tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post116047488656885010..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: The TESMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-62854492068253222562008-05-06T17:14:00.000+00:002008-05-06T17:14:00.000+00:00"Just like Scotland would now rule the world if th..."Just like Scotland would now rule the world if they hadn't spent the last 2,000 years engaged in warfare with their arch enemies, the Scots, so teachers wouldn't be treated like useless morons if they could just co-operate and face down those inept braindead f***wits in Westminster."<BR/><BR/>I beg your pardon? Exactly who are we or were we at war with??? Get your facts right pleaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-78840231472544117242007-06-03T14:28:00.000+00:002007-06-03T14:28:00.000+00:00Remember when teachers are posting they are not at...Remember when teachers are posting they are not at work, what do some think we should be a teacher 24/7, come on, we do have social lives as well. On the whole the TES is a very useful ans supportive site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-9449493836695686682007-06-03T14:23:00.000+00:002007-06-03T14:23:00.000+00:00How interesting although i would like to point out...How interesting although i would like to point out most of the mudslinging is done in jest. One or two posters can be serious but how do you actually know who is a teacher or not on there. Anyone can sign up, so please don't judge us all by this. Some signed up are parents, some memebers are in other professions and even some students who you can pick out by trying to wind people up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-58925997800626652422007-05-01T10:47:00.000+00:002007-05-01T10:47:00.000+00:00TES has cleaned up its act. For those who denigrat...TES has cleaned up its act. For those who denigrate it, please look at areas other than Opinion and Personal. The Early Years forum is an excellent example of professional dialogue. INFET descended recently into backbiting. It is now in the process of chsnge. Parents reading the forum will be shocked at the politics and bullying that exist within schools. Teachers posting on TES in the way that they do is in response to this often very negative and demotivating culture in which they work. Sorry if parents are disappointed. I was too when I went into teaching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-8539977709217749682007-03-25T00:15:00.000+00:002007-03-25T00:15:00.000+00:00Is there any other real alternative to the TES in ...Is there any other real alternative to the TES in terms of joining a massive forum?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1164493496304473352006-11-25T22:24:00.000+00:002006-11-25T22:24:00.000+00:00I find the subject forums on the TES website very ...I find the subject forums on the TES website very helpful - perhaps it's just my particular area, of course, but it often has interesting and thought-provoking discussions as well as teachers supporting each other with good ideas. This is not because we lack original ideas, but because we enjoy sharing our ideas and learning from each other in order to expand our teaching strategies. I also enjoy the TES book club forum, which sometimes encourages me to read books I might have otherwise passed by.<BR/><BR/>I do agree that some threads are abusive and unnecessary. It may be that the recent shake up may improve the situation, now that it is beginning to die down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1162228705160368322006-10-30T17:18:00.000+00:002006-10-30T17:18:00.000+00:00I have been reading and posting on TES for over a ...I have been reading and posting on TES for over a year. I am a parent, and trainee teacher. The subject forums are very good. When I first started I said much the same as you, Frank on opinion and was roundly sworn at and hounded by many. The worst posters ARE teachers. They seem to have taken on the worst traits of the teenagers they teach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160912230871482642006-10-15T11:37:00.000+00:002006-10-15T11:37:00.000+00:00The TES website is now infamous, and surely a vict...The TES website is now infamous, and surely a victim of its own initial success. Three or so years ago the posters were witty and insightful. Now, just like a rowdy bar, I pass certain sections in a hurry without even popping my head through the virtual door. <BR/><BR/>I haven't looked in on the Opinion or Personal threads in a long while, since discovering most of them were clogged with sewage. Sewage which seeps along at an unbelievably fast rate, it has to be said. There's no way I would be able to keep up with debates by looking in just once a day or every two days. All of which does beg the question: where are these teachers getting all this time from to lurk there and post so frequently?<BR/><BR/>The subject areas were a little more useful, but these days seem to be full of posts such as:<BR/>1. Does anybody have any good ideas for teaching AAA in a way to engage BBB pupils? I've tried CCC but it failed to impress.<BR/>2. What you could do is DDD. Send me an email and I'll email you a copy of my worksheet.<BR/>3-99. Can I have a copy too?<BR/><BR/>It just convinces me that 97% of teachers lack originality and spark, and are too lazy to think of better ways to teach their own pupils.<BR/><BR/>I think it's important that teachers are allowed to have a life outside of their teaching personas, but to discuss such things on a website dedicated to teaching seems a bit ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160776465238488632006-10-13T21:54:00.000+00:002006-10-13T21:54:00.000+00:00I also am a parent, not a teacher, and like to bro...I also am a parent, not a teacher, and like to browse TES to see what the whingeing rabble are complaining about now ... act like manual workers, get paid like manual workers.DorsetDipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612884207485991011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160762665154435942006-10-13T18:04:00.000+00:002006-10-13T18:04:00.000+00:00I'm not a teacher. I am a parent. I do from time t...I'm not a teacher. I am a parent. I do from time to time browse over the TES site & since its inception the much lauded INFET site (which does appear to be more mature).To be quite frank, while it is only a smallish minority of posters that behave in an irresponsible fashion, they do appear to be the most prolific posters. I hope to God none of them are employed at the school my teenagers attend. What sort of example are they setting? If they are incapable of self management & resort to spiteful & juevenile name calling, how do they manage a class of 30+ kids? As I said before, it does appear to be the minority of posters, unfortunately, IMHO it will & does reflect badly on the entire profession & collectively teachers will be tarred with the same brush. Whether this is fair or not, it is immaterial, it's human nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160759132576592202006-10-13T17:05:00.000+00:002006-10-13T17:05:00.000+00:00Have a read of this thread on TES. Its about Frank...Have a read of this thread on TES. Its about Frank's critisism. Jump to post 70 or thereabouts and it starts to turn into the usual childish name calling. <BR/><BR/>They couldn't have proved his point better if they'd tried!<BR/><BR/>http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/thread.aspx?story_id=2294172&path=/Opinion/&threadPage=1&messagePage=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160730910115175142006-10-13T09:15:00.000+00:002006-10-13T09:15:00.000+00:00The TES site makes me embarrassed to be in teachin...The TES site makes me embarrassed to be in teaching. Very few well written or amusing posts, just dumbed down and childish mud slinging. I don't think it attracts the bright sparks, the content is more like you would expect to hear in a playgroundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160730704688317492006-10-13T09:11:00.000+00:002006-10-13T09:11:00.000+00:00I'm year 11 as well. Me and my friends sometimes r...I'm year 11 as well. Me and my friends sometimes read the TES forums (better laugh than myspace or bebo)just to see what teachers are really like <BR/><BR/>They're sometimes really good and make you feel quite sorry for what teachers have to put up with from some kids. <BR/><BR/>Some of the threads must be written by children though cos theyre not funny just stupid. I don't reckon they should let everyone see the stupid ones though.<BR/><BR/>Really funny blog Frank. R U a teacher still?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160683107756263362006-10-12T19:58:00.000+00:002006-10-12T19:58:00.000+00:00I've contributed regularly to the TES staffroom fo...I've contributed regularly to the TES staffroom for several years. On the whole, I think one has to allow for the fact that teachers are letting off steam, but the boards can be seen by anyone and it's interesting that a year 11 pupil saw that disgraceful thread on "Pulling a sickie".<BR/><BR/>I have also maintained for some time that the standard of literacy on the boards is so appalling that members of the public must wonder about the competence of those teaching their children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160678910350500402006-10-12T18:48:00.000+00:002006-10-12T18:48:00.000+00:00Don't know if you have to be a teacher or not. Som...Don't know if you have to be a teacher or not. Some bits are good but others are very childish and pretty sad. <BR/><BR/>It just confirms my long held belief that a fair percentage of teachers go School, University then school again because they haven't grown up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160678759703903142006-10-12T18:45:00.000+00:002006-10-12T18:45:00.000+00:00Dead right Frank. I'm a parent, never been a teach...Dead right Frank. I'm a parent, never been a teacher. I read your blog and looked at the TES forum for the first time afterwards. <BR/><BR/>I was shocked to be honest. There's nothing wrong with them slagging off conditions in their schools, the parents, the kids etc. (just as you do!) But it's the amount of really childish posts that are just pathetic. <BR/><BR/>It does give a bad impression. I'm presuming that you have to be a teacher to go on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160598263531829942006-10-11T20:24:00.000+00:002006-10-11T20:24:00.000+00:00I can only repeat what I said on INFET: "I agree w...I can only repeat what I said on INFET: "I agree with Frank the Chalk - what must it look like to parents? I think there could be something to be said about having Opinion as only accessible with a DES number or whatever they call it today, so parents, journalists and Joe Public can be protected from The Awful Truth of "Shall I f**k (Two asterisks for you, Frank)this Y11 pupil?" "Ginger Bingo" and "Top ten most popular ways to torture a Y9."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160596215379428192006-10-11T19:50:00.000+00:002006-10-11T19:50:00.000+00:00i remember miss brodie, who was about 24, blonde a...i remember miss brodie, who was about 24, blonde and with tits like watermelons.<BR/>but that's just me, probably.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160594730702063172006-10-11T19:25:00.000+00:002006-10-11T19:25:00.000+00:00I am a regular reader and occasional contributor t...I am a regular reader and occasional contributor to the maths and behaviour forums. <BR/>I have to say that the maths forum has helped me develop more as a teacher than any "course" I've ever been on. And it's always professional and courteous. <BR/>Behaviour is often a sad forum to read. It makes me realise that there are people worse off than me!!!<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, Personal and Opinion represent life's rich tapestry. Teaching isn't immune to having the full spectrum of opinions and thoughts represented in it. And at the end of the day who do most people remember from their schooldays? The teachers who taught their lessons and didn't do much else, or the characters whose human flaws made lessons all the more enjoyable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160584213827286932006-10-11T16:30:00.000+00:002006-10-11T16:30:00.000+00:00As one of the recently banned, I agree with FC's c...As one of the recently banned, I agree with FC's comments. It used to be a place for er.... robust debate and heated exchanges but it didn't seem to attract the level of nutters, socks and trolls (who actually have puerile, embarrassing arguments with THEMSELVES - I wonder if they've been paid by someone with a grudge to drag the Staffroom through the mud) it has in the last twelve months. In the past I've found the generosity of posters and the quality of support and advice to be extremely high, and I'm truly sorry to see it go down the pan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160583187035947152006-10-11T16:13:00.000+00:002006-10-11T16:13:00.000+00:00I am a regular poster on the behaviour and opinion...I am a regular poster on the behaviour and opinion forums. A lot of the abusive and inappropriate posts come from a very small number of users, often under several different usernames. Very often those individuals don't appear to be teachers. However it never fails to surprise me how many of the teachers on there can't even spell "professional" let alone understand what it means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160582038864527692006-10-11T15:53:00.000+00:002006-10-11T15:53:00.000+00:00as a teacher, i find the TES site totally boring (...as a teacher, i find the TES site totally boring (i'm on about the staffroom bits). i'm no old fogey (27) but i find it reflects my view of teachers: half are normal people and half are big kids who've never really left school themselves.<BR/>i am sick to death of watching our head of maths (in his mid 40s) dressing, talking and behaving like someone 20 years younger.<BR/><BR/>i'd not heard of your blog beforew frank but i like it - will be buying your book too.<BR/><BR/>mandyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160580373482112592006-10-11T15:26:00.000+00:002006-10-11T15:26:00.000+00:00As a teacher and frequent reader/occasional poster...As a teacher and frequent reader/occasional poster on the TES site I have to agree with Mr Chalk.<BR/><BR/>I will not be posting on the site again as it has changed it's character over the last year or so. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it is just a reflection of the way teachers are treated, or perhaps the changing nature of the people attracted to the profession.<BR/><BR/>Whatever the reason(s), the site provides ammunition for those who wish to bash the profession, and there in my view there are too many of those already.<BR/><BR/>I will be looking for a copy of the book tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160574765622466722006-10-11T13:52:00.000+00:002006-10-11T13:52:00.000+00:00what a load of shitewhat a load of shiteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160574018868422062006-10-11T13:40:00.000+00:002006-10-11T13:40:00.000+00:00The TES boards give a very bad impression of teach...The TES boards give a very bad impression of teachers. Half of the posters cannot even spell. <BR/><BR/>They are mad not to try and restrict viewing to teachers only (they must have some sort of registration number?)<BR/><BR/>I'm in year 11 and find it quite addictive. It's very funny to see threads on 'Pulling a Sickie' or 'Snogging a Sixth Former', but it does make them seem pretty unprofessional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com