What crisis?

John Swinney has insisted Scotland there is no “crisis in morale” among Scottish teachers as he faced a grilling over punishing workloads and low pay.

Like the rest of the SNP, his department is falling apart due to unwanted and unnecessary changes. However, he is living in a fantasy world where everyone loves him and is happy at their work and their is no teacher shortage.

lana58 The morale of teachers IS low because of their incessant interfering with our education system, changing it to match their vision of an independent Scotland. Take the SNP out of the equation and Scotland would move forward in leaps and bounds.

Fish Supper When you are whinging about that hour of marking you have to do in the evening, please don’t forget those 13 weeks of holiday a year teachers...

Sparts

He should walk into a couple of schools, unannounced, find the staff room and hide in a corner listening to the conversation. Then he needs to go away and think through that statement again. He may wish to alter it.

Old Clothes and Porridge

I wish politicians would call “challenges” what they actually are – problems.

Paul Holyrood

Like all politicians, he has said a lot but actually has said nothing. But like all the SNPEE politicians, I use the word very loosely, he tells untruths, he puts gloss on the fact that the education system is 800 teachers short, lack of morale is twisted to “challenging”.

634TDJ There’s an odd occasion when I think it must be great being in the SNP