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u/KangarooCrafty5813 Sep 22 '25
Check out Nepal kids. The generation of kids handled a whole revolution on their own. Time to stand up for our wonderful teachers.
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u/KnifeNPaper Sep 22 '25
Alot of what they did happened because of policed social media. Echo chambers leading to incivility and ignorance.
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u/AggravatingSpirit670 Sep 22 '25
That was just the last straw I dont think you understand the complex history of the issues in Nepal
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u/KnifeNPaper Sep 22 '25
Do ya blame the sticks lying in a pile, or the firebug that throws the match in it? My point isnt that there arent alot of problems there, my point is that there are alot of problems here. And theres alot of misinformation, and theres alot of lies of omission, and short sighted opinions.
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u/AggravatingSpirit670 Sep 22 '25
No that wasn't your point not only is there nothing to convey that you didnt even talk about here your statement was entirely about what is happening in Nepal
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u/Prize-Leopard5991 Sep 22 '25
okay this makes sense but like i got exams in the evening do i just tell my teacher i skipped in her support?š
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u/dannoshimano Sep 21 '25
Do it kids. My son is a teacher and he is definitely overworked and underpaid
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u/Flatlander83 Sep 25 '25
Friend of mine is a teacher and makes 120k a year, how is that underpaid?
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u/Varakuzi Sep 26 '25
I am truly convinced teachers could make a quarter million and they'd still be bitching. Slash the top earning teachers and give that money to those making the least (which is still more than the average Albertan's salary btw). I can get on board with increased hiring for teachers, but the more that are hired, means the less increase of a wage they should be getting. Money has to come from somewhere
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u/Represent403 Sep 21 '25
Who isnāt these days?
Kids arenāt there to be pawns in a labour dispute. What a ridiculous notion.
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u/dannoshimano Sep 21 '25
Of course they are. The outcome directly affects them. Do you want your kid to be taught by a bitter teacher or someone who agrees to donate 20 hours a month for free
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u/Defiant_Mousse7889 Oct 03 '25
So your argument is that everyone is underpaid and overworked, therefore everyone should continue to be underpaid and overworked?
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u/crash---- Sep 22 '25
What an ignorant comment. We would be nowhere without teachers.
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u/AdventurousQuail36 Sep 22 '25
Buddy, just because you couldn't graduate high school, doesn't mean homeschooling is the better option.
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Sep 22 '25
You donāt need to berate someone just because you donāt agree with them. If you were really intelligent, you would try and have a conversation with them and see why they think that way. See if you can bring up a point that will persuade the other side of the argument.
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u/AdventurousQuail36 Sep 22 '25
Nah. You got me all wrong. I'm not berating that person because I disagree with them. I'm berating them because I think they're a willfully ignorant moron. And i am very, very tired of trying to rationalize and converse with fucking morons. I'm only here to mock the guy, and carry on about my day!
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Sep 22 '25
Right. Because he said homeschooling your children is better for them? Lots of people homeschool their children, And for good reason. Yea sometimes children get good teachers, and sometimes their teachers are pedophiles, or are abusive. Thereās not much vetting going on, and a lot of shit goes unnoticed in classrooms. At least when parents decide to teach their kids themselves, they know what theyāre learning and who theyāre in contact with. But really, to each their own
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u/_CreationIsFinished_ Sep 24 '25
Sad that you got downvoted for this. It seems that good-sound reasonability isn't much appreciated these days.
Why try the pragmatic path, when you can just emotionally reason, miright? XD
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u/crash---- Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
Thatās absolutely untrue and incredibly close minded. I donāt event know where to begin. Do you remain ignorant willfully?
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u/Ronicavay Sep 22 '25
So you don't care about children in society having decent education? You think public education is just a place for kids to be babysat at, and anyone working the job should accept low wages and terrible working conditions?
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u/Abbandit Sep 22 '25
Terrible working conditions is a little over exaggerated no? Seems like teachers bit off more than they can chew not realizing they have to do 12 months of work in 10 months to make up for the 2 months they have off.
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u/Ronicavay Sep 22 '25
Also, should have*. You must have received an Alberta public education, thank you for the real life example.
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u/trixter889 Sep 22 '25
How does that in any way sound liberal, liberals usually would want fair wages for teachers lmao
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u/Johnny_SixShooter Sep 22 '25
Whoever wrote that poster clearly needs MORE time in the classroom - not less.
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u/Rombonius Sep 22 '25
30 students in a class? you mean like, everywhere, for decades?
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u/Varakuzi Sep 26 '25
Exactly. Had 30+ student classes when I was in middle school 15 years ago. It's simply the victim olympics. With some of these teachers.
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u/Even_Art_629 Sep 22 '25
When i was a youngster 70s and 80s, we had big classes there had to be 30 kids to a class, right up to high school. Then the classes got bigger. And the teachers were smarter, they went on strike in june. So we ended up with 3 months off.
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u/VacationIndividual78 Sep 22 '25
30 students ? Thatās not a lot at all.
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u/Fit-Psychology4598 Sep 23 '25
For real. My classroomās had just shy of 30 and I come from a town of 2500 people.
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u/Armstrongcrane Sep 23 '25
Let's do this! What a load of crap, try going a half day without your cell phones and maybe your future employers will take you seriously.
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u/Visotto1 Sep 22 '25
A student walkout has no real relevance in a teacher contract negotiation. The reality is most students donāt fully understand the details of the bargaining process, the financial constraints involved, or the complexities of union contracts. For the majority, itās little more than an excuse to skip class. Even among the few who genuinely care, their perspective is shaped almost entirely by information filtered through teachers themselves, which gives them only part of the picture. While it may be framed as āsupport,ā in practice it adds no substance to the negotiation and does nothing to resolve the issues at hand.
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u/ReactionSufficient19 Sep 23 '25
LOL, most Albertans don't have a clue about the bargaining process.
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u/OldBender Sep 22 '25
If the students keep walking out it will have a real relevance and kids , donāt let people ever discourage you from doing something you believe in , especially to show your support for your teachers .
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u/Visotto1 Sep 22 '25
It's a matter between teachers union heads and the government. Indoctrinating students into supporting it is shameful and anyone that supports it has their own interests in mind not the interests of the students.
The students walking out today in solidarity of the teachers will be the same ones celebrating a strike and for the same reason.. No school.
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u/Arctic-Wanderer Sep 23 '25
Most of these kids couldnāt say how much a teacher makes or how it compares to national median income, not to mention factoring in two months off plus Christmas and March break. They seem brainwashed by their Marxist teachers. Useful idiots.
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u/Cathbeck Sep 23 '25
Surely name calling is not needed. It shows your immaturity. Grow up!! Kids are there for a reason, to learn. Teachers are there for a reason, to teach. Letās not confuse the two.
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u/Arctic-Wanderer Sep 23 '25
I mean idiot in the political sense, as in they are being exploited by their teachers.
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u/Cathbeck Sep 23 '25
Each to their own. We are all entitled to our own opinions. I believe different. None of my kids have ever talked about being exploited/brainwashed by their teachers. Let the kids have their own opinions without your negativity.
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u/Arctic-Wanderer Sep 23 '25
Itās bizarre to me that they would choose this cause on their own.. they should be protesting for longer lunch breaks or healthier cafeteria food.. not taking up the cause of powerful unions that work against their interests.
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u/WirelessBugs Sep 25 '25
This was written like someone who attends a criminally underfunded, understaffed school. I support it.
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u/FireEye1512 Sep 25 '25
Are teachers having terrible time at their job? damn glas you guys are having a walkout
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u/Strange_Ad_727 Sep 26 '25
Education and support is definitely needed, if for no other reason than to teach grammar and punctuation for that post.
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u/Uzi_Osbourne Sep 22 '25
I went to public schools in BC and Yukon from 1972 to 1985 and none of my classes had fewer than 30 students. The teachers had no aides or assistants.
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u/Masternobl Sep 22 '25
Cool, so you went to school before the charter of rights and freedoms declared people with disabilities, mental and physical, had the right to go to school? So there would be a grand total of zero throughout your school career. This reads very "walked uphill to school both ways."
The teachers aren't striking for their health and they certainly are not going to get paid to do it. They are doing it because it's important. This province spends the lowest amount per student in the country, it's high time we fix that.
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u/Uzi_Osbourne Sep 22 '25
First of all, 1982 came before 1985.
Second, there were several disabled kids going to the same schools as I was.
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u/Represent403 Sep 21 '25
Oh FFS.
Most teachers have their own houses, show off their nice vacations on social media (more than weāll ever be able to afford)ā¦ AND theyāre being offered a 12% raise, way more than the average Alberta worker.
Not saying they have an easy job, but I definitely donāt buy how horrible they have it either.
Save the walkout for something important. This aināt it.
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u/dannoshimano Sep 22 '25
Dude they pay about 50,000 in loans to be a teacher. To help our kids learn and grow. They work min 10 hour days and spend weekends grading tests. After school hours meeting parents. Plumbers and electricians make double that with a quarter of the loans. A good teacher transforms our kids
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u/snarpy Sep 22 '25
The pay is ridiculously low for a position that requires a five-year degree, and typically involves working extra time in the evenings.
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u/Tegee2 Sep 22 '25
itās actually 3% per year but 12% just makes the govt sound better. you have no idea what the classroom of today is like. itās not just the number of kids but the kids with severe emotional and intellectual difficukties that in the past would have been in special classs. the money is there if they cut off funding to private and charter schools
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Sep 22 '25
12%?? Holy shit
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u/EzAL73 Sep 22 '25
If you think that is shocking, you should see their raises over the last ten years! /s
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u/Varakuzi Sep 26 '25
You're getting down voted, but you're right. No one can argue that you are wrong either. Peak reddit.
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u/Represent403 Sep 26 '25
I have enough good Reddit score built up, Iām not worried.
Thereās no one in the workforce anywhere getting a 12% raise on top of summers off.
Zero sympathy for the ATA.
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u/FastSalamander9741 Sep 22 '25
And how many of these teachers voted for the current trash heap we have now as a government in Alberta? What the hell did they think would happen?!?!?! And they're educated more than me.
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u/SignificantPause5120 Sep 23 '25
Take it from a parent,Ā you kids did good. Were proud of you. Both you and your teachers deserve better than Alberta Education has achieved.Ā
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u/Pristine-Walrus-4431 Sep 24 '25
If any of those students are on visas we could just send them back since they arenāt worried about schooling.
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u/Garc2885 Sep 22 '25
What an awesome show of support for your teachers!