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By the time a child is in the 1st grade, a teacher will be spending more hours a day with the child than a parent.

I cannot understand why teachers must go out on strike. I cannot understand why the administration is adamant that no money can be found to provide a pay raise.

To paraphrase a line from the movie ”`Teachers,” ”Schools are for the children, not the teachers.”