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Post by brandykins on Mar 30, 2009 10:59:01 GMT
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Post by laplady on Mar 30, 2009 15:16:56 GMT
I think that it was very wrong to suspend her. There is not enough strong discipline in schools now, and thats one of the resounds why the younger generation are the way they are, they have no respect for anyone parents included as they to are restricted in their discipline for fear of being reported to the authorities.
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Post by micki on Mar 30, 2009 18:30:38 GMT
cane them... what have we achieved since the cane was abolished? NOTHING. SEEMS THE PUPILS ARE RUNNIN THE SHOW THESE DAYS AND TEACHERS CANT DO ANYTHING. is it me or do lots of kids seem worse today than ever? what do we do? suspend a teacher like this, its so wrong.
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Post by brandykins on Mar 30, 2009 18:52:32 GMT
I agree with Tricia and you, Micki. It is dreadful that a much needed teacher should be suspended. Pity more wouldn't do the same! The lack of discipline within some of the youngsters dates back to when the strap stopped - so much for the European government!! When I was at school, had I, or the fellow pupils carried on like that, we would have got the strap. I got the strap on occasions for talking. Refused to take it if it wasn't me that was talking and got the blame for it but got lines instead for cheek!! Also, at home, if I stepped out of line I got into bother by both Mum and Dad. Nowadays, it seems the children rule!!
That was wrong to suspend that teacher - what message does that send out!! Those unruly and obnoxious school children should have been suspended, not the teacher.
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Post by Karen on Mar 30, 2009 19:35:34 GMT
I don't think she should of been suspended - the point is, at least she has evidence that those Children were misbehaving, and of course the school, nor the governers would never had known about it - if it weren't for her. Looks at the second image, they've even got guns! I wouldn't of been willing to be the staffs', in that class.
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Post by parsonsmum on Mar 30, 2009 21:17:21 GMT
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Post by brandykins on Mar 30, 2009 21:52:45 GMT
I remember our music class, which I absolutely detested, and the music teacher went out and told us all to behave ourselves (not sure where she was going to). Anyway, we all started banging our desks with rulers as thought they were drums and one girl stood as a look out for teacher to come back. When we were told she was coming back, we all stopped and looked like angels! Well the teacher had the last laugh - she went to the recording machine and played it back!! She had switched it on and none of us noticed it and all the noise and hilarity was picked up on it - my voice included!! We were all kept in and made to write out 200 lines of "I must not make a noise when teacher goes out"!! Took us all a full period to do it - and then we got into bother for missing out our English class!! We never done that again!!
Perhaps schools should cotton on to the idea of CCTV in classrooms and catch those who are rowdy and bring the parents in to see what their "angels" get up to in school!!
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Post by lynx on Apr 1, 2009 5:42:49 GMT
My cousin is the same age as I am and has been a teacher all her life and loved it. She was deputy head at the junior school she taught at and then decided to become a supply teacher a few years ago and do a shorter week. After a little while she gave up teaching alltogether because of the lack of respect and lack of disipline in the classrooms. I think the kids have even less respect for supply teachers than their usualy ones and she said she was actually quite scared at times. This was junior school, such young children to hound a 'life time' teacher out of a job. It is all very sad and rather frightening.
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Post by micki on Apr 1, 2009 7:46:54 GMT
its sad Lyn and unfortuately a sign of the times.
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Post by brandykins on Apr 1, 2009 10:11:10 GMT
Perhaps the School Authority should have taken on the idea of CCTV in schools and started recording class behaviour, instead of suspending the teacher!
What a heartbreak that must have been for your cousin, Lyn, to have to resign because of ill-behaved children.
Perhaps if cameras were put in and bad and unruly behaviour recorded, it could then be shown to parents and let them see what their "darling would never do that" children do get up to in class.
Bring back the strap!
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Post by lynx on Apr 1, 2009 11:03:53 GMT
In some cases that might work Rose. However I think some parents are worse than the kids and if they saw their offspring showing of and misbehaving they would probably actually be proud of them
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Post by brandykins on Apr 1, 2009 12:21:41 GMT
That's true, Lyn, goes back to the "do-gooders" who abolished the strap and took any authority away from schools. Those children's parents were probably the same!!
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Post by herbiedog on Apr 8, 2009 20:33:05 GMT
I was so shocked when my daughter met her RE teacher when we were out shopping when she was still at the school.... she walked up to her and started joking with her.... I still see one of my old teachers and always stand up straighter and watch my P's and Q's......
I suppose things have change a lot but in my day teachers were way up there in the respect department.... Perhaps the training of teachers has also changed and the friendly attempt is not working .....children need bounderies and must learn not to cross them...but then again that goes for home life as well
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Post by brandykins on Apr 9, 2009 12:42:18 GMT
Things deteriorated when they banned the strap!! The strap was something that did bring respect from the school children for their teachers. I got the strap many a time and it never did me any harm!! One teacher when I was about 6 years old, slapped my face - big mistake!! I hadn't told my Mum as I was frightened she wuld give me another slap!! However, my "best" pal (some pal) told my Mum and I got the shock of my young life - Mum put on her coat and took me back to school after dinner (it was in the morning that Mrs Aitken did it) so I had gone home for my dinner. Anyway, Mum stormed into the classroom - I can still remember it very well - and Mum grabbed Mrs Aitken by her collar and dragged her out of the classroom!! I ran up the stairs for the headmistress, Miss Boag, and she came running down the stairs. My Mum didn't hit Mrs Aitken but was near enough to it!! Mum said she was going for the police but Miss Boag talked her out of it and told Mrs Aitken to apologise to me. She did but Mum said that was no use - to apologise to me in front of the class! Mrs Aitken took one look at my Mum's face and agreed. Mrs Aitken did apologise to me in front of the class - and everyone, with the exception of her "pets" - clapped!! Mrs Aitken never ever did that again either to me, or to anyone else in the classroom!! She hated me though from that day on!! I never bothered. It was all over one of her pets chatting and I got the blame and refused the strap!! Yes, we got the strap at that early age!!
I do feel for the teachers of today though. That young woman had the courage of her convictions and I think should be applauded than anything else!
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Post by herbiedog on Apr 9, 2009 19:36:14 GMT
Rose you brought back memories ... I really didn't want to start school as I spent a lot of time with my granddad and when it was time for me to start I just grizzled and grizzled and the head teacher took my hand and told mum to go... well mum took one look back and saw the head teacher Miss Harris giving me a wallop..so mum stormed back took my hand and took me straight back home..
The next day mum ended up outside the headmistress office!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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