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Posted by: whaea

19th Jul 2011 01:43pm

do we really have free education in new zealand?

Comments 5

trix56
  • 22nd Nov 2011 04:51pm

Interesting! I live in Australia (SA) so don't know about New Zealand. My son is thinking about becoming a teacher but is now having second thoughts.
Our state government is moving toward the "superschool" with less teachers and more students. No tenure for teachers anymore so once you've finished your training (is it 5 or 6 years) there is no guarantee of employment.
Too true also. Our schools are becoming havens for bullys, gangs and violent students and attacks on teachers are becoming more prevalent.
Neither does it help that teenagers are being forced to stay at school longer when they just don't want to be there.
Lots of problems. Sorry, no answers.

Anonymous
  • 14th Sep 2011 02:15pm

not really

whaea
  • 19th Jul 2011 04:27pm

i have been teaching for the past 13 years. 10 years in south auckland. the school that i worked for let the students get away with far too much. coming to school drunk and stoned. these were kids that are 11-12 years. and what was i told.. say out of this, leave it to manangement. and what was done with these student???? nothing. because their parents and whanau were linked to a gang.... oh my god i thought? what a load of crap !!! so i left the school. six months i still can not find a job. why not you might asked. Maybe because my references are not good. i left left the school because i have morals. i believe all students are entiled to good solid education. and you should help all students no matter what their back ground is.... so end in the end i lose out becuase i stand by what i believe in...... still no job...... but im sure there is a school out there with morals. and believe that all students should be treated the same....

Anonymous
  • 1st Dec 2011 07:20pm
i have been teaching for the past 13 years. 10 years in south auckland. the school that i worked for let the students get away with far too much. coming to school drunk and stoned. these were kids...

whaea i disagree with what you are saying that the school has no morals the problem is that the school classes today have too many students in the one room . because those children that have tie to gangs doesnt mean that the school has no morals.your job as a teacher was teach those children the education of right from wrong and that means trying to break those barriers down not moan aboutthe moralitys of the whanau links to gangs.

Ermar
  • 31st Oct 2011 08:05am
i have been teaching for the past 13 years. 10 years in south auckland. the school that i worked for let the students get away with far too much. coming to school drunk and stoned. these were kids...

Whaea,
I agree with what you say. I am a retired teacher. I was once unemployed and for a year I started and ran my own preschool. Then I got a long term relieving job in a Catholic school. In the meantime I applied for about 500 jobs. It was very demoralizing, but I persisted. In the end as I have qualifications in theology I got a position in management in a Catholic school and stayed there till I retired. Maybe you should try for church and private schools. Mind you having taught in primary, intermediate and college positions there is no perfect school. You can also find a great school with a great principal only to have that one leave and another principal comes who changes everything for the worse.
Good luck with job applications and believe in yourself. You sound like a great teacher.

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