tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1556810465079085869..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: And This Is Why We Have A Discipline Problem In Schools…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-67788517323905205952014-06-29T05:13:43.174+01:002014-06-29T05:13:43.174+01:00"...an unspoken financial subtext."
Pos...<i>"...an unspoken financial subtext."</i><br /><br />Possibly, though we shouldn't totally discount the need for everyone's 'five minutes of fame'.<br /><br />Thank, Andy Warhol. Thanks a bunch!<br /><br /><i>"...I'd have risked a punishment off my parents too."</i><br /><br />Ditto!<br /><br /><i>"Silence is golden, Duct Tape is Silver..."</i><br /><br />:DJuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-44219800266432360992014-06-18T02:13:40.280+01:002014-06-18T02:13:40.280+01:00'I heard about teachers in another school doin...<em>'I heard about teachers in another school doing it and they were suspended, so why not here?'</em><br /><br />Read as: "Sally got an apple why can't I get an apple too!", from the kid who wouldn't stop picking his nose all the way through the trip to the zoo.<br /><br />Or, little boy caught stealing a cookie: "Why do I get punished Sally stole a cookie too why don't you punish her!"<br /><br />In short, being a little shit.Squiresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-88309130242365622512014-06-17T18:32:45.182+01:002014-06-17T18:32:45.182+01:00Silence is golden, Duct Tape is Silver...Silence is golden, Duct Tape is Silver...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677120756493370244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56669727949453453272014-06-17T13:00:56.859+01:002014-06-17T13:00:56.859+01:00"You cannot lay a finger on children."
..."You cannot lay a finger on children."<br /><br />A pick-axe handle is not a finger..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73239467534158955832014-06-17T10:24:38.221+01:002014-06-17T10:24:38.221+01:00Tbh if I'd gone home and complained that a tea...Tbh if I'd gone home and complained that a teacher had done that for talking in class, I'd have risked a punishment off my parents too.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-14090841582650488692014-06-17T09:50:51.589+01:002014-06-17T09:50:51.589+01:00'The teacher [...] has not been punished enoug...<i>'The teacher [...] has not been punished enough, in my opinion...'</i><br /><br />It's another of those situations - especially given the media involvement - where there is surely an unspoken financial subtext.<br /><br />There is a long-standing belief among pupils and parents that any 'assault' - physical or verbal - by a teacher entitles its victim to compensation.<br /><br />I know of a case where the school secretary overheard the supposed victim of an assault discussing with his star witness exactly what their story should be and how the two of them would share out the proceeds.<br /><br />(The fact that, even after that, the head took the allegation seriously and issued the teacher [who had acted entirely within the rules] with a formal warning - 'a matter of policy' - says much about the state of education today.)Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com