Teachers get it handy!

[Jim Bob]

Teachers really bore me.
Doubt if any could survive a second in the real world; I've had enough of them as a parent to turn me for good.

Take your youngsters out of school and do it yourself then.

You've no idea how beneficial that would be to them.
But I have to earn a living too.

Put your children first. Sign on the dole and make brain surgeons etc out of them

Or stay in the system and make brain surgeons etc out of others?

Some parent you are...letting your children's lives be messed up by inadequates

[Milltown Row2]

Anyone that feels teaching is easy give it a go, it's the type that gets caught up in mad conspiracies

[LC]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/07/britain-s-posh-private-schools-move-further-out-of-reach/7e0be960-34da-11ee-ac4e-e707870e43db_story.html

I see different articles today saying some people in England are paying £50k a year to send their youngster to private school.  A lot of people over there seem to think if they can't get their youngster into a private school that is them fecked for life and are even driving themselves into serious debt for the sake of it.

By and large we have all decent schools around us that are pretty much FOC, I imagine to send a youngster to the equivalent of a St. Colman's / Omagh CBS / Dungannon Academy or St. Pats Maghera in England would cost some money.

[Tony Baloney]

I know of one family nearby who have sent 3 to a boarding school in England (at the same time). 30 grand a pop. They go to be with what they see as their own kind and to start on the old boys network.

[armaghniac]

Meanwhile, schools in Dublin do not have enough teachers
https://www.thejournal.ie/primary-schools-ireland-recruitment-problem-6139397-Aug2023/

[Olly]

Teachers aren't even great spellers.

[Rudi]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

[thewobbler]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

In summary capitalism ha broken the country. Dublin will feel the effects first, followed by the commuter areas, before spreading outwards.

You can't have private sector salaries rise disproportionately to public sector. Will you can for a while, as there's enough people in the world with a vocational urge to give it a try... for as long as they can. But what you really can't have is the private sector using their extra disposable to buy up property and charge rents equivalent to a public sector wage, and still expect people to join the public sector.

This issue been coming for years. Any politician or policymakers who says they didn't see it coming is both a liar and a property owner.

You cannot have a strong and healthy society without a strong public sector.
Ireland (and the UK) is a ticking time bomb.

[marty34]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

Yeah, mechanics very hard to get.

Always need them in a panic but fully booked for at least 2 weeks.

[Rudi]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

Yeah, mechanics very hard to get.

Always need them in a panic but fully booked for at least 2 weeks.

When you do get them, they are f**king useless. Replace every f**king part, problem solving very poor. Nearly as bad as GPs

[marty34]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

Yeah, mechanics very hard to get.

Always need them in a panic but fully booked for at least 2 weeks.

When you do get them, they are f**king useless. Replace every f**king part, problem solving very poor. Nearly as bad as GPs

Best thing is go to MOT and get list of what's failed. £18.50 for a re-test.

[Rudi]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

Yeah, mechanics very hard to get.

Always need them in a panic but fully booked for at least 2 weeks.

When you do get them, they are f**king useless. Replace every f**king part, problem solving very poor. Nearly as bad as GPs

Best thing is go to MOT and get list of what's failed. £18.50 for a re-test.

Unfortunately I'm in a position where the car (4 years old) is breaking down. Its a balls when your left at the side of the road. Phone insurance for a tow, phone a friend for a lift.

[manfromdelmonte]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

Yeah, mechanics very hard to get.

Always need them in a panic but fully booked for at least 2 weeks.

Nobody wants to do a trade anymore

[clonian]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

Yeah, mechanics very hard to get.

Always need them in a panic but fully booked for at least 2 weeks.

Nobody wants to do a trade anymore

Certain trades still have a decent amount of lads going into them out it's mostly electricians, joiners (more shopfitting than 10 years ago) and some plumbers. Still nowhere near enough to cover the ones retiring out of those trades.

Heavy trades are dying completely - bricklayers, plasterers, steelfixers & mechanics. You'll be doing well to find many of those lads under 35 on a site.

[Rudi]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0815/1399798-schools-unfilled-teaching-posts/

No teachers to be got in Dublin. The country struggling for doctors & nurses. No decent car mechanics to be got either. A culture of taking a year out. What are our policy makers / civil servants at?

Yeah, mechanics very hard to get.

Always need them in a panic but fully booked for at least 2 weeks.

Nobody wants to do a trade anymore

Certain trades still have a decent amount of lads going into them out it's mostly electricians, joiners (more shopfitting than 10 years ago) and some plumbers. Still nowhere near enough to cover the ones retiring out of those trades.

Heavy trades are dying completely - bricklayers, plasterers, steelfixers & mechanics. You'll be doing well to find many of those lads under 35 on a site.

Difficult to understand. A student getting a fairly crappy degree with associated costs, starting out with a huge student loan. Compared to a 4 year apprenticeship in a required trade like blocklaying, car mechanic, welding etc. I would definitely see in monetary & employment terms bright days ahead for trades.