Surrey - The Editor, Re: "Government's actions show such hypocrisy," the Now letters, June 10.
All school teachers, including letter writer Lori Opper, should know it is a scientific fact that one body cannot occupy more than one place at one time. That is, a teacher walking a picket line outside a school cannot, at the same time, claim to be doing his/her job teaching a class inside of the classroom. That is why the Labour Relations Board upheld the government's right to deduct 10 per cent from the teachers' wages.As far as private schools are concerned, most parents with children in private schools not only pay the same school taxes as all other taxpayers, but also tuition costs to the private schools as well.In addition to this, class size in the public schools are reduced by parents moving their children to a private school. Isn't reducing class size one of the issues the B.C. teachers are striking over? Opper is right that there is a two-tier school system. She should be happy that it is the public schools that are getting the benefits from it.Fred PerrySurrey