The schools

[LionelRitchie]

@gilgamboa

How many parents are giving up half a day on home schooling NS kids? Now many I’d say

Definitely happening more than you think. Id say more common than not, particularly if 2 or more kids in the house.

Giving the kids a list isn’t teaching tho. Teachers are giving them a list and then online it’s being checked. That’s the extent of the teaching.

There’s no issue getting them to read for an hour, bit of art, baking, few jobs etc each day to make their day meaningful. Whereas having to teach them Irish, long division, mind maps on historical events etc etc so they get their list done isnt really helping. And it’s done while trying to juggle work commitments and your own deadlines.

I don’t blame teachers for the cautious approach to returning. But the onus being put on parents isn’t right either. I’d prefer schooling be parked until class can return and it be made up

[myboyblue]

Shouldn’t be too much to ask parents to give aside an hour or two of the working day to doing a bit of schoolwork with the kids in a pandemic. Offices are flexible, hours are flexible. Make it up elsewhere.

[Massey]

@LionelRitchie

. I’d prefer schooling be parked until class can return and it be made up

That would probably be the sensible thing to do but the teachers will not work into the summer,No chance.

[Halfpipe]

For young kids in primary school at least all you can do is practice what they have previously learned, I don’t think parents can teach them new things. Teaching them to read or do maths in a way that is different to their school is only likely to lead to confusion and be entirely unhelpful. To suggest that parents can teach kids effectively is to suggest that the only professional skills teachers have is the management of large groups of kids.

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Lads will surely have to cut back on tfk and start focusing on their kids and there actual jobs.

[myboyblue]

@Halfpipe

the only professional skills teachers have is the management of large groups of kids.

There’s a few who dont even have that. Although back in my day, a good aim with a duster was a must.

[LionelRitchie]

What’s the point of teachers so if that’s all there is to it?

[myboyblue]

@LionelRitchie

What’s the point of teachers so if that’s all there is to it?

You raise a valid question.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Once corporal punishment was gone it became a young woman’s game.

[EstebanSexface]

Home school your kids so, going forward. It seems to be going great for you

[LionelRitchie]

That’s the point you numpty

[myboyblue]

@TheUlteriorMotive

Once corporal punishment was gone it became a young woman’s game.

I had a teacher who could ricochet a duster off a wall to get at a lad who was shielding behind some other poor soul. Jesus, he was a magician.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

A teacher threw a chair at me once. I was in first class.

He’s a priest now.

[myboyblue]

@TheUlteriorMotive

A teacher threw a chair at me once. I was in first class.

He’s a priest now.

Truth be told, you deserved it I’d say.

[EstebanSexface]

Your point seems to be you want education to stop altogether for your kids

[LionelRitchie]

And your answer to thinking I said that is “home school them so”?

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I was needling him all morning like a Tyrone corner back.

[EstebanSexface]

No that was in response to your what’s the point in teachers nonsense

[Corksfinedtboy]

@Juhniallio

fitness

[gaillimhmick]

@TheUlteriorMotive

A teacher threw a chair at me once. I was in first class.

He’s a priest now.

Ask your Dad about Melody!