Schools

No we’re not Labaik . The public sector will. get paid. Most of the private sector will not .

Grandad That was trisher. I await an apology

Teachers are still working gillybob.

I won't be paid either and am worried sick because I have bills to pay, but I know what teachers are being asked to do.

DD will still be teaching on a rota system. If keyworkers' children are going into school somebody has to be there for them.

Having lost a beloved daughter to cancer last year I wish she could stay at home but that's not the way the cookie crumbles.

Your post of 22.35 is unfair, gillybob

We're all worried for our nearest and dearest.

They might not be working in schools (although some are) but they're having to work from home, providing work for their pupils and do all the assessments which they would normally do from home anyway.

gillybob, I one hundred percent agree with your above post. Teacher now face possibly three months off with full salary. No doubt that is the reason why they were so keen to see the schools closed down.

The rest of the nation face the possibility if they are parents of possibly three months of work looking after their children on the state benefit of £98 per week.

And they state we are all in this together.

None of this expected this to happen. Teachers didn't train thinking, Oh I'll be alright in the event of a pandemic! It's ridiculous to pit one profession against another.

Over the years people have thought we were mad buying an isolated property. At times it had its disadvantages but now they're saying, 'Oh you're alright. Nobody goes near you"'

It's a shame that what we're all going through brings out bitterness in some people.

None of us I mean.

Thank you Grandad1943 of course the teachers are keen to see the schools closed . Why wouldn’t they ? Full pay, at home, what not to like ?

Meanwhile the rest of the real word ........are on less than £100 a week ,

I’m sorry to disagree with you merlot but I’m afraid this is what is happening today, public sector equals okay . Private sector can go suck .

No doubt that is the reason why they were so keen to see the schools closed down.

That's nasty, Grandad1943. Teachers are human beings with children and parents to worry about just like anyone else. They are not childminders.

That's still not a reason to insult teachers who, quite often have to put up with abusive parents on a regular basis as well as violent pupils. I'm just relieved that my daughter has left the profession.

Precisely how do you know: 'The teachers in my area are not working at all from this evening'. Gillybob?

Are you privy to what they are doing in their homes, what work they are expected to prepare, how they are going to deal with marking and send out fresh work, for the next six months, apparently?

The schools have not been closed because teachers have demanded it or because of their attendance record. It is a Government initiative, and there will be many school staff worried about the effect on their pupils.

You and Grandad 1943 have both been quite astonishingly and unjustifiably rude tonight.

Yes, apologies growstuff it was trisher who called me ignorant.

However, it would seem to the teaching profession that the whole world is ignorant with the exception of them.

Still, three months off work with full taxpayer provided salary would make such a self-defence necessary to all in the profession.

Well, my public sector student police officer DGS will be working his socks off when they're called upon to police areas when London lockdown happens (which it eventually will) So far they have no uniforms but their stab vests have arrived!!

So have they taken their pupils home eazybee. Can my DiL go to work tomorrow ? Unless of course I step up as usual and take the children myself ? But no of course not, the vulnerable, poorly cannot possibly look after the children can they ?

I’m passed caring about being rude.

Don’t we all work out socks off merlot ? I know I bloody well do. Haven’t had a wage for 13 weeks either .

It's not off work. They have been told to work remotely and will still do all the assessments they always do. They are being expected to set and mark work.

I believe that the teaching profession in the United Kingdom has lost all credibility with much of the British public in the last week, and that will take much in the way of rebuilding when this crisis is all over.

I’m with you all the way grandad1943 I only have 5 employees these days but I cannot see past this Friday. All contracts we had in place are now suspended .

Thank you Grandad1943 of course the teachers are keen to see the schools closed . Why wouldn’t they ? Full pay, at home, what not to like ?

Because, Gilly, many of us actually enjoy our job and aren't in it for the money. That is why it is called a vocation.

gillybob; I know you're stressed and I can understand that. But teachers haven't asked for this and I can't imagine that there's a single one of them that wouldn't rather be working than have this terrible crisis unfolding around us.

Oh thank god for that eazybee where shall is end my grandchildren tomorrow and for the foreseeable ?

I know you work your socks off, gilly As a mother and grandmother (sorry if I sound like the Queen) my worries and sleepless nights concern my family earning a living in London.

At least our med student DGD has been sent home to study as all face to face lectures have been cancelled. She has been in Guys and St. Thomas's so that's one less family member to worry about.

I'm not the only one with family in the firing line. Let's face it, when it comes to the crunch we just want our loved ones to be safe and that includes teachers.

Grandad1943 voiced my concern over exactly what are key workers'? The food production industry, pickers and packers, delivery drivers and supermarket staff are all essential or there will be no food. Likewise anyone involved in the pharmaceutical industry or we'll get no drugs. Then we have those who maintain the highways and railways, all essential. Emergency workers, fire, Police, ambulance. Care workers. Prison workers. There are so many that I would call 'key workers' and we cannot function without them.