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So they are striking to ensure higher quality of future employees? :suspicious: I think they just want more monies That being said, as a BCIT alumni I know that the instructors are underpaid compared to what they could be making in their given industries. Most of the instructors I met are there because they enjoying teaching and want to give back. However, as post-secondary instructors who have many other job options available to them, I don't think they have any business striking. If they don't like what is offered, they can go back to work in their respective industries. Just my 2 cents -J |
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Years ago at Ubc the support staff strike really fucked me over, missed classes that were still being held as they blocked entrances (drove in), so I'm sorry if I have no sympathy, but students pay good money, so provide the service they paid for Would love it for bcit to fuck over the union and rehire new ppl to replace, but we can't do that in communist Canada - unions are too powerful |
Does this mean there's no class until strike is over? :badpokerface: |
Hope part time class is still ok. I register for the 2013 winter semester..... |
bcit sfu has been on strike for several days now limited strike that is |
I doubt it will mean no class but it will probably mean cancelled tutorials and extra-services, services which students depend on. It's a shame that these are the tactics these T.A.'s chose to portray their message. It hurts the students the most, who have no control over the situation. Actually, either way you look @ it, the students will be the ones who end up paying. 1. If you cancel tutorials and exams, then the students that have already paid for a semester's worth of tuition get screwed out of an education that was supposed to be given to them. 2. If the strike is successful, then next semester the students will have the wonderful opportunity to pay a higher tuition rate. On a side note, I've known many lawyers who have gone back to SFU or Kwantlen to teach Criminal Law and they love it. But guess what, it didn't pay the bills, at least not to the lifestyle they wanted or were accustomed to. They made a choice to go back and practice in the private sector where they're able to make the money they want to make. Sacrifice one way or another, one hand you do what you are passionate about and love (teaching students) or on the other hand you make enough money to support a lifestyle you've chosen. |
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I feel bad for the ECET students, they already have only 2 days off for the holidays. They are the only ones left in the school during winter and spring breaks. This will royally screw them, especially for the ones in their last semester working on their final projects. This means that no outside class lab access. |
last thing i want is my exams to be pushed back or missing class lol..... |
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As for the faculty, how great would it be to have an elementary school teacher teach me how to program a micro controller using assembly code, or some substitute from a temp agency showing me how to wire a 220 V 3 phase generator. I mean take it or get out right? |
i dunno personally i've taken a total of about 5 years of schooling through BCIT and of all those programs/courses, ive maybe had 4-5 teachers i thought actually cared about teaching? the other seems to just grind out the day as best they can |
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However, at universities the situation is different because there are many privileges to being a professor: decent wages, tenure, sabbatical, and research. With tenure, you pretty much have a job for life and it is next to impossible to fire you unless you screw up bad - you can air your political beliefs and values without getting fired. Last I checked, wages are decent. My former profs (ranking from assistant to associate but excluding sessional instructors) made on average between 80-100k per year plus expenses (full professors ~115-125k), which I believe puts them in the top 5-6% of Canadian society. Of course, you do have to factor in the years it takes to get a ph.D, and the hard work and research it takes to get tenure in the first place. They can also take a sabbatical every 7th year for study and they can have a research semester every year. I'd say they have it pretty good. |
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Also, i think you're trying to insult Canada as being socialist, not communist. :badpokerface: |
:QQ: this means I must self-teach some more |
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I find it amusing that some people are acting like they don't pay tuition for their education...Implying that you don't want a elementary school teacher teaching you advanced electrical engineering...Well that's why you're paying a handsome tuition...It's so that you don't get an elementary school teacher teaching you something that he or she may not be qualified for. Again, this strike is for SUPPORT STAFF ONLY...This does not involve teachers/professors/instructors. The 89% staff that voted in favour of strike were support staff only voting. That's why I mentioned earlier that tutorials may be cancelled and exams may be post-phoned because they are the ones who usually take care of those. |
^At SFU, the strike (limited action at the moment) is only support staff including TAs but a number of profs have signed an open letter of support for the TSSU (union). http://bargaining.tssu.ca/wp-content...y-Support1.pdf And some of the classes have been cancelled by the profs themselves refusing to cross picket lines when they are held for reasons of conscience, which is allowed under the university act. |
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And yes, I'm waiting for fails from union losers and bleeding heart lefties - fail away, it's the internet |
Hahahahaha, suckers. My school's still good to go and all the profs be happy |
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And the article says "faculty and staff". Where's your info from? |
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