Wife's new job promotion

[Marco]

We're off out tonight to celebrate Del's promotion to a full-time lecturer of art and IT in a local (large) and influential college. She was only on an hourly paid rate before. She's worked bloody hard to achieve this in her first year, so she deserves it! :cool:

So it's off to our favourite wine bar for some top munchies and a few bottles of wine:

http://www.churtons.com/home :cheers:

Laters, chaps!

Marco.

[Puffin]

Excellent. It's nice to hear some good news for a change! Get Pissssseeeeddddd!!!!

[Themis]

Keep some energy for after dinner, Marco... :eyebrows:

[Jonboy]

All the best:) , my wifes got swine flu so i'm in for good weekend :(

[Dave Cawley]

Eat, drink and be Mary?

Dave

[anthonyTD]

hi marco,
thats great news, and well deserved!:)
regards,anthony,TD...

[Concerto Audio]

There is always a great man behind a successful women....Well done :lol:

[Beechwoods]

Congratulations to Del, Marco! Excellent to hear some good news in these 'straightened' times!

[aquapiranha]

Nice one Del! well done! have a drink on me! I bet you are very happy for her Marco.

Steve

[DSJR]

Great news. SP10, here he comes......................... :gig:

[Alex_UK]

Nice one! Well done Del! I went out for dinner with my successful wife last night too, it does make a nice change from the humdrum - enjoy!

[Marco]

Thanks guys! She's worked her ass off for months for this :)

We had a nice night out - just chillin' out now listening to a few tunes :band:

Hope you chaps have got something nice lined up for the weekend!

Marco.

[snapper]

Congratulations,Del. :cool::cool::cool:


:gig:


Now tell me what you had to eat at my second favourite eatery.

[Marco]

I'll pass your congrats on, matey. So where's yer No1 favourite eatery, then? :)

I had some pan-fried scallops with bacon to start. Del had a Greek salad.

After that I had leg of Welsh lamb on a bed of fresh peas with thyme and rosemary, and Del had spinach, red onion and goat's cheese frittata. We shared some veg (celeriac mash, broccoli, carrots and new potatoes), all washed down with a nice bottle of Médoc, with large espressos to finish :cool:

Marco.

[Rare Bird]

Nice one Marco, at last you can junl your DJ deck for a more pro DJ deck!!

:lol:

So when i come down you gonna make me a real good slap up meal?

[Marco]

Bloody right!! As a Yorkshireman, doubtless you'll love yer grub :)

Plenty of good ale houses round here, too! :cool:

Marco.

[Spectral Morn]

Well done Del.


Regards D S D L

[snapper]

I'll pass your congrats on, matey.


Nice one.



So where's yer No1 favourite eatery, then? :)
Marco.


There's this place in Wrexham I've eaten at a few times that's rather good.




So when i come down you gonna make me a real good slap up meal?


Next time I'm invited down I should collect you on the way.

You'd love the homemade Spam'n'Chips,washed down with a cheeky wee Lanliq.

[Marco]

Hehehe..... :eyebrows:

Marco.

[Rare Bird]

:mex:

[snapper]

:lolsign:


That's what you'll end up like,after a few bottles of Lanliq.


:lol:

[Barry]

Only just 'logged on'. Belated congratulations to Del (whom I met all too briefly at the MAD session). Trust the two of you had a good time this evening.

Regards

[DSJR]

Believe me, teaching any age group from 5 to 50+ aint an easy job, although I'm told that adults tend to want to be there, so are more receptive to learning (?)

Good on you Del :)

[Covenant]

My wife was in school yesterday and today (Sunday) getting ready for an Ofsted inspection on Monday. Only 24hrs notice for one now......

[Macca]

My wife was in school yesterday and today (Sunday) getting ready for an Ofsted inspection on Monday. Only 24hrs notice for one now......

My mother was a teacher in a junior school until she retired around '99. She did not agree with some of the modern methods - like having the children sit in groups - in her class all the children sat in rows facing the front. If OFSTED inspected she would move all the desks into groups for their benefit and then moved 'em back into rows as soon as the inspectors left!

[Covenant]

The bit I hate is the consultation of the inspectors with the kids. The head of depts have to hand out slips for the kids to comment on their teachers. Of course all the disruptive ones put bad comments down so these have to be carefully weeded out.

[Macca]

The bit I hate is the consultation of the inspectors with the kids. The head of depts have to hand out slips for the kids to comment on their teachers. Of course all the disruptive ones put bad comments down so these have to be carefully weeded out.

Far too much attention paid to the opinions of children these days IMHO.

Intelligent, qualified, professional people should be trusted to do the job they are paid for without having to record their every activity in triplicate and then have it all inspected (at a massive cost to the taxpayer). The Police have the same issue - the government just does not trust anyone to use their own discretion anymore.

[DSJR]

I asked the teacher I work with most (out of the four schools I work at.....!) why year 5 to 6 was all maths, literacy, numeracy, literacy, maths etc., with very little variance. of course, it's SAT's practice, the individual teachers, schools and kids all being judged. The best teachers can usually bring other subject matter into the core work, but it's a thing that teachers generally dislike having to do.

Trouble is, the kids go to High School at 11 (year 7) here and for a couple of years they revert to "uncontrollable chimp" mode while the hormones do their work. Apparently, by year 10, the more career-centric ones tend to come out of the fog and start to work towards their goals.


Any parent of school-age children really needs to do soma voluntary work in a school, just to get an idea of what goes on and the work the teachers/tutors have to do.

[Lily Munster]

Thanks for all the congratulations.

Although I worked full time as a lecturer, I was only paid for the hours I worked (too many!)

Now, at last I get paid for the holidays & all the other stuff I need to do.


Believe me, teaching any age group from 5 to 50+ aint an easy job, although I'm told that adults tend to want to be there, so are more receptive to learning (?)

It ain’t easy, but I love it! I thought teaching the 16+ would be easier, too. Not so!!

Students get £30 per week EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) for attending college & as they can’t sign on until they are 18, some parents have been known to send their offspring to college to ‘bring home the bacon’, which leaves lecturers to deal with the flak. You can tell the type of student by the course they enrol on, it would be unprofessional to say, but courses attract a type!

I mostly teach art. Art students are ‘different’ from the usual vocational student. I’m lucky with my students as they ‘get’ me & I ‘get’ them. Generally, my students are on the courses they are on because they are gifted artists, but I do have students who can’t do anything else & end up with art as an easy option.

The reason why I was successful getting my new job was because I ‘embed’ literacy, numeracy and ICT into my sessions. My students develop these skills within their core activities and don’t realise they are improving in these other areas because I ‘hide’ them, and this is relatively new in the teaching world.


Next time I'm invited down I should collect you on the way.

Snapper, friends don’t need to wait for an invite! When do you want to visit? You know we love your company and you take us as we are. Collect Andre on the way. Our door is always open :)

Del.

[Steve Toy]

Congrats. That makes you and Tasha then.

[Mike]

A bit late, but well done, Del... and thanks for the soup! ;)

[Marco]

Del says 'cheers'! :cool:

She's not on-line at the moment.

Marco.

[Ian Walker]

Yesh well done Del,i'll give you a big Shloppy one next time i'm over:)

Ian x.

[Mick Parry]

Marco

I have just read this thread, so congratulations and well done to Del.

It just proves the point that if you are prepared to work and put in the effort, you will get the rewards.

This is a pleasant change from reading the drivel posted by under achieving whingers.

Regards

Mick

[Steve Toy]

Mick,
Wrong forum for those types ;)

[Lily Munster]

Yesh well done Del,i'll give you a big Shloppy one next time i'm over.

Thanks Ian. I can’t wait;)


I have just read this thread, so congratulations and well done to Del. It just proves the point that if you are prepared to work and put in the effort, you will get the rewards.

Thanks for your congratulations too, Mike.
It has been 3 years of hard work to get here, but worth all the ups and downs. I love my work.


This is a pleasant change from reading the drivel posted by under achieving whingers.

Now you know what teachers have to put up with!

Del

[Ian Walker]

Mick,
Wrong forum for those types ;)

Well said Steve now bugger off Mick:)