Imagine waking up for school,the first full week,you see in big letters CHICAGO PUBLIC TEACHERS ON STRIKE,which means no school. For the past week there has been a strike going on in chicgao. Teachers are one strike for many reasons. The main reasons are lower health care costs,a raise in pay,knowing that their jobs are secure and about test scores of students affecting their pay. There is over 3,000 teachers on strike. A strike I am against for the many selfish reasons the strike is for.
The teachers that are on strike believe what they are doing is right and benefiting everyone. Instead it is doing more hurt than good. With the teachers not teaching,there about 350,000 students at home or on the streets. It is also affecting the parents who don't have places to put their kids,so they have to stay at home from work or take the kids to work. Another thing is that because the students aren't in class they are not learning and are going to have to make up all the work they have missed. "We know that a strike will put a strain on many families, and no one will be hurt more by a strike than our students," said
One of the main reasons for the strike is that teachers want higher salaries. I think that this is wrong. The main reason why I think that this is wrong is because they are already making close to $80,000 a year. They also get 2.5 million dollers each when they retire.However cost of living might be higher in Chicago, $80,000 still makes a pretty good lifestyle and 2.5 million makes a pretty good retirement fund. Also the teachers should be happy that they even have jobs in this bad economy and the teachers should love what they do and it shouldn't be all about the money. In a long term affect, the teachers striking are also hurting the economy. This is beacuse the students are not getting an education because they are sitting at home which means that they won't get good jobs when they are older which will lead to higher unemployment rate in the future.
Lastly the main reason I am against this strike is that as the teachers are striking some may not go back after the strike is over which means bad teachers are replacing good teachers. Which means if they all have job security bad teachers could be teaching and not be fired. Which is un-fair because the teachers could not teach and they could be mean but students will have to suffer and not learn.
As you can see the strike is wrong is, it is affecting the education of students and it is showing that the government isn't in charge which bothers me the most. Even though the stike is over, the affects of the strike will still be seen. The government having to pay teachers more and bad teachers are still teaching. Do you believe that the government should of given the teachers what they wanted?
The teachers that are on strike believe what they are doing is right and benefiting everyone. Instead it is doing more hurt than good. With the teachers not teaching,there about 350,000 students at home or on the streets. It is also affecting the parents who don't have places to put their kids,so they have to stay at home from work or take the kids to work. Another thing is that because the students aren't in class they are not learning and are going to have to make up all the work they have missed. "We know that a strike will put a strain on many families, and no one will be hurt more by a strike than our students," said
One of the main reasons for the strike is that teachers want higher salaries. I think that this is wrong. The main reason why I think that this is wrong is because they are already making close to $80,000 a year. They also get 2.5 million dollers each when they retire.However cost of living might be higher in Chicago, $80,000 still makes a pretty good lifestyle and 2.5 million makes a pretty good retirement fund. Also the teachers should be happy that they even have jobs in this bad economy and the teachers should love what they do and it shouldn't be all about the money. In a long term affect, the teachers striking are also hurting the economy. This is beacuse the students are not getting an education because they are sitting at home which means that they won't get good jobs when they are older which will lead to higher unemployment rate in the future.
Lastly the main reason I am against this strike is that as the teachers are striking some may not go back after the strike is over which means bad teachers are replacing good teachers. Which means if they all have job security bad teachers could be teaching and not be fired. Which is un-fair because the teachers could not teach and they could be mean but students will have to suffer and not learn.
As you can see the strike is wrong is, it is affecting the education of students and it is showing that the government isn't in charge which bothers me the most. Even though the stike is over, the affects of the strike will still be seen. The government having to pay teachers more and bad teachers are still teaching. Do you believe that the government should of given the teachers what they wanted?
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