School Strikes, supporter of emotion not supporter of extra days off.

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Today 2 of my 4 school age children are in school 2 are not.  In the extra hour the 2 have been at home they have had 30 minutes of PE (or trampolining) and are now improving their co-ordination and geography skills exploring  Donkey Kong country through the use of technology (Nintendio Wii). So at least they are destined not to missed out on a days education??????

I have often wondered what the impact is of public sector strike action and who is affected. I do think it should be remembered that regardless of what sector people work in there are some very hard workers in Britain and some massive challenges facing all. I do find it interesting that some people today are bashing the public sector over teachers strikes but have not recognised that teaching staff in independent schools may also have their pensions effected be changes .

So what has the strike achieved ?
Its caused me a problem with having my kids off.
made me aware that there are changes in education (OK I knew that any way but not everyone did)
given the message to my kids that if you don't like something you can just refuse to work
increased the respect I have for the teachers that have gone into work.

OK a little tongue in cheek, but today's strike action has not reduced the amount of widgets made etc so apart from raising awareness and having wandering blogs written about it there is little impact to the public at large its merely a way of getting a message across to and it's certainly got our collective attention.

Will it work? Not sure
Is it right? I never support strike action, my family suffered financially during my childhood and I remember being told off for eating the last slice of bread in the house whilst my father struggled on reduced hours caused by strike action.
Are there any good points?  Yes Drayton Manor have a strike day offer 2 for 1 I believe

My message you can make your point in a number of ways and the best one is through hard work and discipline and dedication to others especially when the sun is shining in June.