Anybody heard of getting a bit of exercise by walking to work(within distance that is)and don't get me started on schools as i cannot ever remember myself having days off because the school was shut.Any excuse to give teachers more time off.

i'm married to a teacher,you clearly have no idea what your talking about.
watch you don't slip on the treacherous pavements while your getting your exercise.

good job, nurses, doctors, police, firemen etc get to work why are others differant

Oh i do know what i'm talking about + teachers are not high up on my estimation list but that's my opinion isn't it!12 weeks holiday + not a bad salary but when things don't suit them strike action is threatened at the drop of an hat.I don't think i've slipped for 20yrs so thanx for your concern.

no, you don't know what your talking about.
strike action threatened at the drop of a hat,what a silly thing to say,would you like to inform me when teachers employed by wbc last went on strike?
out of this 12 weeks holiday you refer to,how much of that do you think teachers actually spend without working?
aside from the day in school teaching there are vast amounts of marking,lesson planning,course work marking and work in conjunction with any specialist roles teachers may also have outside the classroom,then teachers have to try to balance home and family life into all this too.
it's getting a bit slippy out there,so take care,hope i've educated you a little on this matter,remember to listen to what your teacher says.

As somebody whose job involves driving relatively long distances around the country, I actually hope this cold snap continues because it is making the motorways a paradise to drive on...

Warrington to Nottingham and back at a leisurely 70-75mph, without a traffic jam in sight, today was an absolute joy.

The great thing is, these present conditions have had the tremendous effect of driving the nervous numptys off the roads, the numptys who, more often than not, are the catalyst for all the problems that happen on the roads.

Long may it continue.....This is how it must have been before the school run and before we let women loose on the roads....

Please don't insult my intelligence by saying that teachers work nearly all the 12wks holiday they get + if my memory serves me right they had a dispute about 18mths ago,probably about pay as it usually is.Look as many posts on here already state that firemen,police,ambulance + nurses can't be sent home why are teachers any different?Oh + for the record the above job titles don't even earn what a teacher earns which makes it even more galling + for balancing a homelife + looking after children!Hello,you chose to have a family not me.You can't have your cake + eat it.

Sorry Highwayman my last post should not have been quoted to you.

Not really understanding this hatred you have for teachers. We're you molested by one at a boarding school?

Would Brian Moore lower himself by fraternising on a RL forum?

how can i insult your intelligence when i can't see any sign of it,your not really qualified to comment on things you have no knowledge of,plenty of hospital staff have not made it into work over the last couple of days,hence lots of treatments and non urgent appointments being cancelled,i don't see you getting so animated about them.
i fear your old p.e. master forcing you to hold a buttered crumpet between your buttocks has given you an irrational hatred of teachers,a good dose of counselling or three wacks of the slipper from brown major should sort you out.
p.s the whole point of this post was that people were unable to get to work safely,not be sent home!
5/10 must try harder,see me etc.......

any news on latest transfer gossip tache?

I'd love to see some of these people criticising teachers in front of a class of 30 14 year olds and last more than a day, never mind a term! And then have to work late into the evening preparing classes or marking.

During the freeze of 1981 the Schools remained open no probs - what`s the big deal - are they planning on staying closed if the cold spell lasts till March - sometimes wish I was a teacher- especially given their big fat pensions .

yes mate,if you worked between 60 and 70 hours every week you'd deserve a big fat pension as well.