cods wrote on Feb 20
th, 2011 at 7:39pm:
beware wrote on Feb 20
th, 2011 at 6:37pm:
This is all true cods. ... and no I don't take much notice of typos!!
THE THING THAT GETS ME IS THAT THE CHILDREN THAT ARE VERY CAPABLE ARE ABLE TO DO MANY OF THESE EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES BUT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THEIR INTERESTS IN SPORT, MUSIC, ANIMALS TO NAME A FEW CANNOT DO WHAT THEY LOVE BECAUSE THEY ARE TO BUSY STUDING FOR WHAT THE gOVT THINKS IS RIGHT. SURELY A CHILD AND A PARENT CAN HAVE TIME TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS!!
Sorry about the Caps Lock!!
you know my years at school a long time ago.. were quite happy when I think about I never didnt want to go.. as a student I was pretty poor , had to pull myslef up by the boot straps as they say after I left school but I didnt not want to go.. todays kids seem to hate it.. a lot of bullying,
and teachers dont have the time to deal with individuals which I believe they need to do more today than ever before.kids look up to their teachers with trust. they expect them to look out for them when their mum and dad are not available.
yet all too often that doesnt happen and I am not pointing the bone at the teachers.. although some I have no doubt, dont have the calling and shouldnt be in the business however for the most part I think too much is expected from teachers these days..I tell you what these bloody excusions and camps and even trips overseas it really stirring me up.. by grandson could have gone to Japan this year thank god he said he didnt want to go.. my sons cant bless himself when it comes to money, and I think his son knew that.. its wrong to do all this type of thing as we are not all in the same class are we.. and its not for schools to make that obvious. well I think they should stick to teaching the 3rs and whatever else and leave the travel out.
My father left school when he was 12. He grew up in the bush and his family could not afford to let him take a scholarship to live in the nearest town and continue with studies. He had to trap rabbits instead.
he became a shearer back when the unions were a big thing and he would laugh at the sheraers wanting this and that. he said it was rubbish. farmers had to make money he said to employ people.....
He bought his first farm when i was in primary school. He shore sheep and mum ran the farm, he now owns a lot of land and still works every day........
I was good at school and mum said I had to get an education as being a female I needed some control over my life and men in my live....that must have come from the tough life on the land.
I won a scholarship to become a teacher in NSw. Many of my age did...and we are now about to retire. I think about 12,000 of us.
I have loved teaching. Too much is now expected and there is not enough time to teach it all. Many children need help and many, many need emotional support because there are about 1/2 of every class now that is not a complete family unit.
Teachers are now expected to be all to everyone and as you say some are not suited to the job....but it took me 10 years to learn to control a large group of children so young teachers will need to be helped....
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