Teacher deserve a pay rise... having to put up with dickheads such as yourself. I've had tecahers come in on weekends, help me in holidays with major works ect, the certinally deserve more than they're getting.
Plus, you seriously think that they want 25%? You tool. 3It's how this world works. They make an offer way above what the want/expect, and negotiate their way down to about 10-15%. Barganing, sunshine.
AND, as Cody said - the average age of teachers is 50+ - why? Because people like us aren't attracted into the field because of the shit (just like this) that occurs. We need to pay our teachers more to ensure that our kids will have teachers..
Lazy, all you do is complain. Everyone seems to think that they'll do better without their teachers anyway, that they don't care and don't want to help their students (Yeah, bullshit. I think it's the minority that are bitter and don't care), why do you give a shit if they strike or not. You won't be there so it doesn't concern you.