Everyone is trying to paint strikers as bad people who don't care about the children. Well, I don't want to sound cold or calloused, but whatever happened to looking out for number one? I'm not talking about the teachers looking out for themselves, but I am talking about the teachers looking out for their own children. It's hard enough to put food on the table these days without someone screwing around with your benefits. I don't want this to turn into a polictical debate either, so I will just say what I have to say, and I will drop it after that.

If you are not happy with your work situation, within reason, you have to work to change it. The teachers aren't the only ones that are "taking away from our childrens' education". The school system could just as easily give the teachers what they deserve and the strike would never take place to begin with. It takes two to tango.

I'm done with this debate. It hits a little too close to home for me to look at it without bias anyway. If anyone wants to share their point of view they can email me or PM me. I'm done riling things up on the message board.