11.16.06
I think they’re actually angry this time…
I know I’ve written a lot about strikes. They are an aspect of Italian culture that I really don’t understand. Today, the journalists are striking – no newspapers. Tomorrow, we’ve heard word of a possible teacher’s strike. The last time this happened, the teachers told us the day before that the strike had been called off. Today when we asked if there was still a strike the teachers said that we’ll have to bring our kids to school tomorrow to find out. They had told our kids earlier that if they lights are off when we get to school in the morning that they need to go home.
So apparently they’re upset this time. But I’m really kind of irritated that we have to wake the kids up and go through the morning routine only to possibly turn around and come back home. As teachers, I wonder what this strike game “teaches” the kids.
And … as usual … I have no idea what they are striking for.