Soldiers in school

Had a laugh at this comment on the TES staffroom thread, following others which were also not exactly happy with the NUT's stance on refusing to allow the army in schools.

A new News report:

The Military have voted to ban teachers from schools given the fact that the TTA and other recruitment is propaganda and misleading.

The Military have commented that the current advertising to recruit teachers is completely misleading, showing teachers in supportive, positive environments, but not representing the truth surround the career. Military expects have said: "The advertising might be luring and false, and chooses not to show images of the physical and verbal violence that teachers are victim to in the battle field of the classroom each and ever day. There is an understanding that if you join the army you will be trained to go to places where you may get harmed, but the television adverts about teaching do not show a realistic view of the career - they are propagana, and nothing less."

Research is soon to be commissioned to look at the recruitment of children, young people and even adults into a career that is misrepresented, often by the unions.

I have to say that I do like the adverts, but this is a very true point!