It might just be keeping a personal space, but places that are open will have to try and show some level of playing along with the guidance. I need a haircut, my hair hasn’t been this long and more so thick for over 40 years. Not sure how the mad Turks brandishing flaming sticks and cut throats are going to work around distancing in the barbers I go to.
There are the millions out there with paranoia and anxiety fuelled by weeks of media doom and gloom who have become completely obsessive.
All that we need to hope is that it doesn’t re-emerge as restrictions ease. If it does I think the shutters are going to come down very fast. I see Angelsey’s has been subjected to a ‘regional’ lockdown.
The downside to any easing will probably mean wearing masks will be compulsory inside shops etc, so I’ll have to buy one.
I think it’s just a case of being as pragmatic as possible.
Realistically this thing isn’t going away so we need to adopt the practices that will keep everyone as safe as possible while allowing some return to normality.
Dont want to do it. Dont.
But my understanding is alot of teachers do it because it’s the easiest option to ‘tick the extra curricular box’.
I know of several schools where teachers who take on a CCF role, get paid more by the school.
So it’s a no brainer for many.
Begs the serious question as to why we (the overwhelming majority) on ‘community units’ (christ, I hate that phrase), bother.
Might as well rock up at our local school, volunteer to open a CCF unit and cream off some wonga.
Many of the ones I’ve met don’t volunteer. They get told to do it, and when it’s part of the job, and it’s either do it, or don’t get the job, it’s not really a choice. Particularly with teaching, when, let’s be honest, working in the private school sector is considerably better than the alternative in state school.
It’s a crap system, because it means you have unenthusiastic conscript teachers leading unenthusiastic conscript cadets, and then we, the keen volunteer staff leading committed volunteer cadets moan about their standards being low and their motivation being poor.
If that means CCF units cant operate, that’s only a natural side effect.
No one including teachers should be made to do this.
I also disagree if a school incentives with higher a salary.
Completly devalues our voluntary role out in the ‘community’.
Should be sane rules for all.
Either
Everyone volunteers only
Or
Everyone is salaried.
i would echo that comment with so should the Cadets.
it is known that not all CCFs are equal and for some of the Cadets it is a case of the lesser evil when given an option of a mandatory extra curriculum activity.
I am not suggesting CCF Cadets are paid to attend, but their motivation, much like their staff, is(/can be) different to the Cadets on a “community Squadron”
It should be noted, though, that that is only your opinion; cadet service in schools has a long history of being compulsory and, in doing so, contributing enormously to the war effort in two world wars. And to the casualty list.
Both extremes of recruitment exist within the CCF, but the compulsory one doesn’t, it seems, work as well as the alternative. I had on my OIC officers who were volunteers, and one who wasn’t. The difference in their enthusiasm and commitment to the course were marked