Should teachers be able to strike?

Still doesn't take away from the fact that in virtually every other graduate profession you get 3 weeks off per year, and in teaching you get 13. You may be marking, going on teacher-training days, planning lessons, for several hours on a few of those days*, but the fact is, you are not in your place of work for 13 weeks of the year. It isn't as if people in other professions do no work outside their place of work, either.

*They wouldn't be marking very much in their holidays, either! They should be marking primarily on the weekends of working weeks, so that they can give students' work back the next week.

Still doesn't take away from the fact that in virtually every other graduate profession you get 3 weeks off per year

No?! Think about the ****ing children!!!!

If its not harming the work of students then its not working in being disruptive. You know as well as I do those assessments are largely copy and pasted along with school reports, plus thats nothing in the bigger picture, since its a reception class the marking is minimal and simple. They also get more than enough time to do the work they are given to do. Since A level students are so independent, they can do marking during these classes while students are doing work independently to be more efficient. They still get weekends and half terms and summer plus like 2 sick days a month off, this is massive compared to most professions, what have they got to complain about?

It is a democratic right that the citizens of this country fought for, so of course they should.

Teachers chose to be teachers, they knew what they were getting into!
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If they dont like the pay go somewhere else
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Teachers get an annual salary. That means they get paid a set amount every month. They do not get paid by the hour. They are not "unpaid in the holidays", their monthly pay-check is unchanged by how many days off sick they use or how many weeks off half-term happen to fall in that month.

I suggest that you organise your time and work more efficiently then. I'm applying for my PGCE and I've never spoken to a teacher who says that there is this amount of excessive work. There is work to be done out of hours, but it's not excessive compared to other professional jobs.

You're supposed to be a teacher because you like children and want to help them grow and learn, not moan about there being children on holiday!

If its not harming the work of students then its not working in being disruptive. You know as well as I do those assessments are largely copy and pasted along with school reports, plus thats nothing in the bigger picture, since its a reception class the marking is minimal and simple. They also get more than enough time to do the work they are given to do. Since A level students are so independent, they can do marking during these classes while students are doing work independently to be more efficient. They still get weekends and half terms and summer plus like 2 sick days a month off, this is massive compared to most professions, what have they got to complain about?

You shouldn't be marking whilst pupils are working. Unless maybe they're sitting an exam paper or something where your input isn't allowed


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