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[steve at fractalsoup.org]

yes,
st. d have a £100,000 deficit this year
and we are not alone re: this
yes as a teacher trying to do my job i am ranting :-)
but then again i do love teaching.
slc

Maurice Onmaplate wrote:

>--- steve at fractalsoup.org wrote:
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>>there is a current shortage of teachers, martin,
>>ever thought of changing direction ;-)
>>steve l-c
>>
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>SHORTAGE?   The government is training more teachers
>than you can shake a stick at, [training is used here
>in the loosest sense], as well as spending 10%+ of the
>budget of education on schemes to bring confidence in
>the education field [not do anythimg, just make the
>general public believe they are!], plus compensation
>for older teachers who can no longer keep up ever
>changing bureaucracy!
>
>That and the resultant cut in budgets that has dumped
>thousands of teachers out of work!
>
>Maybe this is only in Primary, but if other areas are
>similar to Bristol that might explain a lot - iin
>Bristol I saw figures [forget where, BBC news
>probably] that showed expenditure per pupil in
>Secondary were 8 or 10 times the amount spent in
>pre-school and that Primary spend was even less than
>pre-school spend.
>
>I seriously wonder at where this country is going
>after Tony Blair's mess and IDS in the latter stages
>of dementia, or whatever madness he has that started
>at least two years ago.  ;)
>
>And before Sean says "Vote Liberals" ... NO WAY!
>
>Steve
>Who seems to have had a rant on!
>
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