What do people in Lewes think about schools closing on Wednesday due to strikes?

Well , they won't get what they signed up for but i'd still like a pension like that!

I'm not expert on the financial side of things, but I am a secondary school teacher, so I know a few things.
I know that friends of mine with the same educational background are earning much more than me, which enables them to buy a house, get a car on finance and invest in a private pension. My brother himself is doing a PhD in science and is likely to earn a good living in the private sector. My brother's fiancee, who has just left university, is earning over £30K and has earning potential of 6 figures in the near future in the energy industry. My step-brother is becoming a chartered accountant through PWC; after his first 3 years, he will jump from a starting salary of £28K to about £50K. A few other friends of ours did not even get as far as doing A-levels; one works as a legal secretary and earns about £40K and others work in the energy business earning about £50K. All of these people are still in their 20s.
I also know that being a teacher is more of a calling than a career. We not only have a job to do, but have a responsibility to treat pupils with integrity (so as not to abuse our power or suffer from parent complaints), develop future generations emotionally and are constantly on display by way of setting an example. Not to mention issues surrounding discipline, diminishing attention spans and emotional needs caused by family issues. This requires a certain type of person with more than mere intelligence and a degree.
In addition, I know how much overtime my colleagues do. We never get paid for this, neither do we get time in lieux, like when we do all-day rehearsals on Sundays or take pupils on trips. In an average week, I might get 3 hours of PPA. In this time I am supposed to plan and prepare about 22 hours' worth of lessons. This includes 3-part structures, inclusion, assessment for learning, data tracking, target setting, ensuring content is suitable for the age, creating powerpoints, photocopying, word processing, research, creating homework tasks, personalisation for special needs, etc. To make things harder, I have to teacher 3 other subjects outside of my specialism, like many other teachers. This time is also supposed to cover marking, which can take up to an hour per class if you are marking A-level essays, for example. In addition to this, as a form tutor, I am responsible for the lives of 30 individuals with their own qualities, quirks and problems, which often require me to phone home. As a music teacher - and thank goodness I am not a PE teacher - I voluntarily run 3 rehearsals a week, amounting to another 3.5 hours. This is nothing compared to my head of dept, who is overseeing the musical we are preparing for and has estimated that she will have put in 120 hours over a period of 10 weeks.
Yes, I know we get holidays and we all appreciate them, though some of us spend most of them preparing lessons or at least worrying about them. It is also worth bearing in mind that all good holiday deals are offered during term time, which makes it hard to afford decent get-aways.
Anyway, I'm no expert, but I do feel that a pension scheme, in which money is invested and generated over a long period of time, is surely an affordable token of appreciation for a nice bunch of people who make the future brighter for many.
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I think all your points are valid but it is people with private pensions that will also have to pay more. There is definitely inequality to some extent but demographics plays a part.
40 years ago the ave life expectancy was 70, now it is about 80, what might it be in 40 years time?
And it will be the teenagers now many of whom can't get a job or a house that will have to fund it!
Just a personal opinion having worked on both the public and private sector.