state does not help?

Anything even small things is a major disaster to whine and complain about.

Basically, people these days could be all termed as snowflakes. One little problem and they all melt.:(

GwylimT

The school I worked in used to regularly close during snow as the bus companys wouldn’t pick the children up/take them home, being in a rural area virtually all students were bussed in.

Here when the weather is bad the emergency services will set up pick up points where they drive public workers to work including school staff.

Although our childrens primary school closed for two days just after xmas as toilets had frozen.

Takmon

worried_jim wrote: »

The younger generation at work all make excuses when there is a bit of snow to not come in. Every one over 40 is there with no dramas getting on with it. I wonder if this is something picked up from their time in school and it been closed or the expectation of it being closed at the sign of the first snowflake?

At my workplace people of all ages took advantage of the adverse weather policy and were leaving early when it was snowing and not even settling last week. One notable person who walks to work each day didn't even turn up for 2 days due to the weather and he is certainly over 40.
I rode my bicycle to work each day without any issues at all and i'm under 30