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On Friday we reported on teachers being given access to the Blue Light discount scheme - which appeared to elicit a backlash on social media...We had scored of reader comments - all but one onside with the backlash .This morning, we asked our followers on LinkedIn for their view. The poll is still active, but the results so far suggest a level of support for teachers...
When was the last time a teacher went home and wept after loosing a patient or had to stand in a line behind a shield getting bricked by a mob? Or being shot at in a foreign land?IanstuFarmers feed the nation, when will they be entitled to a Blue Light Card?GreatauntbleachAn emergency service is available 24 hours a day. 365 days per year. Teachers are not. They are valuable in society, absolutely, but they are not an emergency service with a blue light.Joanna ClarkWow.
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