EDMONTON – If Adrien Dominguez were teaching this week, he’d be introducing physics to a class of 38 high school students.

Instead, the math and science teacher from High Prairie, northwest of Edmonton, is at home trying to figure out how he’ll keep paying his bills.

A provincewide strike that started Monday with Dominguez and about 51,000 of his colleagues means many are trying to figure out how they’ll make ends meet without a regular paycheque.

“I know co-workers who lost dual incomes because they’re both teachers,” Dominguez said.

Some teacher friends are looking at going back to waitressing, bartending and working retail, he added.

“Depending how long it goes,” Dominguez said, “I may (resort) to going back to doing photography, marketing and university tutoring.”

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