I was a teacher before I got married and was very proud of that fact. I am now 82 years old, so that was a long time ago.
I taught 20 students between Grades 1 to 8 in a small school in northern Saskatchewan. Although there was no electricity nor running water I loved my job. We heated the room with a barrel heater that took 30-inch wood chunks.
I have also been proud of our university, until I saw the picture on the front page of The Citizen. Teachers standing on the front page with their arms crossed. They looked like a bunch of spoiled children that didn't want to share their ball, because the game wasn't being played the way they wanted it to be.
They should be so ashamed. What kind of an example are they showing the students and the city? Faculty shouldn't be about politics, it should be about education.
Joan Fillion
Prince George
