Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Riddle me this Batman...

Happy first day of school! I hate school buses, in case anyone cares. Especially when the darling little bus riders are late for their bus.

Happy first day of school, unless you live in the Bellevue school district. Your teachers are on strike, your summer vacation has been extended and likely next year's summer will be shorter. Hats off to your teachers. In my opinion, celebrities should be making minimum wage while our teachers make millions a year. But that's not the point.

The point is:
(climbing onto soap box)
Why are the teachers striking today? The Bellevue School district has known since June (mind you) that if a new contract wasn't reached by today, teachers would be striking today. Why did it take all summer for them to begin negotiations when the simple answer was to negotiate a new contract at the end of the last school year? Hmm? Riddle me that Batman...

(tripping off soap box)
I am finished.
That is all.