Does anyone know how this works practically? The physical building belongs to the Anglican Church, the minister is and Anglican Minister and is paid by the Anglican church. Are they intending to move their services to the park or a warehouse? Or are they assuming they can just carry on while saying they are separate?
People are willing to give up if there is a chance of saving for a deposit. It even doing without everything except basic food and rent still means it will take 20 years plus to save the deposit it is a bit hard to do especially since the price for the house you are saving for may be double or triple the price by then and you will still be short. Of course many if not most people are not on the living wage - and no it is not just unqualified people doing unskilled jobs.
It seems unlikely in 60s New Zealand that a bunch of people could be shot and no-one notice. Although with computer systems in their infancy (and did you need a passport to go to Aus at that point?) it was a lot easier to disappear. Maybe there was a rash of people who unexpectedly moved to Australia? No point executing someone secretly though so someone would have known and talked at some point.
But life it a lot different now than it was when the people in retirement now when they were in their 20s. And there are still a lot of people who lost money to the compulsory super scheme that was scrapped without anyone getting the money back because it had been absorbed into the general funds.
Perhaps they should but you cant guarantee something wont happen to your savings and the people who are retiring now werent told that. I cant afford to save much so I am trying to pay off my mortgage. Luckily for me i wont be forced to sell and end up with half of what is left because I am not married. if that did happen in my fifties it would be very hard to recover by retirement.
free travel only really in places with good transport systems. Some of power not most unless you have a very low winter bill. I am glad you are doing well though.
The odd thing is that a poorer person who has saved a deposit and is paying rent that exceeds what their mortgage payments would be is considered a poor risk whereas a high income person who hasnt managed to put any of that high income towards a deposit is somehow seen as a better bet.
I think that should be taught in the context of history and law not religion as well. I think making it opt in is a sensible approach as it makes it something that is though about not just gone along with. There is an opt out for sex education but I would be happy with it also being an opt in. In fact I would be happy with having to approve anything outside basic education which is what the schools should be doing.
I hate pre pay as I feel like I am being accused of theft BUT if it was just standard in all petrol stations we would get used to it quickly. if it is just one or two I will avoid them.
They were told that it would be enough. Also you dont know what happened. And even if they spent every spare cent on gambling and beer a compassionate society should have sympathy for anyone reduced to sleeping in a car. I will have sympathy for you if you get too sick to work, get caught up in a scam and lose all your money, get divorced and have to start again or have a mental breakdown and take to roaming the streets talking to yourself. My sympathy wont be much good but it is better than your attitude.
I have had the power cut off instead of the neighbours. I also lived in a flat once where they never did a reading and hadnt for years because the meter was inside and everyone worked and they never tried to arrange a time. Bet the final bill was 1000s but since it had been going on for years it never even occurred to me to try and negotiate a new start point.
I agree that kids need more time outside but I suspect that the kids who live in the most urban, green space deprived kids wont have access and wouldnt be able to afford good enough clothes to take advantage if they did. Those who will have access and are able to afford good clothes are probably getting more than average outdoor experience anyway.That is not to say I disagree with allowing outdoor preschools just that we are talking about making changes for a few children who are probably in least need of different experiences.
There might be fewer kids with regulation problems if the schools went back to single cell classrooms with each kid having their own desk apart from the others, fewer distractions on the walls and round the classes and a stable predictable time table so that the kids knew what to expect and when. I would never have coped in the classes my kids are in and neither do a lot of the kids now. They are set up for sensory overload, hyperactivity, stress and poor concentration.
Well to be fair it is the government via the schools that has set things up in a way that many kids cannot do their homework without the internet. No one asked the parents (at least no one asked me) whether they would prefer the kids came home with a text book or worksheet or better still didnt have homework. If the school/government creates the problem then perhaps they should also solve it. I pay for my own internet by the way as I need it for work.
It is not communism to work for the greater good. No one is saying dont make a profit etc just maybe make a few percent less profit. You dont have to squeeze out the last drop of blood just because you can.
Because they didnt have a crystal ball. What looks like good savings can be destroyed in moment or spend during a a long period of unemployment or ill health.
Sold to. It is impossible to stop someone with a dodgy record buying off you unless you know who they are and can blacklist them before the auction. You would be amazed the number of people who buy and just dont pay.
The show is supposed to reflect everyday life in an extreme manner. Many people do abort babies with such problems and many do not. Most people will have at least one unsolicited opinion in each direction. Many people are ignorant. Since she apparently has not had an abortion at this point so far there is a well meaning father who is worried about his daughter and letting his fear overcome his medical knowledge.
When you have an high IQ kid struggling with known side effects of high IQ and no-one cares because they are not failing it doesnt seem irrelevant. High average IQ, money and work ethic are better predictors of success but that doesnt mean that extremely high IQ kids (and extremely low IQ) dont deserve to get their needs met so they can meet their potential.
To reply to your reply below, Giving some kids extra internet access is not going to prevent your children doing well, being wealthy or having fit spouses. If of course their winning depends on preventing others running the race then that is a problem in itself.
Then all the more reason to make a fuss and get things changed. Natural justice requires the victim to know that the matter has been dealt with and a least a broad description of how.
Breakfast is the cheapest meal but if you have this lunch and weetbix for tea it could make things easier. I am guessing that is one of the reasons countries who have a school lunch progamme have a hot meat at school.
What I was thinking. They sent an anonymous letter to all the neighbours handwritten in capital letters. This indicates an older person who read a lot of Enid Blyton at one point, is overly nosy and feels the need to vent. They may or may not be right. HNZ tenants do get bad press but we dont hear about the majority who just get on with being good neighbours. I dont know many people who have HNZ houses though I have met many who could have used one if it were available but couldnt even get on a waiting list.
About the dress. Parents I know are always commenting on the fact the kids are wearing uniforms while the dress of the teachers is frequently inappropriate or extremely casual. I know of no other professionals who dress so sloppily.
Given the lack of career path and loyalty shown by most employers I dont think many of them expect more than a few years. If you stick at one place too long it can count against you in the future.
Or there is an earthquake like a few years ago. A practice exam is just that - you dont practice to sit a test for driving a manual car using an automatic car or a motorbike.
Maybe some of the increased additional learning needs in the last ten years are caused by increasing huge modern learning environment classrooms (try being ADHD or ASD in a class of 60 plus kids). Job share, frequent relievers and high staff turnover dont help. Perhaps teachers should only change jobs over the summer break?
Since it seems to be proved that total decontamination is not required - the lady reported using sugar soap to everyones horror was probably on the right track. How about at each inspection a test is done. If it shows P then the tenant has a week to take care of it. Scrubbing an washing frantically for a week would be really annoying but not as bad as being evicted.
The point is you did it yourself. And why is it necessary for your child to have a head start? Do the best for your kids sure but not so they can beat others just so they can be the best they can be.
Which she wont be allowed to do because WINZ will not accept that as a reason to exempt her from her work obligations and wont give her a benefit as she voluntarily left her job. Please advise her not to do this without legal advice and a social worker. I was very lucky that when I had to start homeschooling my son I had the option of a job I can mostly do at home and take my child the other days.
Brought on by years of no pay rises and increasing work loads. I am not sure I support them but I support their right to take action where they think it is called for.
Compared to what? I know people in the science field with degrees who got more working at Bunnings. Countdown pay the living wage which is more that many of those same people get. Yes I live in a place where there are limited options for them but the fact remains that many teachers earn above the average wage which does not equal low pay for the qualifications.
I dont know anyone who gets a free house. In fact none of the people I know including me who are by legal definition poor even get a state house or on the waiting list for one and none of them get free food, computer or WiFi.
On a primary school bus the monitor is only about 11 themselves. They have a list but they are checking for kids who should be there but arent not kids who have slipped onto the bus with a friend and dont know that there name is supposed to be called.
I may not be keen on strike but the unions are teachers and ex teachers who represent their members. They are not some alien force who seek to impose their will on the teachers.
He hasnt really. People who are aiming CEOs and heads of marketing etc are expected to change jobs ever 5 years or so as they progress their career. Most businesses no longer promote solely from within so to move up the ladder it is usually necessary to make sideways and upwards moved between companies.
Maybe there are really good reasons. Not many buses some places, medical reasons and the fact that age discrimination and education discrimination is a thing in bus driving too.
And no checkout worker is going to earn that kind of money. It is the same with nurses - sure it is not up to $93.000 for a standard type of week but most people I know could not physically work enough hours to make that money even if they did long shifts, night shifts, weekend shifts and overtime.
I am not a teacher or a nurse but what they are doing is expressing their opinions and defending their rights. They are trying to get a pay rise they think they deserve the same as everyone else does. Are they supposed to just be quiet and take what someone else thinks is appropriate?
People have always had kids for the wrong reasons - predominantly that it was expected of them and they couldnt prevent it. The vast majority of people now give it a lot more though and are a lot more prepared though often less well supported and less experienced with children.
This time there is not a mechanism for the Government to take the money. Better hope you dont get sick or lose your job as that saved money will be fair game for work and income unlike kiwisaver funds.
That may be 1 but the child needs to be achieving to standard or they will just keep falling behind and lose confidence. They dont need to be years ahead but there is a difference between being average and struggling to make any progress.
Yes. i went into Godfreys once and as soon as I admitted to having asthma it was you must but this one - - You can walk out of here with this super one for the same outlay as that cheap one (and then of course pay huge interest and payment for 3 years). In NZ there is always someone in the extended family or friends group who has asthma. I bought the cheaper on and although it was only good for about a month it did function until recently when I used a tax refund to get a better one - not from Godfreys.
It is a very complicated thing. But if I felt Maori or in the US African American could I as a Pakeha/White woman just declare myself to be one? If I took drugs to change my skin colour etc would that override the fact that I had not suffered the institutional racism throughout my education and early life that Maori and Black Americans do? On the whole I am not sure I really care but it isnt as simple as biology.
Because they dont want to work in a supermarket. They get paid way better than equally qualified people in science etc but it is not a job for everyone. Perhaps we should just keep the pay the same and employ more people? Surely more money doesnt fix the long hours and stress issue whereas a teacher aide in each class or for each modern learning combined class would help with that.
No I know I couldnt do it as I am not designed for it. I do however have equal qualifications and no many people with equal or greater qualifications who do jobs where the result of an error could be death or damage to a multi million dollar industry who will never get near the starting rate of teachers unless they go into management. I also know many people who have had to leave the field the studied for because they knew the pay was never going to improve despite all the talk for years. My point is that as a person with a teaching degree and a few years experience there arent many jobs available to you that will pay anywhere near as well. If you dont like it leave but you will probably have to take a significant pay cut or retrain.
When you get a subsidy it goes directly to an approved provider. The provider is responsible for monitoring and training the carers and the appropriate government agency is responsible for monitoring the agency. It can be a pain because I havent meant any carers who work weekends or evenings and this really limits job opportunities for those most in need of jobs. WINZ requires single parents to get jobs but they cant get assistance with childcare for any jobs that arent between 8.30 and 5.00 when the centres are open. Or if they need to do shift work etc.
Most people I know only heat one or two rooms. When I was flatting you could see your breath in every room but the lounge. It is not that good for the very young,old and unwell. This winter though I am running a heater in our coldest bedroom for an hour or so at bedtime.
$47,000 is a lot more than many graduates with similar qualifications get. Try get a science degree and see if you can get that without going into management.
To be insulted requires co-operation on your part. You may find the offer offensive but you do not have to choose to be insulted and you certainly dont need to share it with the rest of us.
They quite likely could feed then when they had them. Redundancies, sickness and divorce happen. Rents go up and up and wages dont so the amount available for food and head gets ever smaller and you have to share with another family to pay the rent and then you have overcrowding problems on top of everything.
Sitting in a class with a high level of unaddressed anxiety and no help does not teach you to cope with it. It teaches you to hide it until it shows in other ways which can be more destructive than a few days off school.
I am not sure it has as much support as that. Unpaid overtime happens in heaps of industries even ones that pay a lot less than teachers are paid. I couldnt be a teacher but I do get paid a lot less than them.
A lot of parents with kids with ASD, ADHD etc end up keeping their kids home on days they are tired or grumpy for fear they will end up acting up and getting expelled. This of course means the kids lose a lot of school days and can end up behind or not able to maintain relationships with classmates and teachers. Our children to not choose to be challenging. They behave as well as they can given their abilities and the amount of stress placed on them. A bit more support, smaller classes, calmer classrooms and some understanding would go a long way to preventing many of the behavior problems everyone complains about. Most of us will problem children work very hard to help our children despite every door being slammed in our face when we try to get help, A lot of us end up homeschooling which just makes the problem less visable.
You have to join a union and get other people to join too. Hard work anywhere but from my experience it would be especially hard in construction. There will be a union you can join though if you look hard enough.
Go for it. Only problem is the homeschooling supervision allowance is $742 a year for the first child and drops about $200 a year per child. if they paid the teachers like that they would be getting about $12000 a year for teaching 31 kids. Out of that money you pay for curriculum, sports, art and music, transport and anything else your children need. I do it for one of mine as well as working 30 hours as a solo parent. It is worth it but dont let anyone tell you it is easy. And in case you are wondering Correspondence school costs about 6 times the annual allowance so you will be picking, planning and assessing on your own.
Maybe their budget doesnt stretch to $50 per kid that day. Also they might be going to return the favour on the second strike day or in the holidays. I am going to look after a workmates child for free so she can works as it is a day I am at home anyway. She will probably have one of mine in the holidays so I can work on her non work day.
I do think they have to do more social work than they used to but that should be a separate issue. It would be best solved by providing social workers not paying teachers more to stress themselves out trying to carry out duties they were not trained for. Also the Modern Learning Environments are a lot more stressful for everyone than sitting at your own desk doing your own work so that causes problems our teachers didnt have.
Harmed lots of people though. At high school level though until the 80s only the bright and the driven stayed at school past some time in the fifth form. That was probably a lot easier and more pleasant for the teachers.
Splinter group splits from Anglican church over same-sex blessings
Does anyone know how this works practically? The physical building belongs to the Anglican Church, the minister is and Anglican Minister and is paid by the Anglican church. Are they intending to move their services to the park or a warehouse? Or are they assuming they can just carry on while saying they are separate?
Winston Peters wants affordable homes for those on living wage
People are willing to give up if there is a chance of saving for a deposit. It even doing without everything except basic food and rent still means it will take 20 years plus to save the deposit it is a bit hard to do especially since the price for the house you are saving for may be double or triple the price by then and you will still be short. Of course many if not most people are not on the living wage - and no it is not just unqualified people doing unskilled jobs.
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
A lot of businesses are subsidised. It is called working for families and allows the businesses to keep wages low,
A deathbed murder confession: Why doctors decided not to tell police
It seems unlikely in 60s New Zealand that a bunch of people could be shot and no-one notice. Although with computer systems in their infancy (and did you need a passport to go to Aus at that point?) it was a lot easier to disappear. Maybe there was a rash of people who unexpectedly moved to Australia? No point executing someone secretly though so someone would have known and talked at some point.
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
But life it a lot different now than it was when the people in retirement now when they were in their 20s. And there are still a lot of people who lost money to the compulsory super scheme that was scrapped without anyone getting the money back because it had been absorbed into the general funds.
Splinter group splits from Anglican church over same-sex blessings
Roads
Youve lost my savings: KiwiSaver members struggle with downturn
If you are in later years you may only have short term.
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
Perhaps they should but you cant guarantee something wont happen to your savings and the people who are retiring now werent told that. I cant afford to save much so I am trying to pay off my mortgage. Luckily for me i wont be forced to sell and end up with half of what is left because I am not married. if that did happen in my fifties it would be very hard to recover by retirement.
Clothes, beds, rent money: What teachers give their students
Who decides who is too poor to have kids and how poor is too poor? And how are you going to enforce it?
Government looks to improve regulation of home-based early child care
What has that to do with childcare?
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
free travel only really in places with good transport systems. Some of power not most unless you have a very low winter bill. I am glad you are doing well though.
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
The odd thing is that a poorer person who has saved a deposit and is paying rent that exceeds what their mortgage payments would be is considered a poor risk whereas a high income person who hasnt managed to put any of that high income towards a deposit is somehow seen as a better bet.
Schools could ask for signed consent to teach religious instruction
I think that should be taught in the context of history and law not religion as well. I think making it opt in is a sensible approach as it makes it something that is though about not just gone along with. There is an opt out for sex education but I would be happy with it also being an opt in. In fact I would be happy with having to approve anything outside basic education which is what the schools should be doing.
Daily petrol thefts cause Christchurch station owners to take elaborate measures
I hate pre pay as I feel like I am being accused of theft BUT if it was just standard in all petrol stations we would get used to it quickly. if it is just one or two I will avoid them.
Southland schools protest for better funding in education
Do not involve children in your work disagreements.
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
They were told that it would be enough. Also you dont know what happened. And even if they spent every spare cent on gambling and beer a compassionate society should have sympathy for anyone reduced to sleeping in a car. I will have sympathy for you if you get too sick to work, get caught up in a scam and lose all your money, get divorced and have to start again or have a mental breakdown and take to roaming the streets talking to yourself. My sympathy wont be much good but it is better than your attitude.
Splinter group splits from Anglican church over same-sex blessings
But different churches at different times interpret the word of God differently. Religion as practiced is a human creation not Gods.
Canterbury mum 'heartbroken' after Pink concert tickets scam
Pretty sure there were scammers in ancient Greece and Rome and probably before. Human nature doesnt change that much.
We choose swipes, taps and remotes instead of family dinner chat
My memories of family dinners are not good enough to make it a regular thing. And it didnt prevent any problems either.
'Why was Mum allowed to rack up a $12,000 bill?'
I have had the power cut off instead of the neighbours. I also lived in a flat once where they never did a reading and hadnt for years because the meter was inside and everyone worked and they never tried to arrange a time. Bet the final bill was 1000s but since it had been going on for years it never even occurred to me to try and negotiate a new start point.
Clothes, beds, rent money: What teachers give their students
Also prevents the classroom being disrupted by kids who are too hungry to function properly,
Youve lost my savings: KiwiSaver members struggle with downturn
Your werent forced you chose.
Wading through red tape and cotton wool to enable nature-based kindergartens
I agree that kids need more time outside but I suspect that the kids who live in the most urban, green space deprived kids wont have access and wouldnt be able to afford good enough clothes to take advantage if they did. Those who will have access and are able to afford good clothes are probably getting more than average outdoor experience anyway.That is not to say I disagree with allowing outdoor preschools just that we are talking about making changes for a few children who are probably in least need of different experiences.
Teachers are planning to strike because they need more help to deal with children's behaviour issues, TaupÅ teachers planning to strike say
There might be fewer kids with regulation problems if the schools went back to single cell classrooms with each kid having their own desk apart from the others, fewer distractions on the walls and round the classes and a stable predictable time table so that the kids knew what to expect and when. I would never have coped in the classes my kids are in and neither do a lot of the kids now. They are set up for sensory overload, hyperactivity, stress and poor concentration.
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
not if you own and are only paying rares. it wouldnt meet the payment threshold.
Hundreds of Christchurch students to receive free internet access at their homes
Well to be fair it is the government via the schools that has set things up in a way that many kids cannot do their homework without the internet. No one asked the parents (at least no one asked me) whether they would prefer the kids came home with a text book or worksheet or better still didnt have homework. If the school/government creates the problem then perhaps they should also solve it. I pay for my own internet by the way as I need it for work.
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
It is not communism to work for the greater good. No one is saying dont make a profit etc just maybe make a few percent less profit. You dont have to squeeze out the last drop of blood just because you can.
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
Because they didnt have a crystal ball. What looks like good savings can be destroyed in moment or spend during a a long period of unemployment or ill health.
Canterbury mum 'heartbroken' after Pink concert tickets scam
Sold to. It is impossible to stop someone with a dodgy record buying off you unless you know who they are and can blacklist them before the auction. You would be amazed the number of people who buy and just dont pay.
Government looks to improve regulation of home-based early child care
Mostly the parents are there though so the dance teacher is not responsible for their kids - the parents are.
Shortland Street's 'insensitive' Down syndrome baby storyline controversy
The show is supposed to reflect everyday life in an extreme manner. Many people do abort babies with such problems and many do not. Most people will have at least one unsolicited opinion in each direction. Many people are ignorant. Since she apparently has not had an abortion at this point so far there is a well meaning father who is worried about his daughter and letting his fear overcome his medical knowledge.
Older people forced to sleep in car as housing crisis bites
Larger than needed homes are an indication of foolishness.
It's a dog eat cat world. Get used to it
I am very rarely woken up by a cat and have never been chased by one.
Damien Grant: What a person does with their genetic inheritance defines them
When you have an high IQ kid struggling with known side effects of high IQ and no-one cares because they are not failing it doesnt seem irrelevant. High average IQ, money and work ethic are better predictors of success but that doesnt mean that extremely high IQ kids (and extremely low IQ) dont deserve to get their needs met so they can meet their potential.
Private school teachers not striking is nothing to high five about
27 is not much smaller.
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
Llshiraz These teachers are the kids you and your colleagues taught. Do you not see a connection?
Hundreds of Christchurch students to receive free internet access at their homes
To reply to your reply below, Giving some kids extra internet access is not going to prevent your children doing well, being wealthy or having fit spouses. If of course their winning depends on preventing others running the race then that is a problem in itself.
Young girl punched in the head at Auckland school
Then all the more reason to make a fuss and get things changed. Natural justice requires the victim to know that the matter has been dealt with and a least a broad description of how.
Eat My Lunch tackles child poverty in Christchurch by feeding hundreds of children
Breakfast is the cheapest meal but if you have this lunch and weetbix for tea it could make things easier. I am guessing that is one of the reasons countries who have a school lunch progamme have a hot meat at school.
Jobs warning to over 45s - ageism is alive and well
He has become more or less self employed. But whatever he does doesnt make it right to just discard all applications from anyone over a certain age.
Hundreds of Christchurch students to receive free internet access at their homes
Are your kids at one of the few schools that dont require homework that requires internet access?
Handwriting expert says TÅ«Äkau note might have been written by a quick-tempered neighbour
What I was thinking. They sent an anonymous letter to all the neighbours handwritten in capital letters. This indicates an older person who read a lot of Enid Blyton at one point, is overly nosy and feels the need to vent. They may or may not be right. HNZ tenants do get bad press but we dont hear about the majority who just get on with being good neighbours. I dont know many people who have HNZ houses though I have met many who could have used one if it were available but couldnt even get on a waiting list.
Q&A: Is my 4-year-old son becoming a bully?
It is all about what actions the parent should take. What she/he is currently doing obviously isnt working.
Teachers' strike real possibility as mediation fails to broker deal
About the dress. Parents I know are always commenting on the fact the kids are wearing uniforms while the dress of the teachers is frequently inappropriate or extremely casual. I know of no other professionals who dress so sloppily.
Jobs warning to over 45s - ageism is alive and well
Given the lack of career path and loyalty shown by most employers I dont think many of them expect more than a few years. If you stick at one place too long it can count against you in the future.
Clothes, beds, rent money: What teachers give their students
I agree - we dont spend enough money on Te Reo to solve any of these problems.
Students at Auckland school angry at digital testing
Or there is an earthquake like a few years ago. A practice exam is just that - you dont practice to sit a test for driving a manual car using an automatic car or a motorbike.
Primary teachers and principals are rallying for public support as full-day strike looms
Maybe some of the increased additional learning needs in the last ten years are caused by increasing huge modern learning environment classrooms (try being ADHD or ASD in a class of 60 plus kids). Job share, frequent relievers and high staff turnover dont help. Perhaps teachers should only change jobs over the summer break?
Why are we frittering away big bucks on compensation?
Since it seems to be proved that total decontamination is not required - the lady reported using sugar soap to everyones horror was probably on the right track. How about at each inspection a test is done. If it shows P then the tenant has a week to take care of it. Scrubbing an washing frantically for a week would be really annoying but not as bad as being evicted.
Hundreds of Christchurch students to receive free internet access at their homes
The point is you did it yourself. And why is it necessary for your child to have a head start? Do the best for your kids sure but not so they can beat others just so they can be the best they can be.
Outdated and 'fragmented' learning support system failing
Which she wont be allowed to do because WINZ will not accept that as a reason to exempt her from her work obligations and wont give her a benefit as she voluntarily left her job. Please advise her not to do this without legal advice and a social worker. I was very lucky that when I had to start homeschooling my son I had the option of a job I can mostly do at home and take my child the other days.
Canterbury mum 'heartbroken' after Pink concert tickets scam
Unless it is from someone you know and can trust who has a genuine reason. Workmate who in in hospital for example.
Students at Auckland school angry at digital testing
Some other countries stop teaching for a month several times a year for testing. Things are taught between the practice and the real tests though.
Half-day strike a chance after teacher pay vote
Brought on by years of no pay rises and increasing work loads. I am not sure I support them but I support their right to take action where they think it is called for.
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
Compared to what? I know people in the science field with degrees who got more working at Bunnings. Countdown pay the living wage which is more that many of those same people get. Yes I live in a place where there are limited options for them but the fact remains that many teachers earn above the average wage which does not equal low pay for the qualifications.
Hundreds of Christchurch students to receive free internet access at their homes
I dont know anyone who gets a free house. In fact none of the people I know including me who are by legal definition poor even get a state house or on the waiting list for one and none of them get free food, computer or WiFi.
"Primary school sector lists potential strike dates ahead of secret vote",
The salaries would be generous if the workload was reduced significantly, That would also be in the best interests of the kids.
"Mother's school pickup panic after child, 5, boarded bus with new friend",
On a primary school bus the monitor is only about 11 themselves. They have a list but they are checking for kids who should be there but arent not kids who have slipped onto the bus with a friend and dont know that there name is supposed to be called.
Half-day strike a chance after teacher pay vote
I may not be keen on strike but the unions are teachers and ex teachers who represent their members. They are not some alien force who seek to impose their will on the teachers.
Jobs warning to over 45s - ageism is alive and well
He hasnt really. People who are aiming CEOs and heads of marketing etc are expected to change jobs ever 5 years or so as they progress their career. Most businesses no longer promote solely from within so to move up the ladder it is usually necessary to make sideways and upwards moved between companies.
Jobs warning to over 45s - ageism is alive and well
Maybe there are really good reasons. Not many buses some places, medical reasons and the fact that age discrimination and education discrimination is a thing in bus driving too.
Primary teachers and principals are rallying for public support as full-day strike looms
And no checkout worker is going to earn that kind of money. It is the same with nurses - sure it is not up to $93.000 for a standard type of week but most people I know could not physically work enough hours to make that money even if they did long shifts, night shifts, weekend shifts and overtime.
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
It is like builders - a boom/crash cycle
Should we offer women leave from work for fertility treatments?
You should get support though not from your employer.
Half-day strike a chance after teacher pay vote
I am not a teacher or a nurse but what they are doing is expressing their opinions and defending their rights. They are trying to get a pay rise they think they deserve the same as everyone else does. Are they supposed to just be quiet and take what someone else thinks is appropriate?
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
People have always had kids for the wrong reasons - predominantly that it was expected of them and they couldnt prevent it. The vast majority of people now give it a lot more though and are a lot more prepared though often less well supported and less experienced with children.
Youve lost my savings: KiwiSaver members struggle with downturn
This time there is not a mechanism for the Government to take the money. Better hope you dont get sick or lose your job as that saved money will be fair game for work and income unlike kiwisaver funds.
Should we offer women leave from work for fertility treatments?
IVF isnt funded for older women so the vast majority having it are not it that left it too late category unless they are able to pay privately.
Teacher strike 'about the kids' as parents lobbied at school gates
You are right. Being understaffed is standard pracitice as is working unpaid overtime.
Students at Auckland school angry at digital testing
Their reasons dont trump her need to do well in the exams. She started a petition but that doesnt mean she went to the news.
Canterbury mum 'heartbroken' after Pink concert tickets scam
They are not going to put her in prison unless she has been doing a heck of a lot more that this.
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
Years 9 and 10 dont take NZCEA but still need teaching.
Outdated and 'fragmented' learning support system failing
That may be 1 but the child needs to be achieving to standard or they will just keep falling behind and lose confidence. They dont need to be years ahead but there is a difference between being average and struggling to make any progress.
Teacher strike 'about the kids' as parents lobbied at school gates
It is very unlikely they have not had cost of living adjustments. That is all most of us get.
Why are we frittering away big bucks on compensation?
I miss actifed. It could fix my cold and my asthma is one hit.
Vacuum remorse widespread, as salespeople put pressure on
Yes. i went into Godfreys once and as soon as I admitted to having asthma it was you must but this one - - You can walk out of here with this super one for the same outlay as that cheap one (and then of course pay huge interest and payment for 3 years). In NZ there is always someone in the extended family or friends group who has asthma. I bought the cheaper on and although it was only good for about a month it did function until recently when I used a tax refund to get a better one - not from Godfreys.
Sgt Rhona asks to use women's locker room at police station, after gender reassignment
It is a very complicated thing. But if I felt Maori or in the US African American could I as a Pakeha/White woman just declare myself to be one? If I took drugs to change my skin colour etc would that override the fact that I had not suffered the institutional racism throughout my education and early life that Maori and Black Americans do? On the whole I am not sure I really care but it isnt as simple as biology.
Half-day strike a chance after teacher pay vote
The problem with this is it end in high stakes testing and manipulation of childrens scores.
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
How would that help if there is a teacher shortage?
Outdated and 'fragmented' learning support system failing
I suspect if the other schools were funded as well as the charter schools were they would have had better results also.
Primary teachers and principals are rallying for public support as full-day strike looms
Because they dont want to work in a supermarket. They get paid way better than equally qualified people in science etc but it is not a job for everyone. Perhaps we should just keep the pay the same and employ more people? Surely more money doesnt fix the long hours and stress issue whereas a teacher aide in each class or for each modern learning combined class would help with that.
Third-year teacher loves the classroom, but faces huge workload
No I know I couldnt do it as I am not designed for it. I do however have equal qualifications and no many people with equal or greater qualifications who do jobs where the result of an error could be death or damage to a multi million dollar industry who will never get near the starting rate of teachers unless they go into management. I also know many people who have had to leave the field the studied for because they knew the pay was never going to improve despite all the talk for years. My point is that as a person with a teaching degree and a few years experience there arent many jobs available to you that will pay anywhere near as well. If you dont like it leave but you will probably have to take a significant pay cut or retrain.
Vacuum remorse widespread, as salespeople put pressure on
I flatted with a door to door vacuam salesmen once. After listening to him and seeing some of their training viedeos I would never buy from one.
Government looks to improve regulation of home-based early child care
When you get a subsidy it goes directly to an approved provider. The provider is responsible for monitoring and training the carers and the appropriate government agency is responsible for monitoring the agency. It can be a pain because I havent meant any carers who work weekends or evenings and this really limits job opportunities for those most in need of jobs. WINZ requires single parents to get jobs but they cant get assistance with childcare for any jobs that arent between 8.30 and 5.00 when the centres are open. Or if they need to do shift work etc.
Force power companies to tell customers, if they're on wrong plan
Most people I know only heat one or two rooms. When I was flatting you could see your breath in every room but the lounge. It is not that good for the very young,old and unwell. This winter though I am running a heater in our coldest bedroom for an hour or so at bedtime.
Teachers' strike real possibility as mediation fails to broker deal
$47,000 is a lot more than many graduates with similar qualifications get. Try get a science degree and see if you can get that without going into management.
School support specialists next group to strike after 'insulting' Ministry pay offer
To be insulted requires co-operation on your part. You may find the offer offensive but you do not have to choose to be insulted and you certainly dont need to share it with the rest of us.
A school principal on life at a low decile school
They quite likely could feed then when they had them. Redundancies, sickness and divorce happen. Rents go up and up and wages dont so the amount available for food and head gets ever smaller and you have to share with another family to pay the rent and then you have overcrowding problems on top of everything.
Anxiety and family major factors in students skipping school, report finds
Sitting in a class with a high level of unaddressed anxiety and no help does not teach you to cope with it. It teaches you to hide it until it shows in other ways which can be more destructive than a few days off school.
Students at Auckland school angry at digital testing
Typing chemical and mathematical formula is different to using facebook or even typing essays.
Teachers' strike means bring-your-child-to-work day for many
I am not sure it has as much support as that. Unpaid overtime happens in heaps of industries even ones that pay a lot less than teachers are paid. I couldnt be a teacher but I do get paid a lot less than them.
Youve lost my savings: KiwiSaver members struggle with downturn
not to negative
Anxiety and family major factors in students skipping school, report finds
A lot of parents with kids with ASD, ADHD etc end up keeping their kids home on days they are tired or grumpy for fear they will end up acting up and getting expelled. This of course means the kids lose a lot of school days and can end up behind or not able to maintain relationships with classmates and teachers. Our children to not choose to be challenging. They behave as well as they can given their abilities and the amount of stress placed on them. A bit more support, smaller classes, calmer classrooms and some understanding would go a long way to preventing many of the behavior problems everyone complains about. Most of us will problem children work very hard to help our children despite every door being slammed in our face when we try to get help, A lot of us end up homeschooling which just makes the problem less visable.
Youve lost my savings: KiwiSaver members struggle with downturn
We dont have much Money. Easy to be relaxed when you have a good income and other investments.
Teachers unions agree to join forces in 2019 campaign
You have to join a union and get other people to join too. Hard work anywhere but from my experience it would be especially hard in construction. There will be a union you can join though if you look hard enough.
School support specialists next group to strike after 'insulting' Ministry pay offer
Go for it. Only problem is the homeschooling supervision allowance is $742 a year for the first child and drops about $200 a year per child. if they paid the teachers like that they would be getting about $12000 a year for teaching 31 kids. Out of that money you pay for curriculum, sports, art and music, transport and anything else your children need. I do it for one of mine as well as working 30 hours as a solo parent. It is worth it but dont let anyone tell you it is easy. And in case you are wondering Correspondence school costs about 6 times the annual allowance so you will be picking, planning and assessing on your own.
Teachers' strike means bring-your-child-to-work day for many
Maybe their budget doesnt stretch to $50 per kid that day. Also they might be going to return the favour on the second strike day or in the holidays. I am going to look after a workmates child for free so she can works as it is a day I am at home anyway. She will probably have one of mine in the holidays so I can work on her non work day.
Teacher's diary: a day in the life of an intermediate school teacher
I do think they have to do more social work than they used to but that should be a separate issue. It would be best solved by providing social workers not paying teachers more to stress themselves out trying to carry out duties they were not trained for. Also the Modern Learning Environments are a lot more stressful for everyone than sitting at your own desk doing your own work so that causes problems our teachers didnt have.
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
Peter Ellis was in daycare. Doesnt really relate to High School.
Teacher shortage a catastrophe in 2017 - now its worse
Harmed lots of people though. At high school level though until the 80s only the bright and the driven stayed at school past some time in the fifth form. That was probably a lot easier and more pleasant for the teachers.