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Does anyone admit at work they are a forrumer??? I have told a couple of my closer colleagues and they look at me like I am their senile aging aunt

A couple of my friends know that I use forums but they think it's fine as a lot of them are the same.

prob because you are the right perceived age to be on forums - LOT OF COLLEAGUES ARE ON fb BUT NOT FORUMs - I just love being different

I -always- wonder if the adults I know use forums.

prob they do - certainly FB I would think

I've got a few on FB actually, which is handy for work based things

I won't have any pupils/students ex or otherwise as friends - the headmaster has said we are not to so I don't - I personally don't want pupils contacting me but we only go up to year 11 so it is prob a bit different

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Early bedtime for me Seeya tomorrow everyone... if I get out of bed that is

OMG charli - you are going early

see ya tomorrow

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Does anyone admit at work they are a forrumer??? I have told a couple of my closer colleagues and they look at me like I am their senile aging aunt

A couple of my friends know that I use forums but they think it's fine as a lot of them are the same.

prob because you are the right perceived age to be on forums - LOT OF COLLEAGUES ARE ON fb BUT NOT FORUMs - I just love being different

I -always- wonder if the adults I know use forums.

prob they do - certainly FB I would think

I've got a few on FB actually, which is handy for work based things

I won't have any pupils/students ex or otherwise as friends - the headmaster has said we are not to so I don't - I personally don't want pupils contacting me but we only go up to year 11 so it is prob a bit different

My school is a bit blurred along the teacher/student friendship line (which sounds welll dodgy, but it's not).

It came up in Ofsted that teachers and students had friendships rather than just...student-teacher relationships. I don't know if this sounds like a bad thing or no?

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Does anyone admit at work they are a forrumer??? I have told a couple of my closer colleagues and they look at me like I am their senile aging aunt

A couple of my friends know that I use forums but they think it's fine as a lot of them are the same.

prob because you are the right perceived age to be on forums - LOT OF COLLEAGUES ARE ON fb BUT NOT FORUMs - I just love being different

I -always- wonder if the adults I know use forums.

prob they do - certainly FB I would think

I've got a few on FB actually, which is handy for work based things

I won't have any pupils/students ex or otherwise as friends - the headmaster has said we are not to so I don't - I personally don't want pupils contacting me but we only go up to year 11 so it is prob a bit different

I have a few sixth formers on my FB.... it's great when they say in their status what they are doing and you can reply "GET ON WITH YOUR REVISION!"

ello all

Right, tonight I have done TWO political freds... well one def political.. .one more contraversial! go me!

Now... onto teacher/student relationships.. *cracks knuckles*...

nah, not much to say really... before FB came about I do remember Molly's ICT teacher having a MySpace profile... and pics of himself smoking a spliff and his comments about him smoking said spliff!

I couldn't believe how stupid the man was. His profile did disappear after about a month... and strangely enough, he left the school two terms later!

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Does anyone admit at work they are a forrumer??? I have told a couple of my closer colleagues and they look at me like I am their senile aging aunt

A couple of my friends know that I use forums but they think it's fine as a lot of them are the same.

prob because you are the right perceived age to be on forums - LOT OF COLLEAGUES ARE ON fb BUT NOT FORUMs - I just love being different

I -always- wonder if the adults I know use forums.

prob they do - certainly FB I would think

I've got a few on FB actually, which is handy for work based things

I won't have any pupils/students ex or otherwise as friends - the headmaster has said we are not to so I don't - I personally don't want pupils contacting me but we only go up to year 11 so it is prob a bit different

My school is a bit blurred along the teacher/student friendship line (which sounds welll dodgy, but it's not).

It came up in Ofsted that teachers and students had friendships rather than just...student-teacher relationships. I don't know if this sounds like a bad thing or no?

TBH i think in 6th form it it's different - my son goes to a college - as most schools in our area don't have a 6th form and he calls them by their first name- no uniform etc
we are still very formal - some of the younger staff are friendly but I personally prefer a professional distance - I know I sound stuffy but if we were too friendly discipline would go

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Does anyone admit at work they are a forrumer??? I have told a couple of my closer colleagues and they look at me like I am their senile aging aunt

A couple of my friends know that I use forums but they think it's fine as a lot of them are the same.

prob because you are the right perceived age to be on forums - LOT OF COLLEAGUES ARE ON fb BUT NOT FORUMs - I just love being different

I -always- wonder if the adults I know use forums.

prob they do - certainly FB I would think

I've got a few on FB actually, which is handy for work based things

I won't have any pupils/students ex or otherwise as friends - the headmaster has said we are not to so I don't - I personally don't want pupils contacting me but we only go up to year 11 so it is prob a bit different

My school is a bit blurred along the teacher/student friendship line (which sounds welll dodgy, but it's not).

It came up in Ofsted that teachers and students had friendships rather than just...student-teacher relationships. I don't know if this sounds like a bad thing or no?

TBH i think in 6th form it it's different - my son goes to a college - as most schools in our area don't have a 6th form and he calls them by their first name- no uniform etc
we are still very formal - some of the younger staff are friendly but I personally prefer a professional distance - I know I sound stuffy but if we were too friendly discipline would go

Ooh I find first names with teachers reallly weird! The college that a lot of my friends go to call their teachers by their first names and it always confuses me.

And you don't sound stuffy btw, don't worry

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ello all

Right, tonight I have done TWO political freds... well one def political.. .one more contraversial! go me!

Now... onto teacher/student relationships.. *cracks knuckles*...

nah, not much to say really... before FB came about I do remember Molly's ICT teacher having a MySpace profile... and pics of himself smoking a spliff and his comments about him smoking said spliff!

I couldn't believe how stupid the man was. His profile did disappear after about a month... and strangely enough, he left the school two terms later!

Oh dear at the teacher!

And I too have entered into some mild debate tonight. Which is really unlike me on here. Go us!

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
ello all

Right, tonight I have done TWO political freds... well one def political.. .one more contraversial! go me!

Now... onto teacher/student relationships.. *cracks knuckles*...

nah, not much to say really... before FB came about I do remember Molly's ICT teacher having a MySpace profile... and pics of himself smoking a spliff and his comments about him smoking said spliff!

I couldn't believe how stupid the man was. His profile did disappear after about a month... and strangely enough, he left the school two terms later!

OMG - enough said - we are actually told by the head not to have any students at all as friends and most of us don't - some of the non- teachers do - i personally think it is very dodgy to have students as friends and I won't put myself in that position but as I say - our school does not have a 6th form

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Does anyone admit at work they are a forrumer??? I have told a couple of my closer colleagues and they look at me like I am their senile aging aunt

A couple of my friends know that I use forums but they think it's fine as a lot of them are the same.

prob because you are the right perceived age to be on forums - LOT OF COLLEAGUES ARE ON fb BUT NOT FORUMs - I just love being different

I -always- wonder if the adults I know use forums.

prob they do - certainly FB I would think

I've got a few on FB actually, which is handy for work based things

I won't have any pupils/students ex or otherwise as friends - the headmaster has said we are not to so I don't - I personally don't want pupils contacting me but we only go up to year 11 so it is prob a bit different

I have a few sixth formers on my FB.... it's great when they say in their status what they are doing and you can reply "GET ON WITH YOUR REVISION!"

I think that is it - 6th formers - there is a big difference from year 11 to 12 and we really notice it when they come back for their GCSE certificates

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Originally posted by rosgirl:
TBH i think in 6th form it it's different - my son goes to a college - as most schools in our area don't have a 6th form and he calls them by their first name- no uniform etc
we are still very formal - some of the younger staff are friendly but I personally prefer a professional distance - I know I sound stuffy but if we were too friendly discipline would go

It is different in the sixth form. I don't have anyone from the lower years on FB. I definitely agee there should be some distance. To be honest I'm not overly keen on having any students on there, and when the first sixth former requested me as a friend I thought long and hard about it. But it's a completely different relationship than with the lower years and I couldn't come up with any reasons to justify declining.

lol... Ros.. Molly was only year 9 at the time we saw that pic. The man was just plain stupid imo.

ICT teacher as well... I did say to daughter, well don't be taking any of his advice on online safety then!

Calling teachers by their first name... I thought only the right on drama teachers did that.. (my drama teacher was called Ross, and did wear brown cords!!).

As a parent, and as an adult, and even from the prehistoric era of when I was a student... I think a degree of distances is the right thing for a teacher/student.

Gets murky in higher ed though! My friend had to keep her affair with her tutor, when she was doing her art degree, a secret... they are now married. There were still rumours though... and accusations (she got a first lol!)

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TBH i think in 6th form it it's different - my son goes to a college - as most schools in our area don't have a 6th form and he calls them by their first name- no uniform etc
we are still very formal - some of the younger staff are friendly but I personally prefer a professional distance - I know I sound stuffy but if we were too friendly discipline would go

It is different in the sixth form. I don't have anyone from the lower years on FB. I definitely agee there should be some distance. To be honest I'm not overly keen on having any students on there, and when the first sixth former requested me as a friend I thought long and hard about it. But it's a completely different relationship than with the lower years and I couldn't come up with any reasons to justify declining.

But I bet you consider what you put on your fb a little bit more, now that they have access to it!

I feel that my school may be pretty slack here

I was going to a gig with my art teacher for absolutely ages until I had to cancel 'cause of going to Germany.

He still confides in me about students he really dislikes as well. My drama teachers are the same.

I'm also going to his wedding next year, and was invited to my other art teacher's evening reception last weekend.

I know it could sound like we have no discipline or anything, but I really would never consider messing them around because of how 'close' (this may be the wrong word but I can't find a better one) I feel to them.

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lol... Ros.. Molly was only year 9 at the time we saw that pic. The man was just plain stupid imo.

ICT teacher as well... I did say to daughter, well don't be taking any of his advice on online safety then!

Calling teachers by their first name... I thought only the right on drama teachers did that.. (my drama teacher was called Ross, and did wear brown cords!!).

As a parent, and as an adult, and even from the prehistoric era of when I was a student... I think a degree of distances is the right thing for a teacher/student.

Gets murky in higher ed though! My friend had to keep her affair with her tutor, when she was doing her art degree, a secret... they are now married. There were still rumours though... and accusations (she got a first lol!)

At my last school a young PE teacher had a relationship with a 15 year old male student (who just so happened to be my newphew ) She was suspended for a week then allowed back when she claimed it was over. Two weeks later it was discovered to still be going on and she was sacked. Three months later she was back because her solicitor apparently found procedural errors in her dismissal. I'm still convinced however that the school just waited till the boy had left school then brought her back. She was a family friend of the head.

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I feel that my school may be pretty slack here

I was going to a gig with my art teacher for absolutely ages until I had to cancel 'cause of going to Germany.

He still confides in me about students he really dislikes as well. My drama teachers are the same.

And that is exactly why I think its a bad thing! SOME (Ros, Ducky... I would like to EMPHASIS THE SOME.. as in not you) but SOME teachers can be as immature as the kids. I have experienced teachers that are 'down with the kids' and heard them joining in with the bitching about the unpopular ones.

It shouldn't be that way. IMO.

Ooooh.. see this is what comes of going in the bloody political threads... no more for me. Shallow and silly only from now on!

It is a dificult one FB - I even ignore adults I don't want on there sometimes - love it but FB has got the potential to be dangerous

Anyway night everybody

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Originally posted by rosgirl:
TBH i think in 6th form it it's different - my son goes to a college - as most schools in our area don't have a 6th form and he calls them by their first name- no uniform etc
we are still very formal - some of the younger staff are friendly but I personally prefer a professional distance - I know I sound stuffy but if we were too friendly discipline would go

It is different in the sixth form. I don't have anyone from the lower years on FB. I definitely agee there should be some distance. To be honest I'm not overly keen on having any students on there, and when the first sixth former requested me as a friend I thought long and hard about it. But it's a completely different relationship than with the lower years and I couldn't come up with any reasons to justify declining.

But I bet you consider what you put on your fb a little bit more, now that they have access to it!

PMSL Yep! So if you could all refrain from calling me Captain Ducky on my wall that would be great.

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I feel that my school may be pretty slack here

I was going to a gig with my art teacher for absolutely ages until I had to cancel 'cause of going to Germany.

He still confides in me about students he really dislikes as well. My drama teachers are the same.

And that is exactly why I think its a bad thing! SOME (Ros, Ducky... I would like to EMPHASIS THE SOME.. as in not you) but SOME teachers can be as immature as the kids. I have experienced teachers that are 'down with the kids' and heard them joining in with the bitching about the unpopular ones.

It shouldn't be that way. IMO.

Ooooh.. see this is what comes of going in the bloody political threads... no more for me. Shallow and silly only from now on!

Hang on.... before you go all shallow and silly.... my head of department is just like that! Drives me crazy!!! She gossips with the students about everything, including slagging off other staff.

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I feel that my school may be pretty slack here

I was going to a gig with my art teacher for absolutely ages until I had to cancel 'cause of going to Germany.

He still confides in me about students he really dislikes as well. My drama teachers are the same.

And that is exactly why I think its a bad thing! SOME (Ros, Ducky... I would like to EMPHASIS THE SOME.. as in not you) but SOME teachers can be as immature as the kids. I have experienced teachers that are 'down with the kids' and heard them joining in with the bitching about the unpopular ones.

It shouldn't be that way. IMO.

Ooooh.. see this is what comes of going in the bloody political threads... no more for me. Shallow and silly only from now on!

Awh no I didn't mean it to sound like they were bitching.

I'll shush now anyway. Back to non-serious topics!

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TBH i think in 6th form it it's different - my son goes to a college - as most schools in our area don't have a 6th form and he calls them by their first name- no uniform etc
we are still very formal - some of the younger staff are friendly but I personally prefer a professional distance - I know I sound stuffy but if we were too friendly discipline would go

It is different in the sixth form. I don't have anyone from the lower years on FB. I definitely agee there should be some distance. To be honest I'm not overly keen on having any students on there, and when the first sixth former requested me as a friend I thought long and hard about it. But it's a completely different relationship than with the lower years and I couldn't come up with any reasons to justify declining.

But I bet you consider what you put on your fb a little bit more, now that they have access to it!

PMSL Yep! So if you could all refrain from calling me Captain Ducky on my wall that would be great.

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It is a dificult one FB - I even ignore adults I don't want on there sometimes - love it but FB has got the potential to be dangerous

Anyway night everybody

Nighty night Ros

Night Ros. I'd better go myself in a min. I've got to be up at 7 to babysit my neice for the day.

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TBH i think in 6th form it it's different - my son goes to a college - as most schools in our area don't have a 6th form and he calls them by their first name- no uniform etc
we are still very formal - some of the younger staff are friendly but I personally prefer a professional distance - I know I sound stuffy but if we were too friendly discipline would go

It is different in the sixth form. I don't have anyone from the lower years on FB. I definitely agee there should be some distance. To be honest I'm not overly keen on having any students on there, and when the first sixth former requested me as a friend I thought long and hard about it. But it's a completely different relationship than with the lower years and I couldn't come up with any reasons to justify declining.

But I bet you consider what you put on your fb a little bit more, now that they have access to it!

PMSL Yep! So if you could all refrain from calling me Captain Ducky on my wall that would be great.

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Hang on.... before you go all shallow and silly.... my head of department is just like that! Drives me crazy!!! She gossips with the students about everything, including slagging off other staff.

See... I think that is disgusting! Its unprofessional... and well it shows a lack of self.. or something. Just immature and needy of her... obviously wanting to be the big 'I am' with a bunch of kids!

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Awh no I didn't mean it to sound like they were bitching.

I'll shush now anyway. Back to non-serious topics!

I wasn't doing a deleted name of contentious fm on you Mary... xxx

Ooops, sorry... night Ros xxx

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Awh no I didn't mean it to sound like they were bitching.

I'll shush now anyway. Back to non-serious topics!

I wasn't doing a deleted name of contentious fm on you Mary... xxx

I've noo idea who you're on about there btw but it made me laugh anyway.

And I know you weren't

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Hang on.... before you go all shallow and silly.... my head of department is just like that! Drives me crazy!!! She gossips with the students about everything, including slagging off other staff.

See... I think that is disgusting! Its unprofessional... and well it shows a lack of self.. or something. Just immature and needy of her... obviously wanting to be the big 'I am' with a bunch of kids!

I think its disgusting too. I was really shocked when I first realised. I was spoilt at my last school with a wonderful head of department. This one is just a total joke. Luckily she's been fine with me so far but another maths teacher bears the brunt of her gossiping. I've lost count of the number of students who've told me the poor woman is a crap teacher. And it's all because the year she taught statistics was the first year ever the school had a student fail it..... then this so called professional head of department decided to scrap doing that exam all together and made sure all the students knew why. She fails to tell them she'd never taught the subject before and was standing in for this head when she was on maternity leave. Makes my blood boil.

Ok rant over.... I'm off to the land of nod. See you all tomorrow night.

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Hang on.... before you go all shallow and silly.... my head of department is just like that! Drives me crazy!!! She gossips with the students about everything, including slagging off other staff.

See... I think that is disgusting! Its unprofessional... and well it shows a lack of self.. or something. Just immature and needy of her... obviously wanting to be the big 'I am' with a bunch of kids!

I think its disgusting too. I was really shocked when I first realised. I was spoilt at my last school with a wonderful head of department. This one is just a total joke. Luckily she's been fine with me so far but another maths teacher bears the brunt of her gossiping. I've lost count of the number of students who've told me she is a crap teacher. And it's all because the year she taught statistics was the first year ever the school had a student fail it..... then this so called professional head of department decided to scrap doing that exam all together and made sure all the students knew why. She fails to tell them she'd never taught the subject before and was standing in for this head when she was on maternity leave. Makes my blood boil.

That is really sad. Mind you, I am aware that the profession with the most tribunals for bullying is the teaching profession! Followed by nursing! But teaching leads by a mile!

Na Night Captain Ducky *salutes*

theres a first for you!!!

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Originally posted by Duckypup:

Hang on.... before you go all shallow and silly.... my head of department is just like that! Drives me crazy!!! She gossips with the students about everything, including slagging off other staff.

See... I think that is disgusting! Its unprofessional... and well it shows a lack of self.. or something. Just immature and needy of her... obviously wanting to be the big 'I am' with a bunch of kids!

I think its disgusting too. I was really shocked when I first realised. I was spoilt at my last school with a wonderful head of department. This one is just a total joke. Luckily she's been fine with me so far but another maths teacher bears the brunt of her gossiping. I've lost count of the number of students who've told me she is a crap teacher. And it's all because the year she taught statistics was the first year ever the school had a student fail it..... then this so called professional head of department decided to scrap doing that exam all together and made sure all the students knew why. She fails to tell them she'd never taught the subject before and was standing in for this head when she was on maternity leave. Makes my blood boil.

There's a health and social teacher at my school who hasn't turned up to the lessons for the past five weeks, so five students complained to the head of sixth form and he revealed the name of one of them to the woman in question, who then launched a full scale attack on her. Which I think is completelyyy out of order. She was upset about it for days and dreads going to her lessons now

Nighty night btw Ducks

See that too is totally unacceptably Mary. The 'woman in question' should be taken to task about it!!!! And why on earth did the head of sixth only reveal one student name... all or nothing surely.

mind you, as head of sixth.. he should be aware of whether his staff are at work or not!

The girl getting the grief should put in a formal complaint!

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Na Night Captain Ducky *salutes*

theres a first for you!!!

Put a bit of effort into it girl..


Night Ditty

Night Maz.

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Na Night Captain Ducky *salutes*

theres a first for you!!!

Put a bit of effort into it girl..


Night Ditty

Night Maz.

I am not wearing an outfit like that... nooooo, never!

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See that too is totally unacceptably Mary. The 'woman in question' should be taken to task about it!!!! And why on earth did the head of sixth only reveal one student name... all or nothing surely.

mind you, as head of sixth.. he should be aware of whether his staff are at work or not!

The girl getting the grief should put in a formal complaint!

I know, I think it's really unfair on her One of the others who complained was sat right next to her when she got called out of her lesson as well.

I think she has put in one actually, either that or her parents have.

Btw Ditty, look at these!

Clicky click.

Good!

I hope this girls parents do take up the fight... and fight it hard!!!

Hubby & I had to take the music teacher and the head of upper school down a peg or two a couple of years ago. they were acting like sulky teenagers, and basically having a go at molly and making unfair requests on her (long long story)... anyhow... hubby eventually had enough! And played hard ball! He kicked their arses, took it to the governors and the education peeps at the council.

Problem got solved... but there will always be those at Mo's school that brand her as a trouble maker... and her school is always in the local papers. A student only has to sneeze and the press officer has the local gazette up to do a peice on it.

When Mo got her scholarship, which is a major acheivement, head of upper school couldn't even bring himself to mention it to her... he cannot even look her (or us) in the eye!

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Btw Ditty, look at these!

Clicky click.

ooooh errrr! A good idea I suppose... she does sound like she knows what she's talking about!

And... my friends duck only had free access to the kitchen / utility / conservatory areas, which were hard floored, cos of the pooping problem.