I will not cry about this...

[lozenger8]

I've never wanted to be the kind of person who only works for money. I work damn hard at all kinds of things without expecting a cent. If I were a 'money is the be-all and end-all' kind of person, I never would have become a teacher

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[piapiapiano]

Also, has anyone confronted Mr 40 Years' Experience about his crapitude? What would happen if you all stood up to him en masse?

[lozenger8]

Oh, we have tried. He doesn't get it. As far as he's aware, the sun shines out of his arse and we're all terrible, mutinous bastards for not seeing it.

[lozenger8]

It actually made the whole situation worse when we tried to go through the grievance procedures, because our grievance officer is a lovely man, but a foolish fool, who showed Mr. 40 Years the dot points we'd laid down before we could edit them appropriately (so they didn't basically say 'he's a rude, obnoxious fuckwit with a superiority complex' in slightly nicer words.)

[rowena742]

Eesh.

Do you guys have unions out there? Is striking an option?

(*hugs*, btw)

[lozenger8]

You can't strike at an individual site, but the teachers' union is already striking over the terrible pay and proposed educational funding model being offered.