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6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 8, 2004
Well, the teachers I had did *not* have it cushy. They had me to deal with! 
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Mu Beta Posted Dec 8, 2004
I have just been through a parents evening, which basically consists of half a dozen strangers telling me I'm no good at my job.
B
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Spacecadet Jack (Supreme Commander in Cheif) [Major] Posted Dec 8, 2004
sounds fun!
poor you! parents can be a bit like that I think 
they all think it can be their childs fault
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Spacecadet Jack (Supreme Commander in Cheif) [Major] Posted Dec 8, 2004
cant even !
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Mu Beta Posted Dec 8, 2004
It actually makes me feel slightly guilty for taking the p*ss out of Jimster all these years.
B
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Mort - a middle aged Girl Interrupted Posted Dec 8, 2004
Wow - you mean the parents in your school actually bother to turn up?!
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Mu Beta Posted Dec 8, 2004
51 of them I saw tonight. 
B
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Jab [Since 29th November 2002] Posted Dec 9, 2004
From post 50 >>>Most of the two weeks have to come out of our annual holiday.<<<
Intresting, to describe ones employment as "annual holiday." 
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 9, 2004
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I hope none of them were brandishing pitchforks and carrying torches. 
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Post Team Posted Dec 9, 2004
I sympathise Master B.
Being an instru(mental) teacher I always dreaded parents evenings. I'd spend 5 minutes with the parents of the hard-working/talented pupils 
and 30 minutes with the ones who were convinced that their little darlings were talented, enthusiastic and hard-working when they were, in fact, the exact opposite.
I do, ironically, miss all the Christmas activities I would have been anxiously prepping them for now, though. 
shazz 
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Dec 9, 2004
I'm looking forward to my 10 straight days off. What with weekends and bank holidays I need to take three days of annual leave to get my ten day break - my company doesn't shut down over christmas (but the heating is off 
) so if I'd used all my leave I would have to come in or shirk from home. 
Other firms I've worked for have stated that all employees must save three days for the xmas period, they often give 23 days annual leave - ie statutory 4 weeks plus the three days for xmas.
Actually, I have always wondered this: do teachers actually get an annual leave allowance over and above the school holidays?
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Dec 9, 2004
Excellent question! I've always wondered that as well. If they don't they must be the world's best budgeters, I'd spend my savings by July.....
Oh, and btw, I noticed elsewhere that one of the BBC unions is in a strike position? Will that affect Hootoo in any way? I hope not!
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 9, 2004
Strike position?
Who's on first.
What's on second.
I Don't Know's on third.
(You non-baseball fans may not get the references. )
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Post Team Posted Dec 9, 2004
You'll have to ask Master B about holiday pay. I was always self-employed so, quite simply, if I didn't work I didn't get paid... which is why you'd always find me in a pub in the evenings and during the summer. 
shazz 
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 9, 2004
I understand
In what capacity were you present in the pub? As a bartender (earning money) or as a customer (spending money)?
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Dec 9, 2004
Both I presume, plus the third possibility: DJ.
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Mu Beta Posted Dec 10, 2004
No we do not get leave allowance! We are expected to be at school: rain, shine, blizzard or tsunami to educate the young day in day out. Nothing short of a prolapsed appendix or an impacted testicle will excuse us.
B
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Recumbentman Posted Dec 10, 2004
Not "The dog ate your homework"?
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
eloisa Posted Dec 11, 2004
That actually happened to me once!
No word of a lie, the dog ate my homework, and nobody believed me.
It was history.
She also ate a book of erotica. 
6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
Mu Beta Posted Dec 11, 2004
Schoolgirls should NOT be reading erotica. 
B
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6 December, 2004: Staff Coverage Over Christmas and New Year
- 81: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Dec 8, 2004)
- 82: Mu Beta (Dec 8, 2004)
- 83: Spacecadet Jack (Supreme Commander in Cheif) [Major] (Dec 8, 2004)
- 84: Spacecadet Jack (Supreme Commander in Cheif) [Major] (Dec 8, 2004)
- 85: Mu Beta (Dec 8, 2004)
- 86: Mort - a middle aged Girl Interrupted (Dec 8, 2004)
- 87: Mu Beta (Dec 8, 2004)
- 88: Jab [Since 29th November 2002] (Dec 9, 2004)
- 89: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Dec 9, 2004)
- 90: Post Team (Dec 9, 2004)
- 91: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Dec 9, 2004)
- 92: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Dec 9, 2004)
- 93: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Dec 9, 2004)
- 94: Post Team (Dec 9, 2004)
- 95: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Dec 9, 2004)
- 96: Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking (Dec 9, 2004)
- 97: Mu Beta (Dec 10, 2004)
- 98: Recumbentman (Dec 10, 2004)
- 99: eloisa (Dec 11, 2004)
- 100: Mu Beta (Dec 11, 2004)
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