Pah! For harder-working, more positive, more flexible, less complaining read 'more stupid'. Teachers are, and have always been, their own worst enemies.
Agreed. Some.
I am not criticising my primary colleagues, just making an observation. I have worked in both primary and secondary and in my experience (which may count for nothing) I have observed primary teachers chasing their tails trying to implement whatever government and senior colleagues throw at them whereas secondary teachers are more likely to say 'on yer bike'.
That is (sadly) true. Primary teachers are much more likely (IMHO) to say, "hmm, that sounds like a lot of extra work", then go away and try to do it. There are times (did someone say "teacher shortage"?) when folks could simply say - "er....no!". A healthy cynicism is absolutely vital in
life if sanity and health are to be retained. Our government *does not* have all the answers, it just thinks it does.
It would be nice, for all involved, if things could settle down just for a bit. Initiative, direction, think-tank, change, idea, change.....
Maybe primary children are nicer because they are younger.
Yeh, but we sort that out by the time they leave. ;) -- Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com