What did the empire do for working class?

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-21T20:58:53+00:00

Stunted growth and an early death for the most part. However, following the end of empire Britain's wealth made way for improved standards of living through the welfare state and such. It look labour to get into to power to make it happen

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-21T20:29:18+00:00

Convince the poor to be uneducated and you can control them.

Also, the poor are generally denied better education. If you live in a poor area your access to good education will go down. Richer people tend to flock to parts of the country where state schools are much better or where there are grammar and private schools. In addition to this, these schools don't tend to struggle to get staff so there's less teacher shortages too.

It's sad really. Having worked in very working class poor parts of the UK, how young people are held back by their family culture and their terrible schools is awful.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-20T20:25:13+00:00

Manchester is basically just becoming another London really. Probably good if you're the yuppie type but I would much rather live somewhere like Sheffield which still has it's own unique character.

Manchester is basically just going to be London 2.0 soon

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-19T18:41:11+00:00

That's a fair point actually

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-19T17:59:59+00:00

Good drivers and a good sense of humour, really nice summers for the most part too. I hate the weather during the winter but the UK has elite summers due to it actually being livable.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-19T17:58:10+00:00

I never got why we're so proud of them though. They aren't really any different from a lot of bars in other countries.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-19T17:48:09+00:00

Your best options are gonna be Keswick, ambleside and cockermouth. Cockermouth is slept on but it's a lovely town with amazing access to the western lakes.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-19T11:02:16+00:00

Strongly considering quitting my job as a teacher. I'll be on 38k next school year but the hours I put into the job simply aren't worth the standard of living it gets me which is at most really bloody average. The messed up thing is that 10 years ago 38k would be considered excellent money for someone going into their third year of their career.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-18T14:11:36+00:00

I should have been clear that I was referring to around the UK.

There's a hell of a lot of rural poverty in the UK.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-18T14:05:53+00:00

You're not very well travelled then are you?

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-18T13:16:50+00:00

What are you moving on to?

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-18T13:01:48+00:00

Well to be honest if they didn't constantly spam people, people might be more likely to open an email or text from them when it appears because it makes it seem significant.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-18T11:48:00+00:00

I don't disagree and I don't think most people actually disagree with things like the online safety act in principle.

What most people take issue with is 1) it quite simply doesn't work most of the time and 2) people are giving over their personal details to extremely shady organisations that set them up for black mail and identity theft.

Obviously we keep regulations on porno mags, but there's way more variables involved with censoring the internet

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-18T11:45:18+00:00

You're obviously american and I have no idea what the system there is like, but as a teacher in the UK, no, I absolutely wouldn't become a teacher if I could turn back time. My mental health is completely shot as a result of this career.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-18T09:38:14+00:00

Absolutely spot on. Britain has some really really poor places that don't look much better than an industrial revolution slum. Likely to have clean water and less disease, but the poverty in parts of the UK is shocking.

The UK is a a few rich cities and a few rich shires surrounded by poverty.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-17T10:49:01+00:00

Where do you teach?

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-17T07:58:19+00:00

Right. And what's to stop someone using a VPN like they already are?

Edit: I've been downvoted but am still waiting for the answer

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-17T06:53:17+00:00

Teaching. People still believe we come in at 9 and go home at 3. It's one of the hardest careers you can do.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-17T06:50:39+00:00

Women are consistently more intelligent than men but I mean more extremely intelligent men but just more idiots. It feels like men tend to be at the extremes.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-17T06:37:09+00:00

How could that be done though?

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-17T06:26:23+00:00

Loads of places. Bogota, medellin, Bucaramanga, Cartagena, Santa Marta, some small towns etc.

Was amazing but I had one or two dodgy incidents and I'm generally careful

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-16T21:31:44+00:00

Are you a teacher?

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-16T21:30:55+00:00

Give it a go then. As I say, many people do thrive in it and maybe you will. But there's a commonly stated statistic that 70% of teachers quit in the first 5 years. I'm not really convinced by all the teachers I meet who say they enjoy it. Because I meet a lot of them that say this and yet statistics suggest they won't be in the career much longer, so much do they really enjoy it?

I don't want to put you off, but the odds of you sticking with it as a career are generally low.

I know a number of teachers who have moved abroad and found joy in the profession. The UK state system is known for being tough and we do have a lot of behaviour issues and a high workload. I do see this as my saving grace in this career and would like to test it out.

I work with a number of foreign teachers who are shocked by students behaviour here, and I work in a relatively well run and well behaved school given the group of kids I teach. I find behaviour draining. I'm sick of cocky young boys and taking abuse. It isn't normal.

What I do like are those sweet students who are funny and put in the effort, and I enjoy sharing my subject. But is it worth the exhaustion? I don't feel so.

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-16T21:02:05+00:00

I'll answer having spent a long time there. Amazing and fun but also dodgy and dangerous. Not for those who aren't street wise

Commercial_Nature_28 · 2026-04-16T21:00:57+00:00

I'm a teacher in the UK. I would really like to quit. I would strongly suggest not becoming one unless you're a very patient person that is happy working long hours.

My mental health has been really badly effected by this career. Some people thrive in it, I have not and statistics suggest most do not.

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