Liveline Thread 27/03/14 to date

JM Skipton

Women and Men have complete different interpretations of numbers, 5 mins is how long a woman will tell you it takes her to get ready
5 mins is what a man will tell you he will be home in

AK333

I'm afraid I know a few people who are teachers and shouldn't be - they have no ability to impart knowledge or empathise with other adults, let alone the children. I think teachers, like other professions, should be examined/tested every 10 years of so - some are down right awful

Roger_007

AK333 wrote: »

I like the cut of her Jib:)

Aim high I say

How did this sensible caller get by Joe's Preatorian Guard, (aka researchers)....

ButtersSuki

Forced to listen to Duffy in a taxi there, can't believe he had Gerald Kean on to discuss Moyes/Man Utd and then asked a stonemason did he do honours maths.

"Did you do Honours Maths?" will be the new "do you have Sky Sports?"

brooke 2

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

good question!

knowledge of a subject to a very high level does not equal an ability to impart said knowledge.

So true!

We have all heard of or known the geniuses (genii) teachers who
were hopeless at imparting knowledge. It is not uncommon for many people who are brilliant at Maths and science to have Asperger Syndrome.

JM Skipton

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Forced to listen to Duffy in a taxi there, can't believe he had Gerald Kean on to discuss Moyes/Man Utd and then asked a stonemason did he do honours maths.

"Did you do Honours Maths?" will be the new "do you have Sky Sports?"

You driving a taxi now Butters? Hope you have grown a moustache? well done well done:D

constitutionus

i keep thinking of that episode of the simpsons where lisa steals all the teachers answer books.

the fecking panic here at having to be good at maths now to get the job is hysterical.

brooke 2

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Yeah, they broke into your car for a pair of wellies :rolleyes:

Not just ANY wellies. 'Hunter' wellies!!

withless

Dump her Joe, shes too smart!

AK333

brooke 2 wrote: »

So true!

We have all heard of or known the geniuses (genii) teachers who
were hopeless at imparting knowledge. It is not uncommon for many people who are brilliant at Maths and science to have Asperger Syndrome.

I actually know such a teacher - brilliant at maths but unfortunately lacking in communication skills

Perhaps its not the entry level that needs looking at, though I think they should aim high, but weed out inappropriate people at work experience level - perhaps the people marking the trainee teachers need to look at their criteria

snubbleste

Such a sexist topic

Teaching is one of the better professions to have maternity leave in also..

Roger_007

"...what make me a good teacher......."', conceited or what?

ButtersSuki

JM Skipton wrote: »

You driving a taxi now Butters? Hope you have grown a moustache? well done well done:D

Though I can be an awfully ignorant cünt at times, I have some way to go to reach taxi driver (or indeed Duffy) levels of pig ignorance, so unfortunately I can't get into the taxi game.....so to speak.

snubbleste

I'm such a good radio presenter because dot dot dot

ButtersSuki

Regular listeners will know Joe has the mathematical ability of a 3 year old so maybe that's why he's got a horn for this topic.

Roger_007

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Regular listeners will know Joe has the mathematical ability of a 3 year old so maybe that's why he's got a horn for this topic.

He must have improved lately.:D

Dan Jaman

brooke 2 wrote: »

Not just ANY wellies. 'Hunter' wellies!!

Ah; green wans.

withless

Joe realising hes on the wrong side of the argument.

brooke 2

AK333 wrote: »

I actually know such a teacher - brilliant at maths but unfortunately lacking in communication skills

Perhaps its not the entry level that needs looking at, though I think they should aim high, but weed out inappropriate people at work experience level - perhaps the people marking the trainee teachers need to look at their criteria

The ability to communicate the knowledge is paramount in teaching. Whether or not a teaching student has this ability should be obvious to inspectors during observations at teaching practice.

AK333

brooke 2 wrote: »

The ability to communicate the knowledge is paramount in teaching. Whether or not a teaching student has this ability should be obvious to inspectors during observations at teaching practice.

Yep, but you have to have the knowledge first - then impart it IMO.

Not sure the inspectors are to be honest. Also, there are teachers in the same schools for 20 years or more, they have done the required inservice days training, but in all honesty, we have moved on and they should too.

Roger_007

A friend of mine teaches junior infants. She says the most important skill she needs is the ability to toilet-train the kids!

withless

Oh god. So embarrassing.

bigroad

Ok thank you mrs teacher we are way over time sorry to Derek mooney.

Dan Jaman

And as Joe rides his hobby horse into the sunset, the cactus waves him goodbye...

Lapin

Heard something on the news this morning about poison in e cigs.

One of Joe's hobby horses of late.

Lapin

I thought that €9.99 ad for Irish Rail took a bolliking yesterday ?

SEPT 23 1989

is this going on all week?

Dan Jaman

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

is this going on all week?

Probably. It's cheap radio for Joe.

ThisRegard

Lapin wrote: »

Heard something on the news this morning about poison in e cigs.

I think it was actually poisoning from ecigs, such as kids drinking the fluid.

Lapin

Teachers are worse than farmers for whinging and moaning.

Lapin

ThisRegard wrote: »

I think it was actually poisoning from ecigs, such as kids drinking the fluid.

Oh, well thats okay then. Didn't hear the full item. As long as Joe doesn't get them banned I'm happy.

neris

just turned on. is this a teachers mammy ringing up coz her teacher child is being bullied in school

ThisRegard

Joe trying to get the teachers fight amongst themselves. The Marys from Clontarf mustn't be ringing in on this topic.

ThisRegard

This caller is a bit left field.

Lapin

Joe's life threatened ????

Dan Jaman

I would say that death threats are a case apart and should be taken seriously and the perpetrator investigated / lose employment / court time, etc.
Otoh, the normal rough and tumble of a Facebook page is just water off a duck's back really; but I suggest that dragging family members into it is just total bad taste and the mark of an idiot.

neris

whats a letter belt?

SEPT 23 1989

caller throwing a hand grenade into the discussion

ThisRegard

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

caller throwing a hand grenade into the discussion

Primed by Joe.

Dan Jaman

FFS, caller, the psychos have mostly been weeded out or died off by now.

neris

yeah that was in the day when teaching was masculine and a job carried out by real men

Oops69

Any of us of a certain age remember this happening multiple times , where the hell did joe go to school ?

Dan Jaman

neris wrote: »

yeah that was in the day when teaching was masculine and a job carried out by real men

True enough; it took a lot of guts to terrorise kids back then. Why, if you didn't walk into the classroom and immediately shoot one of them dead, the rest would kill you.

neris

heard of a teacher in the 80s in the secondary school i went to for a few years climbing in a window and knocking the crap out of the 6th years with a hurl after they locked themselves in the building. he told another guy he knock his block off if the guy didnt stop messing in class

Roger_007

Most kids were also beaten by their parents in the 'good old days'......it was 'normal' at the time.

Lapin

neris wrote: »

heard of a teacher in the 80s in the secondary school i went to for a few years climbing in a window and knocking the crap out of the 6th years with a hurl after they locked themselves in the building. he told another guy he knock his block off if the guy didnt stop messing in class

Good for him.

SEPT 23 1989

i had the odd duster fired in my direction a few times

Harry Angstrom

Firing a teacher?

my friend

Dan Jaman wrote: »

True enough; it took a lot of guts to terrorise kids back then. Why, if you didn't walk into the classroom and immediately shoot one of them dead, the rest would kill you.

Is this a note you intended for David Moyes?

withless

Get rid of him Joe, too much truth!