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    Some bad news

    Just been informed by my brother that he's been made redundant from his job as a science teacher. So much for the security of a public sector job


    Apparently Devon County Council are implementing cuts and it's on a first in first out basis. He's got a young family & a huge mortgage & I don't fancy his chances of finding another teaching job anytime soon.

    #2
    Originally posted by wurzel View Post
    Apparently Devon County Council are implementing cuts and it's on a first in first out basis.
    First in or last in?
    If you read the best 3 books in any subject, you'll be in the top 5% of experts in the world.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Numpty View Post
      First in or last in?
      Correction - last in first out.

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        #4
        Yeah, what do schools need science teachers for anyway? It's not like the kids need to learn how to fit a plug, or realise what nonsense the AGW crowd are spouting.
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          #5
          Education, education, education. Until we've spent too much money on other stuff...

          Bad news indeed. Science teachers are so necessary. Get rid of the geography teachers for goodness sake!
          Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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            #6
            Can he detrain and become a media studies teacher, or a social studies teacher or a history of popular music teacher?
            If you read the best 3 books in any subject, you'll be in the top 5% of experts in the world.

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              #7
              LIFO - talk about going back to the bad old days of Labour!
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                #8
                Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
                LIFO - talk about going back to the bad old days of Labour!
                Good point. That also means...

                Originally posted by Numpty View Post
                Can he detrain and become a media studies teacher, or a social studies teacher or a history of popular music teacher?
                "Demarcation, Brothers! Say NO to putting media studies teachers out of work just to take on unqualified science teachers! Stand firm! One out, all out! Etc."

                He's buggered.
                If you read the best 3 books in any subject, you'll be in the top 5% of experts in the world.

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                  #9
                  That's going to be tough.
                  I hope that he finds another job soon

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                    #10
                    He should go for an R&D job with one of the pharma companies in Basel, and quadruple his pay.
                    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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