EVERYONE seems to be an expert when it comes to teaching. How difficult can it be to teach small children? Certainly expert teachers make it look so simple. While all children are ''hardwired'' to speak and walk, the ''three Rs'' - reading, writing and 'rithmetic - are the most complex things a child will ever learn. Today most government schools will either be closed or minimally staffed as a result of an unprecedented strike by teachers (including many principals) and school professional and support staff. Going on strike is a very serious decision for each teacher. A mid-career teacher will lose more than $250, and a principal more than $480 in lost pay. Yesterday the Prime Minister asked...
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