Weather update: Snow forces Suffolk school closures

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• Well if you dont like being a teacher - get anothe job. Simples.

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  John Alborough

  Tuesday, January 22, 2013

• I bet that if the teachers,did not get paid they would be at work.Cant get to work because of the snow. How come my postman can always get to work. Lazy-Lazy-Lazy.

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  mr prentice

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• If the head teacher has chosen to shut a school there is nothing that the teachers can do about it, so saying they should not get paid is silly - they have not chosen to take a day off! It is pathetic to suggest that teachers are taking a day off because they can't cope with their job - that has no bearing on whether it's a snow day or not. Interestingly, Facebook was full of comments this morning from parents wanting a snow day!

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  alittlebitwoolly

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• With your ridiculous comments you just want reactions! Spend a week in a school and then you'll realise what the life of a teacher is like. It's hard work and we work more hours then people in the 'outside world'. Tonight you can sit by the fire, while teachers have worked at home and this evening to get ready for lessons and do paperwork.

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  SallySmith

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• All I've heard today is how the teachers should be like everyone else and do some work. I, like most teachers, was up and ready for work this morning. We get the call, school is closed. It wasn't the teachers decision, but as has been mentioned, the bus companies. Did I go back to bed and have a lazy day? No. It was straight to getting work for students to access at home. It was sitting online helping those students at home who were doing the work. It was marking work, planning lessons and writing reports. Most teachers will have carried out a full days work. In 1963, when you walked to school, I'm sure you were wrapped up. How many children have you seen today in just a hoodie. Back then, if you slipped, got a snow ball in your eye, or a bad cold from walking in the snow, it was one of those things. The second reason we closed today was because if a children slipped and hurt themselves, ended up ill because they were too cold, or got a snow ball in the eye, teachers and schools would be blamed. Therefore, health and safety rules are now in place that weren't there before. If people actually began supporting schools and teachers and what they were trying to do and taking some responsibility themselve, rather than continually blaming, then maybe, just maybe the education system would improve. Rant over. Thanks to the other posters who actually came out to support teachers.

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  Pipsicle

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• Teachers are not Lazy what a nasty comment most teachers i suspect live quite a way from their schools that they teach in and must really struggle to get into school. A school cannot teach properly if there are teachers missing. The schools are damned if they shut and damned if they don't . Come on Give them a break it's a very hard decision to make in such dreadful weather conditions .

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  Ali

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• It is up to parents as to whether the journey to school is safe. Not teachers. If parents have to go to work I really don’t see why teachers cannot. To just close because of a little bit of snow is hugely inconvenient for working parents and disruptive for the child's education. To suggest that stupid things that were done in the 60s is the same as all the marijuana smokers saying alcohol is dangerous. Its a distraction argument. If teachers cannot cope with the work they should try getting a job in the outside world. Then they would find employers far less willing to give them days off through snow. Unless the roads are impassable they should be at work. Or at the very least take time off with no pay if they want to sit by the fire.

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  John Alborough

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• What ignorant comments - teachers have no say in whether a school is closed or not - most schools close as the bus companies transporting students into school refuse to run - safety of students is the most important thing, and headteachers don't take that decision lightly. The 1960s argument is ridiculous too - there are lots of things you did in the 1960s that we don't do now because we know better, eg. hop into the car to drive home after 4 pints, pile 6 kids into the back and one in the boot, etc. And, for your information most of the special schools are closed today if you look at the official county council list!

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  alittlebitwoolly

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• In 1963 winter I was 7 ...I walked from the Lattice barn To Sidegate lane.....The snow was over the top of our Wellington boots ...we took plimsolls and spare socks with us....I cant remember the schools closing because of snow ..now wit seems that all they want is a excuse ....

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  ukmartian

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• For the safety of children and staff John!!! There are NOT lazy teachers in Suffolk!

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  SallySmith

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• Should be all open, bunch of jellyfish.

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  jungle boy

  Monday, January 21, 2013

• Schools closed. With the ecepotion of special schools - why? There are no blocked roads. But there are lots of lazy teachers.

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  John Alborough

  Monday, January 21, 2013