I along with so many others are happy the teachers are going back to work after a negotiated settlement. That’s the way it is supposed to happen. It makes us wonder though, why the notoriously legislative Liberals didn’t do what they are so infamous for?

They would have if this had dragged on into October. Surprisingly after they hinted at this, Iker came wandering back to the bargaining table.

I am very happy that students are going back to school, this strike should never have happened and would not have occurred had the BCTF been reasonable instead of fighting every government in power over the last 30 years. And Johnny, you are right, but I think the membership was maybe telling Jimmy to get a deal done or else. I always enjoyed my teachers and their skills at pounding things in to my brain, but that was when we had 42 to 36 students to a class. Don’t understand what’s happened that they, the teachers want smaller classes, my classmates all passed thanks to guys
like Jim Henham Ron Embree, and who could forget Mr. Mullen who threw chalk erasers at students. And sweet Mrs. Morrisey trying to teach french to a bunch of squareheads. We had a lot of fun in school, hope they still do.

Hmmm well here is a thought Dragonmaster! The government has been scolded and finded in court for negotiating in bad faith. They were sure would look bad again in the upcoming appeal if they legislated the teachers back to work. I wonder if that could be why they didn’t want to do it!

Noway that is exactly what’s happened. Fastbender was asked why they weren’t legislating them back and he said because if we do they’ll just take us to court. I’m surprised/pleased bctf figured out the govt wasn’t going to move much. Next time around will be closer to an election giving the gov less wiggle room. It will also force the ndp to state what they would give before the vote putting both parties in a awkward position of having to be honest. Or at least as close to honest a politician can be.

I along with so many others are happy the teachers are going back to work after a negotiated settlement. That’s the way it is supposed to happen. It makes us wonder though, why the notoriously legislative Liberals didn’t do what they are so infamous for?
They would have if this had dragged on into October. Surprisingly after China stepped in, because of international students studies, the government came wandering back to the bargaining table.
I am very happy that students are going back to school, this strike should never have happened and would not have occurred had the BC Government been reasonable instead of illegally ripping up contracts.

You guys need to learn to just let go. It’s over. Come back in 6 years.

Sorry Axman it isn’t over! There is an appeal court case coming up that the government will most likely lose. When they do the government will appeal again to the Supreme Court of Canada. Round round we go!

but that was when we had 42 to 36 students to a class. Don’t understand what’s happened that they, the teachers want smaller classes, my classmates all passed thanks to guys …..

That might have been back in the day when behaviour challenged students were permanently “kicked out”, when handicapped people were sent to special schools, often far from home, less academically inclined students dropped out in grade 9 and went to work the nearest mill, when BC Hydro and BC Tel hired anyone with grade 10 schooling. Only those students with high academic interests – or with parents who forced those interests on them – remained in school in those large class sizes. Hope that helps a little toward understanding “what’s happened that they, the teachers, want smaller classes”. For the last almost 20 years, local mills won’t even accept job applications from anyone without grade 12 completion, BC Hydro and Telus the same. Casual, part time students on weekend cleanup crews have to bring in their report cards and if their grade point average has dropped below a certain (high) level they are dismissed. The schools now have to try to educate students that would have, in your “42 to 36 student” past, never stayed in school. The result is that class composition is now a very different issue than it was back then. For those listening, we could have heard teachers mention “class composition” at least several times during the contract non-talks.
Hope this helps any that “don’t understand”.

So when do school zone speed limits start?

Uh… Monday. As per the title of the story.

“behaviour challenged” .. hehe, that’s a nice pc way to put it. They used to be called brats and told to stand in the corner until they could settle down. Nowadays they have to be “reasoned” with as all the child psycolgics like to say.

Posted on Friday, September 19, 2014 @ 8:56 PM by chuck

Good luck with a few of the posters chuck. They are still trying to fit a round peg into a square hole.