Today’s guest post by Maree Talidu: On Friday the 18th of May, public school teachers across NSW attended ‘stop work’ meetings for two hours, from 9am to 11am. As a school teacher it has been hard to ignore the backlash fuelled by the media, who have whipped the public into a frenzied group who see teachers as nothing more than spoilt and inconsiderate. My local newspaper ran an online poll about people’s reaction to the Industrial Action taken on Friday. I have read some of the most vitriolic posts, claiming “Teacher’s have never worked in the real world” to “Teachers [...]