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xylophone

When you were young, fair enough - but the OP is 48 !!

He has probably been teaching since he was 22 and would have just dropped into the TPS as I did - I doubt he ever gave it a thought, I certainly didn't.

DB schemes just insulate you from cruel reality I guess... this is even more the case when the scheme is non-contributory and final salary.

Anonymous101

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I find it equally worrying that so many subjects that should be in the purview of parents are given over to teachers, when teachers only have 5.5 hours per day to teach, and parents have rather longer to parent. Each of these additional responsibilities restricts the teacher's ability to teach the core subjects in which we also expect the children to excel.

Unless, of course, we're prepared to fund 8 hour teaching days for our stinkers.

I absolutely agree that parents should be taking much more responsibility in teaching their kids. Not just about finances but also the curriculum.

I suppose my main point was questioning why on Earth are pensions etcnof considered essential learning for everyone.

mgdavid

Sanctioned_Parts_List wrote: »

I find it equally worrying that so many subjects that should be in the purview of parents are given over to teachers, when teachers only have 5.5 hours per day to teach, and parents have rather longer to parent. Each of these additional responsibilities restricts the teacher's ability to teach the core subjects in which we also expect the children to excel.

Unless, of course, we're prepared to fund 8 hour teaching days for our stinkers.

If they did 8 hours a day for the whole 9 months of the school year they'd still be well under what private industry expects (and usually gets).