tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post6505181503659859718..comments2024-03-29T14:38:14.572+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: TeacherismYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23622048344219345902016-06-28T01:32:02.667+01:002016-06-28T01:32:02.667+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534825431901167691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-63372272161235944202016-02-08T07:51:13.472+00:002016-02-08T07:51:13.472+00:00Perhaps it's a generation thing?
I'm sorr...Perhaps it's a generation thing? <br />I'm sorry to say that all the teachers I knew, as an adult, so of a similar age to myself, were the most miserable bunch of people. Of course there must have been others that didn't complain, but I'm afraid the ones I came into contact with could have won a Gold Medal in moaning. To be charitable, perhaps it was their way of letting off steam after a frustrating day in the classroom.<br />I have nothing against teaching as a profession. The ones who taught me through my school years (late 40's,50's and early 60's) were excellent, totally dedicated and knew their subjects. <br />Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78921859312945718622016-02-07T00:28:39.982+00:002016-02-07T00:28:39.982+00:00Heartily agree with your last quote Robert. Heartily agree with your last quote Robert. Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59687387295245989542016-02-07T00:22:28.963+00:002016-02-07T00:22:28.963+00:00Right on Lee! I felt very similar to the way she f...Right on Lee! I felt very similar to the way she feels when I retired. I was so sad that I had come to hate the job I had loved for so many years. Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-8590467623389514382016-02-06T18:53:11.347+00:002016-02-06T18:53:11.347+00:00Thanks for reading my post and showing your suppor...Thanks for reading my post and showing your support Donna. Another profession that often gets knocked is social work. I have so much respect for the work they do - often in very trying circumstances with their heads filled with red tape knowledge.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-83874875053734963572016-02-06T18:50:33.362+00:002016-02-06T18:50:33.362+00:00Thank you. As usual we are on the same wavelength ...Thank you. As usual we are on the same wavelength Mama Thyme. It is far too easy and indeed facile to label people. I hate it when pretty much the first question a new acquaintance asks is "What do you do?"Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2356825561457123422016-02-06T18:47:23.013+00:002016-02-06T18:47:23.013+00:00In Thailand there is a national teachers' day ...In Thailand there is a national teachers' day when pupils and the country at large show their gratitude and respect towards teachers - through flowers, gifts and blessings. Will Miss P stay in Japan I wonder? Perhaps you and your jailer could visit or have you already done that?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82379720332390936932016-02-06T16:51:49.180+00:002016-02-06T16:51:49.180+00:00A heartfelt post Mr Pudding. I've often though...A heartfelt post Mr Pudding. I've often thought of jotting down all the many news items and campaigns you hear about in the media that say 'education is the answer' and demand that this, that and the other is added to the curriculum. If they did all that, there would be precious little time for teaching the things that teachers are there for.<br /><br />I suspect that the attitude to teachers in other cultures is rather different. As you know, Miss P is teaching in Japan at the moment and has just been offered a sizeable pay rise to sign on for another year which demonstrates that they want to keep the people they value.Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4671697854076333542016-02-06T16:25:52.096+00:002016-02-06T16:25:52.096+00:00Great, thoughtful post as usual, Mr. Pudding. As ...Great, thoughtful post as usual, Mr. Pudding. As a child and young adult, I got more respect and encouragement and discourse and love from my teachers and my schools than I did at home. So, I appreciated all my teachers. <br /><br />There is one thing that I completely agree with and that I try to live my life by. Nobody should be defined by one thing. Skin color does not define a person. A job does not define a person. The homeless are not just homeless....they have stories and hopes and personalities. Alcoholics are not just that......they are people who drink too much but who have cultural connections and dreams of doing better. The only thing that I think defines people and then, hopefully, for just a time might be PTSD in some form or another. We all need to look at one another and really see the person there. Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91747470672637454052016-02-06T14:50:02.588+00:002016-02-06T14:50:02.588+00:00Well, I just loved this post. My sister was a tea...Well, I just loved this post. My sister was a teacher/principal and many friends are also. In my humble opinion, there is no profession more noble than teaching.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79886397659449390122016-02-06T14:48:04.024+00:002016-02-06T14:48:04.024+00:00Thank you for your erudite and supportive response...Thank you for your erudite and supportive response Mr Brague. <br /><br />I chuckled at the second paragraph. How did you know that that is exactly what happened? With your IBM honed computer skills you have, no doubt, been hacking into my laptop!<br /><br />Regarding the re-definition of racism, it's like changing the commandments in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". Of course there can be racists within minority groups. It works both ways and I recall complaining about the food in an Indian-run restaurant in Times Square. The manager's response was, "You English people are all, the same! Always complaining!" I saw red and accused him of unnecessary and blatant racism which made his jaw drop. By the way the food was horrible...and it wasn't Indian fayre either.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-31627133412142568212016-02-06T13:56:58.966+00:002016-02-06T13:56:58.966+00:00Great post, YP, and great comments too! My mother ...Great post, YP, and great comments too! My mother was a teacher, two of my three children are teachers, and in my long career in computer software I have written a few user manuals and taught a few classes myself. But I wanted to say three things after finishing your excellent essay.<br /><br />First, in my country the politically correct class have redefined racism as the ill treatment of a member of a minority race by a member of the majority race. They are therefore insistent and will claim to their dying breaths and impose on the rest of society that it is impossible for an African-American to be racist. To this I say, "Poppycock!", "Balderdash!", and other mostly unprintable expletives. <br /><br />Second, we now know how you and Shirley met. She was an unemployed nurse playing guitar in front of a warehouse that lacked a loo, trying to raise money to install one herself. You passed by and threw a few coins from your meager salary into her kettle, and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Thank you for revealing subliminally this beautiful love story.<br /><br />Third, at Teachers Colleges here (nowadays calledEducation Departments of universities), students sometimes expand upon George Bernard Shaw's line as follows: "Those who can do, those who can't teach, and those who can't teach teach teachers."rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13934008364630417272016-02-06T10:14:10.726+00:002016-02-06T10:14:10.726+00:00Hell! You should have been a copper! Detective Ins...Hell! You should have been a copper! Detective Inspector A. Ward. I didn't think I had provided enough clues.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29569804740742394612016-02-06T09:58:28.662+00:002016-02-06T09:58:28.662+00:00I know who you were referring to. You are unlikely...I know who you were referring to. You are unlikely to bump into the male as he shops in Waitrose. You may see the female as she is a football hooligan or should that be supporter.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80985653059553723592016-02-06T09:42:20.982+00:002016-02-06T09:42:20.982+00:00Not complaining? She must have learnt that from he...Not complaining? She must have learnt that from her mother in law!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46312194719809765322016-02-06T09:41:22.558+00:002016-02-06T09:41:22.558+00:00I think you would make a great fashion teacher Mei...I think you would make a great fashion teacher Meike. There would be a changing room next to your classroom and lessons would simply consist of you putting on new outfits and parading around the classroom. This would work best in a girls' school.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58915896057270089002016-02-06T09:38:40.749+00:002016-02-06T09:38:40.749+00:00Malala has been a real champion for teaching and e...Malala has been a real champion for teaching and education. Thanks for dropping by again Mrs Weaver. Did you bring an umbrella - it seems to be raining outside.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-27925257212227026132016-02-06T09:36:12.606+00:002016-02-06T09:36:12.606+00:00Thank you for your fair-mindedness Jennifer. Thank you for your fair-mindedness Jennifer. Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43723659411822550422016-02-06T09:34:26.355+00:002016-02-06T09:34:26.355+00:00Ha! Ha! I certainly wasn't thinking of you whe...Ha! Ha! I certainly wasn't thinking of you when I composed this post Adrian but I know for sure that the last sentence was said with your tongue pushed so firmly in your cheek that it threatened to burst through!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5120419855283358722016-02-06T09:32:27.815+00:002016-02-06T09:32:27.815+00:00I hope that other people will check out the link y...I hope that other people will check out the link you kindly provided Lee. Kathy Margolis says it all so clearly.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77396105571202117412016-02-06T09:27:20.342+00:002016-02-06T09:27:20.342+00:00Having support and feeling valued is important in ...Having support and feeling valued is important in all jobs. It builds confidence and effectiveness.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35311432923227745802016-02-06T09:12:01.873+00:002016-02-06T09:12:01.873+00:00Well said YP. My daughter in law is a teacher and ...Well said YP. My daughter in law is a teacher and she has really opened my eyes - she works so hard and never complains.libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-22462038996042555522016-02-06T08:58:15.700+00:002016-02-06T08:58:15.700+00:00As you said, like in any job, there are those who ...As you said, like in any job, there are those who are really good at it and those who aren't, those who do their job with passion and enthusiasm and those who try to do as little as possible.<br />My teachers were a mix of men and women, younger and older ones, nice ones and some I didn't really like. But they all made sure we (I) learned something, even though maybe they did not always manage to bring their subject across in an interesting manner. But those who did - we really loved them, and some of my teachers were outstanding. Take my English teacher, for example. True, a lot of the English I speak and write today came to me through my husband. But if it had not been for that particular teacher laying down the language's fundament in my 10-year-old mind, I doubt I'd have the same command of it as I have now.<br /><br />For all those reasons you mentioned, I would never want to have to work as a teacher. I am neither patient nor "good" enough.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13622112801109854672016-02-06T08:55:21.855+00:002016-02-06T08:55:21.855+00:00Well said YP. And may I add that that bottom pho...Well said YP. And may I add that that bottom photograph should be an inspiration to us all.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23810461815020927212016-02-06T05:42:02.151+00:002016-02-06T05:42:02.151+00:00One of my best friends teaches children with speci...One of my best friends teaches children with special needs, in a poor and predominantly African American county, and she's truly one of the best people I know. She loves kids that are often very hard to love, and will fight tooth and nail to get them the resources (and respect) that they deserve. She works extremely hard, for very little money, and often puts in long hours "off the clock". She deserves nothing but the utmost respect and I'm proud to call her my friend.<br /><br />Of course some teachers are lousy. As you said, there are good, bad, and mediocre people in every profession (and trade). But I have nothing but respect for most teachers I meet, who do a hard job that will never make them rich (at least not in the financial sense).Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.com