Well to be fair i am quite addicted to homes under the hammer.. jammy sods i could do that

Then i clean the buns out messy things jet wash the runs then its time for Pobol y cym, dick van dyke (god doesnt he get everywhere!! got tiresome)

OMG Diagnosis Murder ??? I love it

Now I miss Diagnosis murder 'cos it's the school run!!!

Well, my daughter has only been going to school for 2 years (almost) and in that time she has not had one day off or been late, ever! she has had far more time off on their say so, so i shall complain away lol

I'd like more money too but i dont think my boss would appreciate me going on strike

If you were in a job that had a union and they asked you to strike as they believed it was justified would you?

But surely it is their choice to be in that profession, you cant say they didint know beforehand what work or hours or money is involved.

There are millions of people that work really hard for little money but we dont all go on strike.

Thats a very good point Fudgeley

I guess if given the option, if i'm honest i probably would.

Ok i'll shut up now

That is true, however how many people risk getting assaulted with no right to defend themselves ? have to deal with aggressive children let alone their equally aggressive parents ? It's not much reported but teachers are assaulted everyday somewhere in the UK by pupils, they have no rights to touch the children to stop the attack, a local teacher was stabbed by a pupil & ended up in court because she grabbed the boys hand to try to stop the attack !! Fortunately the court saw sense(well the jury did)& exonerated her. The child was never punished as he had"behavioural"problems that meant he didn't know what he was doing !!!!

There is no amount of money that would get me into a class room, hospital, police station etc etc etc nowadays. I was assaulted at work & my employers(the then government) blamed me(long story) & sadly this is the same nowadays for any public employees

I think anyone working in the public sector runs that risk, my OH gets abuse every day from children and adults alike and he drives a bus.

I wouldnt do it either!

I understand your frustrations but I would like to point out that Teachers do not get all the holidays Gorden when he was teaching in a classroom spent either the last 3 weeks or first 3 weeks of his holiday (summer) preparing for the new term.
Same goes for half term breaks and easter breaks half terms he spent nearly all of his holiday preparing for going back the next week and Easter a week so in effect got a weeks holiday. They do not get the time allocated to them in school to do this and after school they are at this meeting or that meeting. when he was a Deputy Head it was even worse it nearly ended our marriage because he was up till midnight preparing for meetings lessons etc.,
I do understand your predicament but I also have to point out the plight of the poor Teachers seeing how ill it made Gorden in the end.
After 9 years of him being out of the job I still feel strongly about this.
Being a Teacher is not all about holidays. I hope I haven't offended anyone.