Hurrah! Or not...

One side of me wants to be positive and completely not pay attention to all the rumours and less-than-rumours that are circulating through the workplace (all of which have to do with the cuts coming this year to education in this community). I just want to ignore it, really, and think about it later when there's actually something solid to work with. We've now heard that there will be 100 surplus teachers in the district. Who knows how many there actually will be, but I'm sure there will be a few and both Nicholas and I are at great risk of being on that list with our low seniority. Really, anyone lower than 5 years in experience is at risk. So, we're just taking it day by day. We won't know anything definitive until, oh, about May? THEN I'll worry about being surplus. Then again, maybe I won't even then. After all, it's not like I'm rooted here; we can easily go overseas, and will make sure to apply everywhere we possibly can so that we have positions and income next year.
I suppose what bugs me is, now people are rallying. People get alllll worked up over things, when they don't even have all the information. And, if people are rallying, that can lead to more rallying, and then of course the big question comes....strike, or no strike?
Which is horrible! I know it's my right to take a stand. But...on one hand, I lose my job and have no income. On the other hand, I leave my job even earlier and have no income even sooner. Hmmm....what's better?
Just another reason I wish I could get out of this system. It is so unfriendly! I was laid off in Vancouver. I move north to where it's "safe" - few people want to move up north after university and growing up in the south...of course there are jobs! Which there were, at the time. Lose the job in Mackenzie, move to Prince George (not a lay off, but close enough), and then now we're dealing with it here. I can't take much more pushing and shoving around. Had I known...
And indeed, had anyone known, would we have teachers? It's supposed to be the most stable profession, but it seems the least!
Do university students, in their eager beaver bubbles, realize all of this? If so, would they bother? I wonder.