Oh, Hear My Grievences

I am on strike.

I am not well enough paid.
I study five years in school
To work for mere centimes.
What do you think I am, a fool?

I am on strike.

My collegues in Paris,
they work more with police
than their students.
The state, it does nothing!

I am on strike.

The age of retirement
gets later and later.
In fifty years time,
I'll be the age of their great grandmothers.

I am on strike.

My classes are too big,
and I have no supplies.
With my piddly payment,
how do I buy markers?

I am on strike.

Only 1 of 2 teachers
will be replaced when they retire.
Young teachers will not
find a place to be hired!

I am on strike.

It's a little too damp for the rally.
The coffee's on,
I think I'll stay in
and read La Liberation.

I am on strike.

This is France, et alors!