Apocalypse Soon

With the very serious possibility of a province-wide teacher’s strike on the horizon, I felt that I should prepare my fellow students for any strange behaviour that may be exhibited by teachers during the period of time between the declaration of a walk-out, and the actual strike date, which stands to be a day or two. Being that they know they won’t see you in awhile, and that they are probably going to be feeling pretty unified with each other, the normal code of conduct may slip a little. For instance;

During the last period of class, teachers may get cocky: “I’m going to assign a whole bunch of work for you while we strike, so you’ll be prepared when we return. If you don’t like it, bite me.”

Upon the students’ cries that this isn’t fair, you may hear the following:

“Hey, if you don’t like it, tell your union leader. Oh, wait…you don’t belong to a union! Bite me.”

Other teachers may choose to let loose during this awkward period of time:

“Who thinks they can do more tequila shots than the professor?”
“Ten bonus marks on your ISU if you can knock this glass of water off my head by punching me in the stomach!”
“Screw the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, let’s play some rugby!”
“Did I ever tell you kids about the time I got arrested for possession?”
“Today’s lesson will be replaced by an episode of ‘Rolanda’”

Of course, every school has a couple of rogue teachers who will border on the downright irresponsible:

“Who wants to borrow my set of keys to the school while I’m gone?”
“Okay, does everybody have a pen? Good. The following Prime Ministers had herpes…”
“Who has a car? Good-we need to make another beer run.”
“Today’s book report will be on ‘Sex’, by Madonna. 2000 words, double-spaced.”
“And finally, here’s Revenue Canada’s password…”

In conclusion, if you experience any of this on the prospective last day(which I seriously doubt you will), do not be alarmed. This strike will be tough on everyone, but hey, it’s a helluva toboggan ride!