Some are, some arn't. If you really want thick speak to someone...anyone in public relations!

I didn't want to expand  to PR, HR, and auditors yet Teddy. Point taken though.

I don't think I am.

they can't be as they have passed exams

I come from a family of thick people then. em.

me neither Moomin

I'm clever enough to know that I'd be a crap teacher.

go and sit in the corner with this on ---------> 

OK Blizzie - you've been the corner for half an hour now - you can come out now - and next time - PAY ATTENTION!!

Blimey - imagine the uproar if hevva had made the opening post

No.... they are not!    Taught you how to spell Pigshit didn't they?

The teacher's I'm in contact with are great, in fact they are absolutely bloody brilliant.

Saying that, my French teacher at school was thick, she didn't even speak French!

I'm constantly amazed that people with top academic qualifications decide to devote their lives to educating our kids.  They have my undying respect.

Well, far from all those who teach are Crossy.....but for some I suppose the old adage, "Those who can't do teach" applies...Hope the woman in question wasn't an IT teacher?

How true. It just sums it up really.

Here , here

I'm not thick

I'm not a teacher.

There is a God 

That's a sweeping generalisation! My sister and one of my friends are teachers and they work bloomin hard - including at weekends and in the holidays! They are both a bit scatty though lol.

Teachers deserve a bloody medal with the shite that they have to put up with these days. 


My daughter is working incredibly hard to become a teacher, thick? I don't think so!

Can't agree. Too much of a generalisation.





If you can say that, then you can say all doctors, nurses, electricians, supermarket workers, livecloud forum members etc are thick. They're not. Only some.







I'd agree with the post commenting about if Hevva had written the OP by the way.

Please excuse the elongated post. It keeps coming up as "you have not left a comment" when I clearly have! Guess I'm thick too!

..... or those who can't teach, teach teachers, as we used to say  I knew that any real teachers, such as Mrs Crossy wouldn't be offended since they are so good at dishing it out themselves.

I'm thick........... but i'm not a teacher

Keep digging or quit while you`re behind

The day I'm behind that lot you may call me Meyer.

Who (I guess it's a FM) is Hevva? I don't recall seeing that name on here? Or maybe I just haven't read a thread they have posted in?

She once called hevvalou... she's still around...I forget what her new moniker is.

Bit of a generalisation there...but some teachers have the academic qualifications but cannot teach...Viz my Latin teacher yonks ago.
I think that teachers are stymied these days.....more crowd control than teaching

Hi Meyer, keep digging

I think you are mistaking intelligence for common sense. Teachers are highly intelligent (they have to be or they wouldn't be qualified) but as with all people some lack common sense. It certainly applies to your example.

Some teachers teach and others lecture - I've got an example of this with my psychology teacher atm - her lessons are boring and dry and I'm so close to giving up because I hate her teaching style.  As a teacher myself, she's the worst kind but she's not thick just lazy.

The same generalisation of teachers that the OP has made could just as easily be applied to some of the parents of children in school that I've come across over the years.  I've generally found that on the whole the children who do the worst in school are the ones who are allowed to stay up late so they are tired for class, they aren't encouraged to complete homework nor do they give any help to their children if they are struggling and they are the ones that usually shout the loudest about how their little cherub is never capable of bad behaviour.  They also prefer to transfer their cherubs lack of advancement onto the teacher rather than looking closer to home for underlying reasons!

There are bad teachers, there will always be bad teachers but they are in a minority but it's unfair to assume that all teachers fit the behaviour pattern of one particular teacher that you've experienced.

Judging from what my son tells me about his teachers, and judging from his results, his teachers are on the whole better than the ones I had 30-odd years ago.  Back then, most of them scared us half to death, so that we were not exactly receptive to learning. Others simply dictated notes to us ad nauseam.  From observing my son's education, I gather that nowadays teachers do much more than rigidly stick to textbooks, and try to make subjects more relevant to real life.