Um, publicly funded Catholic school boards are in the Constitution. They have nothing to worry about in terms of “making waves”. Do your research.

Thank you for your comment, even though it was not directed at me. I am not sure what your argument is, since it doesn’t address the article, but I’d be interested to hear your reasoning. If you are actually wishing to address work-to-rule and Bill 115, please note that this post was written before the start of school, and has very little to do with those issues. There is a more recent post dealing with those here.

When I was in homeschooling (Grades 2-8), my mother taught me that it’s important to think critically, know your facts, do proper research, and use compassion and empathy for your fellow human beings in everyday life. The thing that worries me about your comment, like those of so many, is that you speak of teachers as if they are clones. They are actually as different as humans are in any situation. I hate to think of you, as a teacher, passing your bigotry along to your children.

Thank you for clarifying the working hours point – now I get what you’re saying. And frankly, the “volunteer” hours thing doesn’t really make sense to me, because I’ve never been able to get all the planning and marking I need to do done within the prep time of the school day – at least not while working a full-time schedule.

If I’m honest, I agree that there are some over-dramatic sound bites happening on both sides of this argument (union and government reps)… and that I don’t always agree with every statement made on “my” behalf by the union. But out of the two factions, I know which one values my role. And absolutely, I don’t like seeing kids suffer for things they don’t control either – I don’t know any teachers who do – but you can’t just decide to opt out of job action, even if you’d like to.

Thank you for disagreeing respectfully – you also sound like a very interesting, hardworking person who is dedicated and caring. Your profession is lucky to have you.