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Teachers in Mexico went on a riot on Wednesday. They are [anger / angry] at changes to their jobs made by the government. Hundreds of angry teachers [attacked / attacking] the offices of political [celebrations / parties] in Mexico's south-western Guerrero state. They broke windows, [set / let] fire to offices and sprayed [confetti / graffiti] on the walls. Thousands more rioters who are angry with the government [joined / joint] the teachers in the streets. The state governor sent hundreds of police officers to [grade / guard] the local government building. The police could not stop the [violent / violence] , so mayor Mario Moreno asked for government support to control the [station / situation] . He told a local TV news station: "We do not have the ability to [head / face] a mob of 4,000 or 5,000 people."

The teachers are angry at changes that would [take / give] power away from their [onions / unions] . Mexico's government wants more [remote / control] over the [quality / qualify] of teachers and who becomes a teacher. Teaching unions [currency / currently] assess the quality of education in schools. The government wants to do this [indeed / instead] , to make sure all schools have [similar / similarity] standards. They want teachers to pass tests to get jobs or get [promoted / promoting] . The government also wants to end the policy of buying and selling teaching jobs. Some teachers in Mexico give their position to a [relative / ancestor] when they retire or quit. The biggest teaching unions are worried that many teachers will lose their jobs. They also [afraid / fear] that the government wants to control every school.