The Talking Teacher has just recently returned from a Caribbean Union of Teachers conference in St. Croix (pictures to follow) and have had a lot of different thoughts on his mind as a result. One thing is this- all around the world, teachers are going through the same struggles, the same celebrations, the same issues. Check this from a recent BBC post, about teachers in Africa:
Teachers in Zimbabwe have called off a strike despite their wage demands not being met, while the government has slashed school fees for the new term.
David Coltart said the government had no money to raise their salaries, but he had agreed to help teachers by giving their children free schooling.
Teachers' groups said they accepted the government was struggling for funds and needed time to raise revenue.
Teachers are paid $100 (£66) a month but unions wanted four times as much.
Interesting huh? Yes, different economy and all, but same thing, teachers are not worth their weight in gold, yet every politician loves to get up and say how much we love our teachers, and they love to state ever so proudly that they were once teachers. (well, why did you leave?That's another entry...)
So to all the teachers around the world, to all of the teachers unions, hang in there, last Friday was May Day. May 1st, labour day for many countries around the world. To all the unions, we support you- SOLIDARITY FOREVER!!!
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