Stupid strike! I'm so over this whole thing! Finally get a day off and I'm too tired to enjoy it! I'm not pro-union, but just to be clear, I'm not pro-administration either. I personally feel both sides are hiding information and not being professional, and both sides are looking to help themselves. Who I really feel sorry for are the teachers and students. I feel bad because the teachers are striking and not working, and I feel even worse for the students, who on Monday will be stuck in classrooms with substitutes they don't know at all! I also feel absolutely horrible for the part time workers and other long term subs (like myself) who are stuck in the middle. We can't really choose sides without alienating ourselves from either our coworkers or by possibly not getting a full time position in the future. Many people who I have worked with who are part-timers have been told "off the record" that in order to be considered to advance in the district, they need to be available to work 10 hours a day during all of this. Really? That's how we treat the people who are working hard??? Bullying them? Not that I'm saying that everything on the strike line is always perfect. People really should remember that we don't know anything about what the other is choosing to do and for what reason (This applies to everyone involved) and that ultimately we are adults and should take responsibility for our own actions and choices. Honestly the thing that I think the strikers should remember is there could be part timers stuck in a bullied position by their boss? What if they are the sole money earner for their family? What if this job is the only thing between them and being homeless? Not that I'm saying that the staff at the school I'm at is doing that. (Well, at least with most everyone who works at the same school as the strikers, the strikers have been very supportive and encouraging.) But frankly I'm getting more frustrated and disheartened by the people I see who's hearts are breaking over this and not being able to be with their students.
Why can't we just table the whole discussion until June 13th so we can finish the school year? It's been 14 months...a couple more won't hurt anyone! Or better yet...work out a deal! Quit trying to make power plays and media twists and PR moves and get a decision made.
In the meantime, I'll be ready to go to work Monday and hope and pray that the kids will adjust okay and know that we care about them and are doing what it takes to take care of them.
Stupid strike!
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