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In a village of less than 150 souls, the ratio of professional painters is somewhat small. But as most of the lived-in houses were being painted by owners/professionals, I thought that any nefarious questions might have been against the spirit of the whole thing. Something that you don't seem to get. Surely there must be an antidote to your angst. Or do you revel in being miserable .......... no need to answer.Did you ask the local painters/decorators what they thought of the idea?
Read - post - again.And Purple, your call for my post to be removed. I have no doubt you can argue well for free speech . . . unfortunately, the truth hurts. And TOUGH!!
Maybe Bertie was right all along - those who want to question things should just go and kill themselves instead. Let's just be ruled by the prevailing school of thought at the Sindo or the Daily Mail or whatever right-wing media outlet tells us what to do.In a village of less than 150 souls, the ratio of professional painters is somewhat small. But as most of the lived-in houses were being painted by owners/professionals, I thought that any nefarious questions might have been against the spirit of the whole thing. Something that you don't seem to get. Surely there must be an antidote to your angst. Or do you revel in being miserable .......... no need to answer.
But that could easily be addressed as I am sure they would not need every single unemployed person in Ireland to help, so why not start with those longest on the dole? Thsi way it will not hit those who were busy workign over the last few years, and it will also catch those who were unemployed while this country was booming and there was loads of jobs for all.
If you are fit and healthy and able to work, and have been unemployed for say 5 years, then you are just a work-shy layabout (imho).
For example we have the teachers and their unions complaining about large class sizes.At the same time we have a large number of unemployed teachers looking for a teaching job.Surely it would not be too hard to put the unemployed teachers working for even 2 to 3 days a week in the schools for their dole money or a bit more.The existing teachers unlike the aforementioned painters would not suffer a cut in their pay or hours, yet of course they would oppose this measure tooth and nail showing up their hypocritical concerns about large class sizes.
So you want to have two teachers, working side by side in the same school, doing the same work. One is paid a full professional salary, and the other is paid subsistence-level dole for doing the same work? The second teacher is punished simply for having the misfortune to find themselves unemployed.For example we have the teachers and their unions complaining about large class sizes.At the same time we have a large number of unemployed teachers looking for a teaching job.Surely it would not be too hard to put the unemployed teachers working for even 2 to 3 days a week in the schools for their dole money or a bit more.The existing teachers unlike the aforementioned painters would not suffer a cut in their pay or hours, yet of course they would oppose this measure tooth and nail showing up their hypocritical concerns about large class sizes.
So you want to have two teachers, working side by side in the same school, doing the same work. One is paid a full professional salary, and the other is paid subsistence-level dole for doing the same work? The second teacher is punished simply for having the misfortune to find themselves unemployed.
Anything exciting in The Morning Star or Grauniad recently?Maybe Bertie was right all along - those who want to question things should just go and kill themselves instead. Let's just be ruled by the prevailing school of thought at the Sindo or the Daily Mail or whatever right-wing media outlet tells us what to do.
Or maybe the second teacher is punished because the first teacher is paid so much that the state can't afford to pay the second one properly.
I do agree though; it would be an untenable situation. The grossly inflated salaries in teaching have to be addressed for the sake of the education system and the countries future but that's not the way to do it.
So should we look for volunteer nurses, and volunteer accountants, and volunteer lawyers to work for the state for free as well?Well it is a start in having an extra badly needed teacher in the school at no extra cost to the state.You could have 2 unemployed teachers doing 2 to 3 days work in the week for their dole. It is voluntary so the "unemployed teacher" is happy. The existing high paid teacher should have nothing to complain about.
Of course teachers salaries should be much lower and unemployed teachers,maybe after a stint of voluntary teaching brought on to the permanent staff.
So should we look for volunteer nurses, and volunteer accountants, and volunteer lawyers to work for the state for free as well?
What's the betting that the funding provided to schools just happens to get cut by the equivalent of the zero cost resources in the next year's budget?
Our buisness leaders and policy makers are always praising the benefits of a flexible labour force. Workers in the hospitality industry,other private low paid work and employees of multinationals have no unions and have flexible working practises. These have given a lot of oppurtunity to young eager workers.
However in a public service like teaching, one have the scenario of permanent very high paid teachers and unemployed teachers on the dole with no hope of employment because of the public service embargo.This at a time of serious teacher shortages and very high teacher pupil ratios.I made a humble rough proposal suggesting a way that unemployed teachers could teach for 2 days a week for their dole or maybe a little more.
I am disappointed with posters opposition to my pragmation solution. These fall into 2 camps
First that existing teachers salaries or sensibilities will be undermined
secondly that the teachers from the unemployed ranks will be exploited...in working 2 days for their dole money on a voluntary basis
Then the long term cost to the state is reduced. How is that a bad thing?It's not a bad idea in helping young teachers get experience. The problem is and this happens in every company I have worked in, the company gets used to have these teachers doing jobs and therefore never fill the role with permanent staff even if the work is there for one.
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