Many people believe teaching is an easy job involving short days and long holidays. Anyone working in the profession, however, will tell you this is not the truth.
I was most concerned to read recently that more than 70 per cent of principals and teachers in ACT government schools had been physically assaulted by students.
From across the border, teachers from Queanbeyan and Braidwood were also spending their 24-hour strike in the ACT and say the NSW Government is refusing to negotiate.
Thousands of teachers at more than 500 Catholic schools across the ACT and NSW will go on strike today as they call for pay increases and better conditions.
Catholic school teachers will walk off the job in the ACT and NSW on Friday to protest uncompetitive salaries, unsustainable workloads and staff shortages.
Ninety per cent of teachers don't have enough time to properly prepare for their classes, according to a study labelled "a cry for help" from Australia's teachers.
