Could your child's education been threatened by teachers on strike? Chicago public school teachers have been on strike for over a week since last monday for the first time in the city in 25 years. They wanted to maintain their existing health benifits and salary increases. Kids were out of school and as much as we don't like it, we disagreed with this protest.
There are two reasons why I opposed the teachers striking. A good reason is because other teachers around the country who aren't able to go on strike have the same problems. My school is probably worse than theirs. We have rats falling off ceilings, dead roaches in the restrooms, no heating.. we even have classes outside due to construction! My school's condition is very bad but we manage to put up with it because we're not allowed to strike. The other reason is that school keeps kids out of trouble. Who knew what your they could have been doing while their parents were out protesting. Some parents can't even afford to keep kids hpme all week. That's twice the food you could have had, because school feeds your kids. And most kids rely on school to keep them fed. So that's why I thought this protest was unnessecary.
This mattered because the kids who were out of school were missing their learning days. Teachers wanted more and more money with a better environment when that didn't even matter. They were not the only teachers with complaints and got unnecessary breaks while the rest of America was working. Parents were also struggling to keep them at home while they had jobs to go to. I don't know why they thought striking was the best decision.
There are two reasons why I opposed the teachers striking. A good reason is because other teachers around the country who aren't able to go on strike have the same problems. My school is probably worse than theirs. We have rats falling off ceilings, dead roaches in the restrooms, no heating.. we even have classes outside due to construction! My school's condition is very bad but we manage to put up with it because we're not allowed to strike. The other reason is that school keeps kids out of trouble. Who knew what your they could have been doing while their parents were out protesting. Some parents can't even afford to keep kids hpme all week. That's twice the food you could have had, because school feeds your kids. And most kids rely on school to keep them fed. So that's why I thought this protest was unnessecary.
This mattered because the kids who were out of school were missing their learning days. Teachers wanted more and more money with a better environment when that didn't even matter. They were not the only teachers with complaints and got unnecessary breaks while the rest of America was working. Parents were also struggling to keep them at home while they had jobs to go to. I don't know why they thought striking was the best decision.
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