TC of Perth, WA, Reader's Comment 18 of 97, Special Report: Teachers reveal why

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TC of Perth, WA, Reader's Comment 18 of 97, Special Report: Teachers reveal why they walked, Yasmine Phillips, Education reporter, Perth Now, 19 February 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/special-report-teachers-reveal-why-they-walked/comments-e6frg13u-1226008656772 Historical link preserved from the original page.

Students who have no academic ability would be better off in the workforce.

One of the biggest social disasters of recent times is forcing young men and women to stay at school until they are 17.

Those who do not have any academic interest and who would be better off in the workforce are causing major disruptions to the classroom and are forcing teachers out of the public school system.

A Teacher of Perth, Comment 10 of 97, Special Report: Teachers reveal why they walked, Yasmine Phillips, Education reporter, Perth Now, 19 February 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/special-report-teachers-reveal-why-they-walked/comments-e6frg13u-1226008656772 Historical link preserved from the original page.

I found teachers in the Queensland private sector to be afraid to 'rock the boat'.

I am a teacher and I relocated to Qld with my family in 2010 after returning from abroad.

I found the level of, and attitude to, education so low in Brisbane that after 9 months I began to look interstate.

Indeed, as an Economics teacher I was dismayed when my Head of Department asked me what a stimulus package was.

I found teachers in the private sector to be arrogant, ignorant and all too afraid to 'rock the boat' with their parents and school executives.

With my own children to educate, I voted with my feet and left the state in Jan 2011.