tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9976574.post5646123249120353529..comments2023-10-18T08:38:05.570-04:00Comments on POLITICAL ILLUSION: 3 newspapers call for ban on teacher strikesTONY PHYRILLAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18383642518928715216noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9976574.post-75129165965060104662008-02-17T11:55:00.000-05:002008-02-17T11:55:00.000-05:00I support the right of anybody to join a union and...I support the right of anybody to join a union and go on strike. I do admit, however, that when teachers do it, it is generally ineffective because it looks bad. <BR/><BR/>However, I have a cousin and several friends who teach, and I can assure you that the average teacher does things that are not required by his or her contract. Things like chaperoning dances and working the concession stands at football games… pretty much every teacher does these things without getting paid for it. Note that these are things that parents ought to be doing, but in many cases do not. <BR/><BR/>Also, let’s not overlook now many times a teacher will buy classroom materials out of his or her pocket.<BR/><BR/>Instead of going on strike, teachers should only do the things that are required of them as per their contract, and not one thing more. Let’s make the parents get off their rear-ends and volunteer at their kids’ schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com