Stanley Bruce, Comment 56 of 107, Make poor teaching a sackable offence, Christo

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Stanley Bruce, Comment 56 of 107, Make poor teaching a sackable offence, Christopher Bantick, The Australian, 26 April 2011: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/commentary/make-poor-teaching-a-sackable-offence/story-e6frgd0x-1226044646922 Historical link preserved from the original page.

Teachers are being treated like whipping-boys.

Teachers are seen by everyone else as the whipping boys and girls.

They are expected to check emails as well as do the marking and the preparation for classes.

The children behave in ways that were never tolerated in the past.

The union is very often the lone voice speaking out on behalf of the teachers.

Instead of castigating the job that the union is doing, why not look at the infection of managerialism which requires teachers to do more with less supports and no more money, less respect plus feral children and parents.

Very often the union is the only thing that protects teachers from those who know all about teaching because they once went to school.