Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Pritt Stick Payout

Far more important than class sizes, national curriculum and SATS is the ever present danger of being taken to court by the compensation hungry parents of some ne'er-do-well.

Over the years we have allowed badly behaved kids to morph into 'children with behavioural difficulties' (ie absolving them of any responsibilities for their actions) and now we are reaping the rewards.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

The boy is lucky . . . . and unlucky. I can remmember an ex-WWII vetran turned wood-work teacher who had an array of weaponry far more dangeous than a stick of glue. He did not have any children 'suffering behavioural problems' But on a positive side a lot of his pupils left school with an O'level in woodwork

Anonymous said...

Great, another little shit who has been taught that they have absolute power over their teachers

Anonymous said...

One can only hope that now we have a conservative government that we'll stop pandering to this kind of scum.

Carter Magna said...

@Anonymous #2: Not just one kid, but all of the other kids in that class, in that school and any other child that got to hear of that story and the potential outcome.

Even if she gets exonerated, the damage is well and truly done to that woman's career.

Boy on a bike said...

We had a teacher that hurled wooden chalk dusters at your head. Being knocked half unconcious in a cloud of chalk dust was preferable to the alternative, which was running many, many, many fast laps of the oval with him (he was a fanatical long distance runner). The odd target proved to be good at dodging, and he clocked a few innocents who happened to be sitting behind the target. If that happened, he would sometimes pick up a desk or chair and throw that at the ducker. It was better to sit still and accept the duster rather than trying to hide from a flying chair.

When he retired after a long and illustrious career, hundreds of his old students attended dinners held around the country in his honour - me included. He took crap from no one.

Anonymous said...

when a sixth former a younger child threw a stone at me. I was told he had home problems and not to make things worse. That was in the 1970's so its been happening a while.

NorthernTeacher said...

This is not funny. How has teaching become so unstuck?

Dack said...

B on a B... ah, memories. I still have a wooden chalk duster hurl scar across my eyebrow.

Anonymous said...

No doubt the feckless parents stood by their poor feral son's exaggerated version of the incident and pushed for an arrest.
More wasted taxpayers money at the expense of a teachers career.
Let's hope common sense prevails and the judge laughs them out of court .......? If only.

Miss Brodie said...

I can't believe he was actually taken to hospital for his "wound" ... that had already been attended to with a sticking plaster!

Anonymous said...

At the same time, thousands of children with behavioural problems that aren't their fault (or their parents' fault) can now hold pig-ignorant, willfully disrespectful teachers to account for failing to follow the simple, straightforward techniques for managing their behaviour.

Just a contrary opinion, Frank. I thought some of your commenters might like to hear it.

Cynical.

Hill said...

Anon 05:39 'thousands of children with behavioural problems that aren't their fault'

Get real!

seriousteacher said...

great news today for this poor teacher - she's been cleared of assault.

Boy on a bike said...

I've been glued to your blog, awaiting a result.