There has been a lot of talk in the media over the last few years about teacher shortages, workload pressure and psychosocial hazards in the teaching profession.
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.
