Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Electric_Andy]

Preparing them for what working life will be like in the future.

Disagree. Time off means time off. It's called an Easter break for a reason. So they can have a break. Shame on the school. I bet the head teacher is not doing homework

 

[Andy in Germany]

Teachers who set homework remotely during holidays.

Eg: kids are on Easter break right now and have just received a homework assignment.

The clue is in the name there: Why bother having holidays oif you're going to fill them with homework?

 

[Jameshow]

Teachers who set homework remotely during holidays.

Eg: kids are on Easter break right now and have just received a homework assignment.

Daughter 1 has A level exams so working through. No encouragement needed to work.

Daughter 2 has Yr6 Sats so given 30mins each day to keep up to speed..

Fair enough but not general learning....

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Disagree. Time off means time off. It's called an Easter break for a reason. So they can have a break. Shame on the school. I bet the head teacher is not doing homework

Bet they are - lots of admin and plans need doing and the constant demands during term time get in the way

The teacher will be as well - especially in secondary schools if they have GCSE classes - prime time for trying to sort out coursework and mark it
(coursework - and similar - is the exam boards way of unloading a load of marking onto the class teacher so they don;t have to pay other teachers (or similar - or not very similar) to do the marking like they do for exams

but Easter break is the time it all has to be got together and it can take weeks

 

[presta]

Parking on bus stops, why is that allowed.

 

[Pblakeney]

Parking on bus stops, why is that allowed.

It's not.
The problem is enforcement.

 

[PhotoNic69]

Cardboard packaging with perforations saying "Tear Here", when in fact it tears everywhere but "here".... Grrrrr

 

[Pblakeney]

Cycling along a bridge cycle path when 2 cyclists come towards me. Clearly uncertain of what to do they simply stop. So far so what?
They stopped side by side blocking the entire path. Can't just be me that thinks common sense isn't common any more.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Cycling along a bridge cycle path when 2 cyclists come towards me. Clearly uncertain of what to do they simply stop. So far so what?
They stopped side by side blocking the entire path. Can't just be me that thinks common sense isn't common any more.

Clearly they are genetically close to the dogs who immediately turn to stand directly across the path as soon as their owner calls them to get out of the way

SOme of us climbed down from the trees and started to build a civilisation
other just fell out and came along later

 

[Pblakeney]

Clearly they are genetically close to the dogs who immediately turn to stand directly across the path as soon as their owner calls them to get out of the way

SOme of us climbed down from the trees and started to build a civilisation
other just fell out and came along later

Ooooo. That reminds me of another, extended dog leads. Dogs on one side, owners on the other.

 

[mustang1]

The clue is in the name there: Why bother having holidays oif you're going to fill them with homework?

Conspiracy theory: they-who-shall-remain-nameless want to get the kids accustomed to working extra hours, extra shifts, more on-call. Mwahahahaaa

 

[classic33]

I once took a book into school that showed homework was illegal, in the UK. Nearly caused a riot amongst the teachers.
Now there's almost as much schoolwork being done at home as there is at school.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I once took a book into school that showed homework was illegal, in the UK. Nearly caused a riot amongst the teachers.
Now there's almost as much schoolwork being done at home as there is at school.

Our state schools set a lot of homework: it's considered an essential part of the learning process, but holidays are free of homework.

Conspiracy theory: they-who-shall-remain-nameless want to get the kids accustomed to working extra hours, extra shifts, more on-call. Mwahahahaaa

That sounds scarily plausible...

 

[lazybloke]

The trivial thing annoying my son today is the tracking "service" for his latest internet order.

Apparently it's already reached an unnamed airport in an unnamed country!

 

[Pinno718]

Not sure why all the complaints about homework.
My mother in her capacity as a teacher at a private primary school on Kenya, had some Koreans and some Japanese pupils. Same school I went to.
Their parents expected at least 1 to 2 hours homework per day and got extra tuition on Saturday mornings.

'Junior' (Japanese) was 7. He was in the class below me as I was 8. He got promoted to our class after only a couple of weeks. He then stayed in our class for 2 months. Then he got shifted upwards to the year above.
The Korean kids were speaking English in 8 weeks and most of the other far eastern pupils way ahead of their counterparts.
I don't see the problem with say a half hour per day during holidays. You could exclude summer so that they get a total break from it.