Ramblings of a pissed off teacher

Mek mi si if mi get this straight, teachers were not being paid on par with the rest of the civil servants, then they gave us a raise that was due based on the MOU. So now we finally being paid wat we were to, n every baddi bex. hmmmm! Oh yeah mi figet by u adding that 60% increase Mr. Shaw, it means that u the Gov will be getting more out of our pay as income tax because of the PAYE system so the more u gi mi is the more u tek back. Then u raise taxes, add extra taxes so now the lil money that you 'gave us' no really mek much difference when u reason it out. But oh yeah we are ungrateful. 

Then the parents, oh how could i forget the parents, whom sees us trying to get matters resolved as being stupid, craven n yes i have heard you guys dem ungrateful. WHY? because they had to keep their own children for 2 days so that the teachers could do some industrial actions. Interesting, very interesting. 

And this then begs me to question, how is it that when police or nurses are to strike not saying that it that much more effective, but the Gov, jumps around more briskly it appears so as to resolve that than for the teachers. Is it that you can sacrifice the children and their education or is it that it is easier to put that blame on teachers because you know that the parents (well some) are always ready to back you once it is against us? hmmm? If anyone was to have escaped or anything like that while the police 
were on strike you would be held accountable in so many eyes. But 'hey the teacha dem can tek it man.' Trust mi it is sickening, but then again who will listen to the teachers? yeah i figured it out, only our fellow teachers. 

Parents have been heard asking teachers if they are having summer classes b4, upon hearing no I personally have heard the comments, "so waa wi fi duh wid dem?", "So a kill u a sen dem come wi off?" 

Teacher has his/her own kids, family life, school work that is taken home in most cases because the school hour doesn't allows, yet u get no over time. personal issues, financial issues but MUST be composed, almost robot like to take orders n give no opinions. 

To the Nation of Jamaica I Thank you all!!!