Irish Teacher: The Irish public fail to respect teachers — happy home-schooling!

People forget two things. Firstly, that society can’t function without teachers, whether you like them or not. Secondly, teachers generally have the capacity to earn far more money doing something else.

Jennifer Horgan, Diary of an Irish Schoolteacher

So, schools are going to share teachers to make up for the staffing crisis.

I can picture them now: The maths and languages teachers huddled together in my place on the first day back after Easter, flicking through catalogues of roller skates, scooters, and skateboards, trying to figure out how to get between schools as quickly as possible. We don’t have a school building, or accompanying car spaces, so driving won’t be an option for many. A Star Trek Transporter platform would be ideal.