27 Mar 2012 10:55:

Westport your rant about teachers is ill informed & insulting.

I agree with everything that TheQuietMan says. Work 189 days per year??? - Dream on.

If not working at home, many go into school in the holidays to prepare lessons & to catch up on things that don't get done because in the few "free"periods that they are supposed to have, they are given cover to do, even though they shouldn't be.

What about the revision sessions they run over a series of weekends in the run up to exams?

Residential trips? - I guess Westport would consider that a "jolly" but they are on call 24/7 for however long they are away.

The pressure they are put under when OfSted announce their arrival is ludicrous - leave school at 6pm then 5 hours to plan the OfSted lesson, then back in to school at 6am the next morning - work/life balance - not in education. Then OfSted want to see something different so another 5 hours to plan the lesson.

Am I a teacher? No but my sister is a Secondary School Maths teacher so I see first hand that she puts in far more than a 35-40 hour week. I would say it is more like 50 hours & that is just a normal week without parents evening or any other out of hours event where there is a 3 line whip for attendance.

 

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19 Feb 2012 15:08:

I also agree with Karensun & dennismundy.

People are often too willing to judge others without obtaining all the facts first.

Noreen 

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30 Jan 2012 11:42:

Johnzx - I think you have addressed your comment to the wrong person.

You said - Noreen, I am not that certain your post will have simplified things for those who are seeking advice. 

I don't see how correcting the incomplete information that you provided is doing anything other than maker things clearer & more accurate.

Perhaps your comment was meant for Lijaloo, although why you would be critical of their posting I don't know because they are simply illustrating that they have used both methods of payment & have now managed to make their tax payments themselves without difficulty, perhaps providing a level of comfort for those who have not attempted this before.

Regards

Noreen

 

This message was last edited by nfm2862 on 30/01/2012.

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30 Jan 2012 11:37:

Hi Karen

Long time no speak!

I don't have any telephone, printing or travel costs.

I am based in the UK so I do everything by email. Any printing for AGMs etc is done by the administrators & I don't incur travel costs.

I guess I should qualify my previous statement where I questioned the need for a President to incur out of pocket expenses. Of course, if there is no administrator & the President fulfils this role then there will be expenses to be met but equally these should all be documented & have appropriate receipts.

Regards

Noreen

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29 Jan 2012 22:37:

The figures quoted by Johnzx  - "It amounts to 0.5% of the catastral value or the escrituras value" is not entirely correct.

This figure only applies if the catastral value of the property has not been reviewed since 1994.

If the catastral value has been reviewed since 1994 than the tax is (1.1% of catastral value) x 24%.

Regards

Noreen

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