'I want to cry - it is a mountain': Teachers speak out after thousands march through Manchester
Manchester was brought to a standstill for a short while this afternoon as striking teachers marched through the city.
The 41-year-old continued: “I go home and I have no energy — I had three plates in my sink to clean and I started to cry. It is a mountain. “I went in with really good intentions — I wanted to share the knowledge I had— but I spent my time arguing about glue sticks. I needed support there but because it had so many issues [I didn’t get it].”
Perhaps the most striking sight of the day was Daniel Hatton, 31, who dressed up as a dinosaur to decry ‘prehistoric pay’ in the industry. Mr Hatton works at Abbot’s Lea School in Liverpool, which is a specialist SEN facility. At picket lines across Greater Manchester, staff mentioned many of the same problems as those listed at the rally. Thomas Jukes, a science teacher at The Heys school, Prestwich, said: "The main thing is that it’s fully funded and not affecting the kids that we’re trying to help.
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