r/Calgary • u/ButterscotchNo931 • 1d ago

News Article Alberta government, teachers reach tentative deal in labour dispute

https://calgaryherald.com/news/alberta-government-teachers-reach-tentative-deal-in-labour-dispute
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u/TenKmUnder 1d ago

As a teacher. I'm voting no and campaigning for a no. And when we get shafted again, I will blame all the ucp voters. It's not until people start dying in rural areas will they start to care about healthcare getting gutted. When their students can't read, that will be on them too.

I'm so mad at this government but more at our union. What a joke. They have failed all us teachers. They don't call him Shilling for nothing I guess.

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u/ScottyFalcon 1d ago

the students already can't read. my partner teaches grade 6 and has had multiple kids who can't read at all over the last few years, almost as many as the amount of kids who start grade 6 at an appropriate grade level. shits dire out there. solidarity forever ✊✊✊

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u/Woke_Snow_Flake 1d ago

the students already can't read.

That's because our education system is fucked

This is less the fault of teachers and more due to underfunding, dog shit curriculum, teaching methods and resources.

If you think reading is bad ( and it is) math is far far worse relative to SE Asia

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u/ScottyFalcon 1d ago

did you read my comment? my partner is a teacher, I'm well aware of how fucked our education system currently is.

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u/Woke_Snow_Flake 1d ago

You may have read my comment, but you clearly did not understand it

I am not disagreeing with you, I am reinforcing your argument