Striking teachers warned of lockout

07 Oct 2010 08:50a.m.

Justin wrote:

I'm an ununionised teacher. I have no problems with bigger class sizes (as a parent I know I'd want my child in a room with 30 others and a good teacher than in a room of five with a bad one).

The pay rate is probably on average pretty reasonable (just under $70K), but there are no incentives to go the extra mile. I work hard (damn hard for my students with exams, reports and coaching etc), it is annoying to see the unmotivated/lazy/incompetent getting the same. I wanted to be a teacher from early on, yes it is a vocation to me (if I was in Ireland and was told 17% cut I'd still be infront of the class positive and enthusiastic).

30 Sep 2010 05:16p.m.

Toon wrote:

All I seen was a reporter asking the union about lock-outs then another reporting asking Tolley the same. Neither the union nor Tolley actually raised the issue, the media did...lol

30 Sep 2010 10:55a.m.

Jim wrote:

Anna
Suffice to say the private sector is not earning the GDP to cover the public service and reality needs to set back in since Labours increase in the public service by 47% in 9 or so years (which no country could afford).
Yes, like all workers (which I am but one) there is not allot out there on the horizon for us as far as pay rises go. But the public sector cannot spend up unnecessarily (I totally agree with your point on the politicians raises) when the private sector is not bringing in the necessary earnings.
However, National Politicians were not the only politician's to get huge increases as their salaries are governed by, yet another Govt Dept, the Higher Salaries Commission.
I have to agree that allot of our teachers are now Leftist who are more interested in Social Engineering rather than teaching our children basic education, all since the advent of Tomorrows Schools. I have always said that Tomorrow’s Schools are turning us normal people back into Neanderthals which are exactly what leftist types would like. This makes it easier for them to control us as they have their Leftist Social Engineering Varsity degrees and we will be mere peasant puppets for them to ridicule and keep their thumb screws on.
I cannot believe the numbers of public servants who do not realise their salaries are due to the work and grind of the private sector ... UNBELIEVABLE.
A change is even coming in places like Cuba where the new regime has realised that their Govt controlled leftist idealism no longer works, but sadly at the expense of 500,000 Govt jobs. They have now realised that their economy will never recover if they don’t change!!!