Comment 81020

By Borrelli (registered) | Posted September 19, 2012 at 10:09:09

My upset is very specifically that the teachers' job action amounts to nothing more or less than bullying children.

That's hypberbole and I challenge this "fact" of yours. Teachers are educators first and foremost, not babysitters and drama-club directors. That you, I, the government and society at large gained from their extra-curricular beneficence for years is something that teachers should be credited for.

That some teachers, demoralized and angry that the negotiating process has been completely side-stepped by the government, now choose to only educate is a predictable and reasonable consequence. It is not bullying, it's rational behaviour as shaped by the almighty market that we're supposed to worship.

Administrators, parents and community members can now fill the void and demonstrate their commitment to children (but think of the children!) by stepping in and running programs outside of schools. James, maybe it's time for you and all of those other 50hr/wk workers to tell your bosses that you're only working the hours you're paid for, and rush back home to coach soccer or the debate team.

Instead of bemoaning teachers, the whipping-profession of our age if there ever was one, why not try to replicate the benefits they offered (for free) and see how much it costs you?

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