No offense to the Chief Edumacator, but if I was a parent in Bellevue right now I would be royally pissed off:

BELLEVUE, Wash. - No school again Wednesday for 16,000 Bellevue School District students as teachers strike for a second day. Talks Monday and Tuesday failed to yield an agreement; the Bellevue teachers union and the school district return to the bargaining table Wednesday afternoon. The nearly 1,200 teachers union members are striking over issues of compensation, curriculum and benefits. While salaries vary depending on experience, the average Bellevue teacher earns $58,000. The district has offered a 1.5% raise the first year and a 1% raise the second. It’s important to note, this is on top of the state’s cost of living adjustment which in 2009 will be 5.1 percent.

If I was a high school student? During the teacher strike of 1992 my friends and I all went camping in Cle Elum for a few days during our unscheduled vacation. And we all somehow managed to make it home alive. Awesome.

Not awesome: cousin Chuckles was all geared up to start the first grade on Tuesday. His mom was geared up for it too, but no dice. Thanks Bellevue teacher’s union.