Striking Continues

The strikes continue. After talking with teachers and hearing different people's takes on what is going on, I think teachers are actually striking for the government to invest more in education, which is actually pretty great. Yuna told me after talking to one teacher we know pretty well that teachers want 15%, or at least 10%, of the budget going to education (right now it's at 5%). Many of the teachers I work with have traveled to Guatemala City to protest there while here in town they aren't letting the superintendent into his office. We aren't really sure how long it's all going to take--some people have said possibly until May. I think the president is meeting with teachers or their representatives today, so if the response is good we might have school. But no one really has an idea of what's going on. Other than not getting work done that I needed to get done (the school year is quickly dwindling), things are well here.