School teachers who golf?

[The Gentleman]

Any school teachers out there who make the most of your school holidays (ducks as teacher holiday haters take aim 😉) to play as much golf as possible? I’m going to try to this year - never managed it before due to kids being too young. Just need to rope my 9 year old into caddying for me.

 

[PJ87]

Any school teachers out there who make the most of your school holidays (ducks as teacher holiday haters take aim 😉) to play as much golf as possible? I’m going to try to this year - never managed it before due to kids being too young. Just need to rope my 9 year old into caddying for me.

I found out when studying my wife’s contract that she has ZERO holidays

Just unemployed when the schools are closed .. wasn’t impressed when I said get a part time summer job lol

 

[Deleted member 16999]

We’ve got a couple of blokes at our place who are teachers, they try to play every sunday then 2-3 times a week during school holidays if family commitments allow.
One of them gets quite grumpy in the last week of the summer holidays for some reason.

 

[Britishshooting]

2 of my P.E teachers were keen golfers, both off single figures.

For my GCSE's I and one of my mates who was a junior at the same course as me did P.E as an alternative to Music or Art.

We went and played golf once a week for about 6 weeks to monitor progress to go towards our final grade it was brilliant.

Had to do 3 sports and they actually argued for us to do Golf. I'd like to think because at the time we excelled in that field both playing for county etc. however I think they just like to leave supply teachers running P.E classes whilst they went for a knock!

Good friends to this day with one of the P.E Teachers. He plays endlessly over the summer holidays it's totally unfair!

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I thought teachers had no spare time, that they are always planning, marking or moaning about planning and marking.

 

[patricks148]

I thought teachers had no spare time, that they are always planning, marking or moaning about planning and marking.

we have about 5 PE teachers at mine and they are out all the time, one of them played everyday during the summer, though never when there is a comp on

 

[IanM]

I know two retired teachers who are in our group... they both regularly point out all of August is spent "lesson planning" so never left the house!

 

[Karl102]

I thought teachers had no spare time, that they are always planning, marking or moaning about planning and marking.

This 😉
I am saying this sat at my desk doing Year 11 revision during half term... However, I have just been the range and am playing friday/Sunday

Joking aside, I have great intentions of playing more and hopefully I will this summer having joined a club closer to home.
It is good, but then I have missed out on more golf than I have played as I haven't been able to play at the 'mega meets' in Scotland and HFH. I made Sunningdale the other year, but miss out this year by 1 day😢😢😢

 

[The Gentleman]

I found out when studying my wife’s contract that she has ZERO holidays

Just unemployed when the schools are closed .. wasn’t impressed when I said get a part time summer job lol

Lazy mare. Get out her out to work.

 

[The Gentleman]

I thought teachers had no spare time, that they are always planning, marking or moaning about planning and marking.

Never a truer word spoken. I was being hypothetical - we teachers never see the light of day 😉

 

[The Gentleman]

Really all golf playing teachers should be off scratch. Given how much holiday people believe we get (marks 22nd essay on the Romans and wipes tear from eye!)

 

[PJ87]

Lazy mare. Get out her out to work.

I know right! And she’s part time on top of that. I mean barely leaves the house !

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I found out when studying my wife’s contract that she has ZERO holidays

Just unemployed when the schools are closed .. wasn’t impressed when I said get a part time summer job lol

My wife got a great new job at a private school last September and was looking forward to working 43 weeks a year. The pro-rata salary was still more than her NHS pay so it was a win-win. She wasn't amused when they changed her contract from term-time to full time with just 25 days a year on 1st January. Still the new rounded up salary is nice and working how I can get my hands on some of it for new golfing goodies

To The Gentleman - where do you play your golf in SW London

 

[Maninblack4612]

As an aside, when my children were young I once took them up to the club & they watched their head teacher, who was a member, tee off. He said a very rude word after he hit his shot & the kids were astonished, they couldn't believe he was capable of speaking like that. We were highly amused.

 

[Sidsidgwick]

Yep I’m a teacher who plays, in my rather small school there are around 6 of us who play during the holiday and frequent each other’s and the counties courses for a few trips out.

 

[jim8flog]

Our last Junior Manager was a teacher. It was clear his teaching responsibilities gave him insufficient time to really play a lot of golf and do the the job of junior manager truly effectively despite him putting a lot of effort. He was a one time 8 handicapper which increased to 18 after becoming a teacher.

 

[2blue]

This 😉
I am saying this sat at my desk doing Year 11 revision during half term... However, I have just been the range and am playing friday/Sunday

Joking aside, I have great intentions of playing more and hopefully I will this summer having joined a club closer to home.
It is good, but then I have missed out on more golf than I have played as I haven't been able to play at the 'mega meets' in Scotland and HFH. I made Sunningdale the other year, but miss out this year by 1 day😢😢😢

Yes.. they don't see that Karl. Great trips, at great prices but you can't join in 'cos your working. Just hope you can retire early as nowadays its not a profession to do for too long.

 

[The Gentleman]

Our last Junior Manager was a teacher. It was clear his teaching responsibilities gave him insufficient time to really play a lot of golf and do the the job of junior manager truly effectively despite him putting a lot of effort. He was a one time 8 handicapper which increased to 18 after becoming a teacher.

Not what I would have expected with less responsibility. Probably thinking about all the marking that affected his golf.

 

[The Gentleman]

My wife got a great new job at a private school last September and was looking forward to working 43 weeks a year. The pro-rata salary was still more than her NHS pay so it was a win-win. She wasn't amused when they changed her contract from term-time to full time with just 25 days a year on 1st January. Still the new rounded up salary is nice and working how I can get my hands on some of it for new golfing goodies

To The Gentleman - where do you play your golf in SW London

Clubless at moment. Played Wimbledon Common GC today. Greens in mint condition. I recall that is your old stomping ground. I am considering joining on a 5 day membership as I play cricket at weekends. Would you recommend?

 

[The Gentleman]

As an aside, when my children were young I once took them up to the club & they watched their head teacher, who was a member, tee off. He said a very rude word after he hit his shot & the kids were astonished, they couldn't believe he was capable of speaking like that. We were highly amused.

Hilarious. I need to careful about that. Nothing better than hearing your teacher swear. Well apart from learning their first name !