November was a whole lot better but still filled with plenty of drama. I wasn’t making weekly trips to all these offices so I actually finally got to work and get to know my students and the teachers that I work with. On the other hand, we were supposed to receive our first check on Halloween and we didn’t, go figure. The next week passed and still no money. Every week we were promised to get paid the following week but it never happened. Each week there was a new reason why we weren’t paid and something else that we needed to do so we could get paid. This trend continued until the first week in December when somebody went to the office and see what the deal was. She was told that maybe we would get paid this week and if not, it probably wouldn’t be until the end of December when we got paid. After hearing this, people starting getting together and talking about striking. After many emails between all of us teachers in this region, everything was organized and the strike began on Thursday, December 4th. Needless to say, we got paid on the 5th and the strike was over.