Today is a week since i landed in Vancouver, BC. My kids 7yrs, and 5 yrs hv been attending school since monday. There is no school today as the teachers are on strike.This morning i hd to explain to them wht does strike means. Coming from Malaysia, where we hv never ever had a strike, it is strange. How do i explain to kids in a non compromising way tht the teachers here don’t want to teach till their demands are met? Because in simple terms they would ask me, why don’t the teachers in Malaysia do the same? How do I explain?
I do understand the teachers too hv their needs. But don’t they hv a responsibility too?
Right now I am not employed and i don’t hv to worry abt childcare. Wht abt those parents who work? How will they manage when the school is closed without any warnings? Wht would i do, when I return to work and in the evening I get a letter from school, tomorrow to indefinite, there would be no classes as the teachers are on strike.. Where would I send the kids? Do I then hv to take a day out of my annual leave to take care of the kids, so the teachers can get their demands?
Wht ever happend to those days of negotiation and responsibilities?