just in case i confuse (dyslexic sometimes i get confused by my posts
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1 I think most good teachers are underpaid and over worked
2 i dont agree that term time holiday are always detrimental and parents should be the ones deciding that
3 i think that messing about with the holidays is daft unless done nationally or at least making sure ALL local schools follow the same days where they are in the catchment stream ( i mean by that the feeder school where younger siblings may be and even the six form or colleges where older ones may be are synced else it makes it much harder for families)
however if we are going to muck about with holidays i would have thought it should involve moving exams to a different time of year when its not so hot the chances of hay fever are lower etc then move the holidays around to take advantage of the warmer weather and have a real discussion with parents and maybe even employers to get times and length to best suit the majority