[ ... ] and 800,000 teachers, after the seemingly interminable summer break. However the grandes vacances may soon be but a distant memory. François ... more
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Getting 'em Young
@ 05.04.2011 – 10:15:00
[ ... ] I would ask teachers to do, is to simplify their language teaching – and with this in mind, we return to the edcuation minister and his latest ... more -
Overpaid, Underworked and a Job for Life - French Teachers
@ 04.09.2009 – 17:33:53
[ ... ] hear what real teachers have got to say about teaching in "real" France Overpaid, underworked, job security for life. French teachers. Why did you ... more -
Rambling thoughts on teachers.
@ 04.09.2008 – 11:00:13
[ ... ] Now some teachers I know are unlucky, they are required to prepare their lessons at work. Fortunately though, for the great majority of ... more -
Hands off my kids
@ 31.01.2008 – 13:21:33
In France, teachers can’t hit kids. Beating the living daylights out of your pupils went out of fashion after 1968, though it took until 2000 for official … more -
Top Brass Bonus
@ 17.01.2008 – 14:41:53
So, teachers are people with loads of qualifications, who get paid peanuts to carry heavy bags around and get insulted by pupils and parents. On January … more -
Educational thoughts.
@ 14.01.2008 – 17:37:04
[ ... ] crap in. Most teachers though are not intelligent enough to « rationalise » and instead of removing the one day’s lessons tol make room for the ... more -
French Public Servants - reflections on our condition
@ 22.11.2007 – 13:22:22
[ ... ] Category A Teachers, doctors, judges, "whitehall mandarins etc. This class is constitued more or less by all those with some kind of management ... more -
Don't do what I do . . .
@ 17.09.2007 – 17:02:21
After two weeks of training trainee teachers how to teach, I have now gone back to the classroom to teach myself. Oh my God. Don't do what I do, just … more -
The mono-professional and mono-vocational relationship
@ 24.08.2007 – 17:34:07
Okay kids, it's nearly back to school time. Here are a few thoughts on teachers. Written many years ago on my weekly trip to teacher training college … more
