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What about the teachers Nazzy baby. How about you popping down to their joint to mow the lawn or fix a plumbing issue while they mark the tests and prepare class notes on the weekends cause theres no time to do it during school contact time with your lazy childrenEdited 06-Jul-23 06:44am

they strike because they can. Teaching is no longer a vocation, it's just a job.

These days people want the highest wages they can get and are no longer interested in what they are doing. Politicians are in there for what they can earn not to look after constituents and teachers are no longer interested in teaching their pupils a love of mathematics or English or science. Just want a high payment

They’re underpaid and have to deal with so many students at once

Students should be in smaller classes. How can one person control 50 students at once? Impossible. I also came from a time when classes were smaller and wages were much lower but at least one thing that is different is the respect that students have for their teachers. Edited 07-Jul-23 12:15pm

Because they can

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They are striking because they are under valued and under paid. There are fewer teachers available now and their jobs are harder. One of the reasons there are fewer teachers is that nobody wants to do the job and who would blame them! They have one of the most important jobs but a lot of them have to take other jobs in the school holidays to make ends meet.

I believe problem falls back on parents, working full time jobs, no time for kids, discipline, manners etc but expect teachers to “fix” their kids!

I was a child in 1980s my teacher had smaller classic and didn't teach me how to read or spelling. They also let me be bullet and smile at me as funny be bullet from others and teachers think was funny when I was called name all my school life with that my teacher also was a bullet to me in my school years to me. It's sad that my sister is paying for my read and writing from age 39 years old so I can get better in basic life school. I question why my sister needed pay for adults education them government that didn't care about my bullet. I became a low wage income this teachers put me down and others things they did me. I loss my childhood from this school and now my husband is and has pick up my peaces to fix my life up. And I question in the end this discussion of the day.

When I was teaching over 20 years ago I felt I was over paid and had too many holidays I was a polytechnic tutor teaching a trade but I don’t know what it’s like now

I have little time for teachers but I do feel sorry that they have to deal with obnoxious rude and insolent children on a daily basis but what other job goes from 9 to 3 with 12 weeks holiday every year. I heard one teacher complain that she has to take the same weeks every year but would like time off at another time. Some people are never happy. The pay is pretty good as well and you never get the sack.

Nobody gives a shit about all the additional time that teachers give up to enrich kids lives, all they think about is the inconvenience of the strikes. People forget that teachers have kids also and are striving to have a reasonable standard of life themselves

When we allowed do gooder's to have their way and we had to stop disciplining our kids (disciplining not abusing) we set ourselves up for this generation of unruly, law breaking, rude and abusive kids. Parents then expected teachers to do their job of parenting because it was too hard for them when they couldn't teach their children to behave in an acceptable manner, without being accused of abusing their children. So good on the do gooder's for giving us these unruly kids.

Yes, it’s too harsh on students, lot of countries this happens, how much relaxed time teachers enjoy every holiday? They shouldn’t be asking for more pay except the wage increases they receive each year! Teaching is a rewarding career! They should be remunerated on par with their qualifications and experience etc but those terms should be negotiated with the authorities without going for strike action which results in students miss out on continuity of their learning. Also students can be stressed and depressed 😩 over teachers’ strike actions!

My daughter is a qualified teacher but works in a hardware store because in her words - I didn't spend 4 years of my life studying to be physically and verbally abused! They need danger money these days. If we got the cane when I went to school, we didn't DARE tell our parents because we would be chastised for disrespecting our teachers!

Australian teachers are being faced with larger classes due to lack of teachers. They are striking for a fair reason. They have not had a reasonable increase in wages nor any assistants with the much heavier clerical work these bigger classes cause. They are also subject to being badly treated by their students.

Because that's what happens with a Labour led government in NZ although to be fair they and nurses are underpaid but so are supermarket workers but you don't see them striking.I used to work in a supermarket stacking shelves and was paid barely the minimum wage,worked there for 7 years and never got one pay rise.A few of us asked for one but we're told we only stacked shelf's so we're not important enough to warrant a pay increase.I walked out that afternoon and never went back.

They are being unionized. The squeaky wheel gets more oil (money). They were underpaid for years. They are forgetting there ideals

Where I live in Washington state, each classroom has teacher's aides to help them. I was a substitute aide for a few years. I applied for Special Education since I had worked with adults with disabilities already, and I loved working with those kids! It's the teachers with whom I had trouble. I finally left because I didn't like the way the kids were being treated, and Teachers said I wasn't being assertive enough. I don't know about teachers in New Zealand, but if our teachers want smaller classes and more pay, they'd better learn how to work with children first, especially the ones with disabilities! ;-(

teachers like nurses and clergy are not at all appreciated in NZ

At times it seems that the money is going else where in the Ministry of Education. Where it should be going to the coal face instead or the back room pen pushers.

Ultimately this is a Political Issue. Watch out for who you Vote for in the future.

Maybe they are striking because Parents now expect them to do more than just Teach them but also to Feed them. To look after them after the schoold day ends and not just Monday-Friday but at weekedns as well. It is well beyond time that Parents - both of them if two parents in the home - started taking Resposibility for THEIR children. After all, they decided to breed so they should be prepared to actually rear those children and not expect everyone else to do it for them and also to pay for it all whilst the parents pursue their selfish, self-engrossed careers. Give me a rational explanation why those who choose not to have children should have Their Taxes used to pay for other people's children's upbringing? Teachers should Teach and that is all they should be doing and Not be being used by Parents to act as sort of Surrogate Parents.

Same ,36 in my class every year,blackboards. We had some kids excell, some kids never learnt to read.Our teachers were great,but could only do so much. Now my ex inlaws are all teachers in Australia,and the main bone of contention here is,like nurses they have to pay each year to work*(registry). Also have to update their skills in maths ,English and whatever they specialise on a regular basis( so they go back to study after they finish work). They have a list of requirements they must achieve to keep their job most include things like,how many kids pass above a certain level. Reviews they must do,marking,program planning( they are given a curriculum of things the student must learn that year,but have to plan all the lessons) submit and review them. Some schools require more ie catholic/private. I actually think they do more,but get paid more. It's a stressful job. And they also have no authority in classroom. There is no keeping kids back,corporal punishment,kids can tell you to get f*****, and all the other lovely things they say and there isn't a damn thing they can do about it. Not an easy job.

When did they last receive a pay rise and how far behind are they compared to public servants and politicians.

Maybe look at how long it is since they have had a pay rise that comes anywhere near inflation. It is not right that they live as porpers while teaching your children and have larger workloads placed on them at the same time so they are doing far more with far less.

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So right, I remember when I was in high school there was at least 40 kids in the class and the Teachers wrote on the blackboard to teach. My grandchildren are suffering now because most of the teachers now just can't teach properly. The lesson is out of the text book or a printed sheet to work on instead of a teacher standing in front of the class teaching. If they want more money they need to work for it.......

I don't know much about Kiwi teachers, I do know Teachers get a good pay here in Australia

Who knows? They get all school and public holidays and curriculum days and they get paid.

Teachers used to strike when i was young...I got the strap a number of times...

Some teachers get good pay they get 12 weeks a year school holidays no other job gets that but its the government fault to take the discipline away from schools teachers the kids walk all over teachers because they know there rights

They fear for their lives every day as they can't touch the little darlings that get away with a hell of a lot more than we did when we went to school. There is no discipline at all any where, kids these day aren't even scared of the police. They go to court, they are out on bail and commit the same crime over and over again. Unfortunately they are not killing themselves but innocent hard working people that deserve so much more out of life than what has been dished out. Clearly wrong time, wrong place. Then you ask why are the teachers protesting? Give me strength come on the answer is so simple. I would not be a teacher these days and the ones I do know have had a gut full. They are constantly being told to `F' off on a daily basis, told they are ugly and then they swing off their arms causing the teacher pain. Grabbing their arms and then using all their weight to pull them over. Not getting any better that is for sure and so they should want smaller classes and more money. At least they can't bring guns into the schools but other weapons like swords, machetes, knives, flick blades, knuckle busters are found on a daily basis. And again you want to know why the teachers are striking? You try teaching them, you try home schooling your little darling and I see how long you last. Edited 05-Jul-23 13:07pm

Ban Unions = fewer strikes

dont blame the teachers, the administrators have had plenty of time to negociate but havent.....

I went to school when there were 30 kids in a class. They should get more pay but not strike. The kids end up suffering.

Over the years children are just given more and more rights, where as Adults are not. Maybe this affects the teachers? Most probably money though.

I do not know the conditions, pay etc for today's teachers, whoever when I attended school there were much bigger classes with no parent teacher help. So are their strikes justified?

might be all kids these days (or most) are on the spectrum of some sort and you can't just teach a class, it's individual kids that need different teaching ways etc, which i would say would be a lot harder to do

Get a teaching job, and you will understand more about the reasons behind teacher striking. Secondly, teaching is essentially a way for societies to evolve in their social conditions, so if teachers are striking is because they are trying to avoid a delay deliver from a government unfair decision about education. Also, you can get more accurate information about the issues by asking directly to the union members that proposed the strike.

They are expected to do more paper work now and do not have enough time to teach the children.

Children deserve their education without constant interruptions to their learning. Teaching is definitely more challenging with various societal issues and wages need to be reasonable but negotiations need to consider the students needs also

Teachers are not the same as before and parents are getting nasty

I suffered in my class, cause teachers didn't help me

I challenge you to spend a day in a classroom with ASD and ADHD boys and girls and then make the same comment, learning difficulties and low attention spans. There are no longer consequences for children's behaviours and they know it.

Too many kids in one class.

Teachers have to put up with a lot, working after school hours either do class prep, marking school work. Plus, putting up with obnoxious kids who are disrespectful. I take my hat off to Teachers, as I couldn't do it. I'd be charged with physical violence against these obnoxious kids.

Teachers are spat on, punched, sworn at and physically abused and can't do a thing about it. Also, their workload is way out there. My granddaughter is a teacher of kindergarten and a few special needs kids whose parents shrug when told of misbehaviour. She is getting more stressed out each day. Fancy trying to teach kindergarten kids, vowels, verbs, nouns and consternates? That's why they want more money and better working conditions, Who in their right mind would blame them?Edited 05-Jul-23 11:52am

Wow we need teachers

Just greed, the same as most workers these days.

Hmmmm I suppose a democratic right ?

BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PAID WHAT THEY ARE WORTH!!

All I can say is that I am glad my children finished school many years ago. And I didn't know that teachers were striking.

teachers can spend a lot of time with students like a third parent

Maybe they didn't read the job description clearly and how hard is it when they are now using software in the classroom and technology is at the push of a button .Was it not teachers that thrive for the passion to pass on knowledge above the pay packet as each student is an individual . Always read the small print when you are offered a job and have the conditions documented .Education is now a business not a learning center .

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Definitely greedy and most teachers don’t doesn’t pay

Because they are greedy & don't care about their pupils. If it was to bring down ratio to staff I am right behind them. I do not begrudge them a rise but they want exorbitant increases. I am a pensioner & how do we strike to cover our costs?

Because they are uneducated.

they are hindered by lots of extra behind the scene work, they can be contacted via email and phone, throughout the day, and answer them daily, they have multiple problems to deal with, with the things that are available to kids, that interfere with there's learning, it has become a bureaucratic nightmare of a job that I would not do, and there also is greed holding us to ransom to get a better cash flow,in my eyes some deserve it , and some don't with the teachers i have encountered as a parent and a grand parent

Because it's all part of the greedy snowball of ever-increasing prices / wages. :-( Strikes should be illegal - they're always organised by the pointless morons in the Trade Unions (which should also be illegal), rarely wanted by the people doing the actual work, and simply make everyone involved look stupid and selfish.

Van Smaller Classes

Because they are Marxists

I worked in a elementary school cafeteria many years ago in USA. At some point in time, the parents decided their children are perfect, the teachers were the enemy. I know a teacher that had to write the student an apology note because he made the student feel bad by correcting him in front of the class. Teachers have been assaulted by students here too, in the high schools. You are all correct, the school principals make too much money, teachers & assistants not enough.

The teachers and assistants deserve way more than what they get. Administrators salaries are inflated and most have not set foot in a classroom in a very long time. they are clueless.

They don’t get paid enough for all the work they do for our children. They deserve more

money, conditions.....All about Power snd control.

THEY NEED TO JUST TEACH OUR CHILDREN,AND BE "TEACHER'S",SAD THE KIDS HAVE TO GO THRU THIS AND YES TEACHER'S SHOULD BE PAID A DESENT AMOUNT..

Be realistic. Set a good example for students. Look above the horizon. : ))

Would you want your kids crammed into a classroom of 50 pupils...and then be taught by someone stupid enough to teach for minimum wage?... I would not!..the kids need a decent education and the teachers need a reasonable wage...just like everyone else... what I would like to see is all teachers being assessed to see how good they are at their jobs...and that they should then be paid accordingly...like many other employees...this is something that Teachers Unions have a problem with.... all over the world...more pay for competence?.....should apply to nurses and doctors perhaps as well? Edited 05-Jul-23 02:16am

Lack of respect and the pay

I home schooled my room son and they had high scores and each won over 10,000 in scholarships. The school wasn't teaching them real history or any life skills. The teachers were useless.

In a capitalistic society you have the right to unionize and strike for better pay and better working conditions - being a teacher is a JOB - not a lifelong FREE commitment. Furthermore, the best way for YOUR children to get an excellent education is to be homeschool by their PARENT(S)!Edited 05-Jul-23 03:54am

Because they have they right to if they believe that they need better conditions and those conditions are not being taken seriously. Same as any other worker.

Student behavior curriculum and pay

Because kids are little horrors today, spoilt, want all their own way, shout, scream, it's a wonder there are teachers left, on top of that, know all /know nothing Government interferes . *Don't do this, don't do that*.. POOR TEACHERS I am so pleased mine are adults now. Imagine if every computer broke down in the schools. Welcome to the real world. Kids abuse teachers, no respect. Teachers should do more than strike, all walk out and never return till every kid learns respect

Teachers have to ‘babysit’ the whole class nowadays. Kids do not behave like they did when I was going to school. Teacher’s work is not a 9-5 job. It’s much, much more. Also have to buy a lot of the supplies for the classes.Edited 05-Jul-23 08:27am

Forst ive heard of it. Not newsworthy enough to hit my google feed. Lol

We do not want teachers to be poorly paid and we want quality teachers for the children. Also now teachers are being abused daily by parents and students and often with violence as are many others in the public forum. I was taught in a huge classroom with one teacher. We all were well behaved too. I think some of the stuff taught in schools these days is not suitable especially in the primary years of schooling.

The teachers have a strong union.

selfish, AND look anywhere and it is all me, me, me at moment

didn't make the News here so I have no idea!

Just because things used to be worse doesn't mean they can't continue to get better.