tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post5896510747828823123..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: Teaching UnionsMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-46703480951829846942007-04-17T15:43:00.000+00:002007-04-17T15:43:00.000+00:00I see you're in the Grauniad again, Frank :DI see you're in the Grauniad again, Frank :DNick Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847495202895574855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-3887531906646587862007-04-17T14:01:00.000+00:002007-04-17T14:01:00.000+00:00I'm curious, are there actual decisions made at th...I'm curious, are there actual decisions made at these conferences that actually affect people?<BR/><BR/>Or to put it another way, bearing in mind the ability (or lack of it) of people to make decisions, is there actually the possibility some daft policy comes out of this?<BR/><BR/>Or is it just an excuse to gather all the dregs in one place and feed them salmonella sandwiches in the hope that something useful gets done in the following week of sickness?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-50763926014683913712007-04-17T12:13:00.000+00:002007-04-17T12:13:00.000+00:00I went to a teachers' conference just once in my l...I went to a teachers' conference just once in my life. But never again!! I soon realised that such conferences attract only the psychotic and the desperate, the loony and the lonely.<BR/><BR/>Why on Earth should I willingly spend a week, unpaid, in the company of 'colleagues' that I would run a mile from if I saw them coming down the street towards me?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com