Teachers don't know what stress is!!!!!!

Humpty again. Wilshaw seems absolutely determined to alienate teachers by stupid remarks like these:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/may/10/teachers-dont-know-stress-ofsted-chief

I wrote an article quite a while ago that I hope sums up the effects of stress on too many teachers and also tries to celebrate the legacy of those teachers who have suffered 'burn-out':
http://www.philjtaylor.com/Not%20so%20much%20as%20a%20fond%20farewell.htm

Since the nineties, the stresses on teachers have undeniably become even greater. And this has happened despite the introduction of lunchtime organisers to allow most teachers to have a proper lunch break. Interestingly, this innovation was prompted by teachers' industrial action in the 80's which Wilshaw derides in the same speech:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/10/teachers-dont-know-what-stress-is-says-ofsted-chief-sir-michael-wilshaw_n_1505881.html

Still there are signs that even Gove, who is trying to row back on Wilshaw's plan for no-notice Ofsted inspections, is beginning to wonder what the Hell they've done in appointing someone who so clearly fails to appreciate that the whole education system depends on the dedication of teachers.

Stalin would have been proud

Michael Gove's chilling words in an article about schools being forced to become academies:

'No school is being threatened with academy status. Schools are being promised the benefits that come from being an academy.'

The closest thing to Stalin in U.K. politics?

Read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/cv5qx5n

An early day motion on this isssue in January (arising from events in Haringey) attracted 47 M.P.'s signatures  -  all Labour apart from Mike Hancock (Lib Dem  -  just about) and Caroline Lucas (I've never heard her say anything I disagree with). Not exactly the kind of response one would hope for.