I'm getting annoyed at the predicament I'm in as a teacher, where I am hired to teach children, and to serve the parents and taxpayers in my comunity, but I end up having to be part of a union that represents my profession badly.
You make an accurate observation here Sandy- in my reflection on 20 years of teaching, I can't remember a time when the government was spoken of as the equivalent of the enemy, that needs to get off its butt and give us what we need to really teach well.
When I look around my classroom and my school and I see the ample supplies, and well-paid teachers and staff working hard to do their best for their students, I remember the few times I've travelled around the world. They're lucky if they have a classroom, let alone desks, paper and pencil in so many places. In other countries, humiliating, fear-based methods are used to motivate children. For the most part, in Canada, we have got it made in our schools. Heck, you turn on the tap and clean water comes out.
