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layback40 · #**193** 05-11-2011, 10:47 AM

The teachers union in Australia is an "interesting" organization. It represents both teachers & principals. This often causes conflicts.
When a dispute is between a teacher & a principal, you have 2 union reps at the meeting, one representing each. It often ends up with the union walking away from things or the 2 slugging it out through the courts.

I often laugh with other professionals that are around my age (55).
When we think back to our university days, we remember the students that went into teaching. There were many DB dope heads that just got through science degrees that couldnt get a job so they went off & did a 1 year graduate diploma of education & became teachers. These were the bottom end of the intellectual pool at the university's. We now see the same ones telling us how to educate children. Many of these ex dope head DB's are now principals. I wouldnt trust them to train my dogs !!
Some years back as part of a study for a government inquiry, I was sponsored to undertake the studies required to become a teacher. If any one is interested in the reports just post asking & I will post a link. The study requirements were the biggest joke ever. I was able to work full time & still study full time without any problem. This was a far cry from my Chemical Engineering studies 35 years ago. Back then we were expected to work hard at our studies. I could see why teachers complain so much when they have to do a little work. They have never had to do a full days work as a student.
Most schools over here are empty till 8.15 in the morning with most teachers arriving at about 8.45, the place will be empty by 4.00 except on Fridays when there are after school drinks in the staff room from 3.45 till stumps. The gossip & complaining is far worse than the teenage girls in the school yard.

Sports teachers have the easiest ride of all. Out of a class of 25, there will be about 8, including the obese ones, that forget their sports gear every week. They just sit in the corner texting & playing with their phones. There is no real accountability. Unlike in maths, where students are tested every 6 months for progress against national bench marks, there is no such testing for sport. Provided the parents dont complain, the sports teacher is seen to be doing a good job. At the same time teenagers are loosing fitness & becoming obese. A few months ago I was at the swimming center in a near by town. There was a bus load of students there for swimming. Out of the 75 students, we counted 64 that were there as spectators only ! There were only 11 in their swimming gear. I guess being a spectator is now something they teach in schools!!!

I am amassed at the number of teachers married to ex students of theirs. It appears to be a past time of the first year teachers to go after the year 12's.

Many over here believe that no one should be permitted to teach secondary students unless they have a minimum of 10 years private work force experience. Problem is that the whole education system leadership is now stacked with ex dope head DB's that have no idea of what the larger part of society wants to see from education.