tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post1779849705351536602..comments2023-07-20T03:10:07.458-05:00Comments on Bluebird's Classroom: What should I do with all this free time?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-11797729069445147832008-08-17T12:20:00.000-05:002008-08-17T12:20:00.000-05:00Although it still irks me when I hear it, I have l...Although it still irks me when I hear it, I have long since ceased responding to the fools who assume - incorrectly, of course - that all teachers in all schools in all countries work from 9am to approx. 3.330pm for about nine months of the year and spend the rest of the time lazing about or spending their "unbelievably huge" wages. Most of the time, my working day is only beginning when the last student leaves as I then have to spend the evening either in meetings or up to my arse in paper, or both. These ignorant folk who complain about teachers are usually hopeless parents who gripe about schools because their feckless spawn are constantly clashing with the system due to lack of social skills and manners. And these so-called parents would certainly not last five minutes in a classroomMargaret Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910776236752629334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-67067539814311002032008-08-16T21:44:00.000-05:002008-08-16T21:44:00.000-05:00AMEN!!!When idiots try to give me grief about work...AMEN!!!<BR/><BR/>When idiots try to give me grief about working 9.5 months out of the year, I inform them that all of the extra - unpaid - hours I work for those 9.5 months would easily fill the 2.5 months I have "off."Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007344184796125420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-60534807032495349452008-08-16T21:11:00.000-05:002008-08-16T21:11:00.000-05:00Preach it, sister!! And I have to somehow find tim...Preach it, sister!! And I have to somehow find time to feed, bathe, entertain and care for my two little ones!! And forget getting quality time with my Hubby!!Princess Lionheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652455668120012536noreply@blogger.com