On 08/09/2013 16:15, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:32:32 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:08:03 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Plenty of teachers just fall into the job because it's one they think
they understand - after all everyone goes to school. That, and the
short hours, holidays and pension.

I'm not sure what short hours they would be.

The myth that all teachers work many hours in excess of actual teaching
ones is just that,

Clearly you have been reading the Daily Mail.

Well it's half myth, half truth. I have four teachers in my family, one
of whom is head of department and another is deputy head (all at
secondary schools). Some do indeed do many hours of preparation and
marking in the evenings and at weekends, others have never been seen to
do anything at all outside school hours, except for supervising school
trips abroad.

SteveW