Most of our local schools are closed today because of the non event of a storm.
In my opinion it was irresponsible of the department of education to suggest to schools that they should close.
The closure means disruption to the lives of working parents, (tax individualisation), missed days in the children's education, and a general erosion of respect for the serious matter of education.
It seems to me that closing schools like this is merely an opportunity for a teachers day off and hang the consequences to anyone else.
Our local primary school, where teachers earn from €32,000 to over €60,000 and have a state guaranteed pension with children aged from 4 upwards, is closed to day.
100 meters down the road, at the local play school, where childcare workers earn from €8.65 to €10.50 per hour and no pension, with children aged from 4 downward, is open as usual.
This is the kind of thing that creates contempt among those who have to work for a living towards the public sector.
In my opinion it was irresponsible of the department of education to suggest to schools that they should close.
The closure means disruption to the lives of working parents, (tax individualisation), missed days in the children's education, and a general erosion of respect for the serious matter of education.
It seems to me that closing schools like this is merely an opportunity for a teachers day off and hang the consequences to anyone else.
Our local primary school, where teachers earn from €32,000 to over €60,000 and have a state guaranteed pension with children aged from 4 upwards, is closed to day.
100 meters down the road, at the local play school, where childcare workers earn from €8.65 to €10.50 per hour and no pension, with children aged from 4 downward, is open as usual.
This is the kind of thing that creates contempt among those who have to work for a living towards the public sector.