During a teacher strike, if high school students volunteer to help young elementary students to keep up with their curriculum and lessons, are they crossing the picket line? Should the union move in and clamp down on this?
2007-03-09 17:33:38 · 4 answers · asked by Amuse Bouche 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
There is a local teacher strike that is now three weeks old. Many high school senior students will likely miss out on University next year if the strike is not settled soon. The teachers don't seem to care about a whole class of kids having to postpone their lives by a whole year.
2007-03-09 17:47:58 · update #1
It's a difficult issue. Teaching salaries have really gotten very off balanced in the last several years where some districts are very competitive in their pay and others refuse to even come remotely close- to the point of being 10's of thousands off from other schools. For young teachers, it's easy to simply leave for a better district, but for older teachers who have invested in a house and family, it's feels like the school is robbing them every day when they know they can't leave and that all the money is going to upper level supervisors. School systems have to solve these problems- especially the one on strike now, but even with that, other schools will eventually experience the same strikes if 'fair' isn't decided. But whether a stike happens or not, some one is always paying... just this time it's the students.
2007-03-10 12:13:54 · answer #1 · answered by locusfire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teacher strikes normally don't last long enough to worry about it. Nobody, including the teachers, wants the children to miss out on an education. This is one time, however, that the union should not clamp down. Anyone who is willing to help a child in a positive way should be commended.
2007-03-09 17:41:04 · answer #2 · answered by Lesley M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it`s time teachers gave up striking for higher salaries, their pays are now way above average. What more do they want for 9 months work...summers off, holidays off, weekends off. They should be in school doing their jobs instead of walking a picket line. You chose ur profession, now live with it.
2007-03-09 17:53:16 · answer #3 · answered by flamingo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way the children should not be invovled that way at all. They're already loosing out big time, so if they decide to help youngsters out, awesome it's a good thing! I think that would be absoloutly crazy!
2007-03-09 17:44:40 · answer #4 · answered by justwonderin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋