Robert had something wrong with him – I think he had a brain tumor, which brought on some kind of mental impairment. This makes the bullying even more abhorrent. What kind of bully picks on the most vulnerable of its population? Well, that’s the same question I’ve been asking at work. I am a public elementary school teacher.
The bullies are the state politicians, school administrators, and in some cases, public opinion. The children are supposed to be a priority, but often times they are not. So this vulnerable part of our population has teachers to stand up and fight for them. But we have our own struggle as well. Right now, the district and school board bullies have refused to give the teachers in my district a fair and equitable salary increase. They have given us no choice but to strike and that is SO difficult for teachers. We have to leave our students. We have to disrupt the routines that so many of them desperately count on. Their education is being sacrificed and compromised by the purse strings of a bureaucracy. And the teachers are forced to live with the upside down pyramid (those that are in place to support the teachers are the ones making the most money). We do all the work with these kids everyday, but are being ignored and disrespected. If the teachers are treated this way, how must "they" feel about the students we are fighting for?
