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JJ Gordon of Como, Reader's Comment 62 of 97, Special Report: Teachers reveal why they walked, Yasmine Phillips, Education reporter, Perth Now, 19 February 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/special-report-teachers-reveal-why-they-walked/comments-e6frg13u-1226008656772 Historical link preserved from the original page.

Uneducated and gutless parents abuse teachers.

In a middle class demographic, in front of 31 students, a mother came into my class and communicated in an angry and loud voice how unhappy she was about an incident her son (who was in another class and year level) had informed her about.

No amount of calmly asking her to see a member of Admin to sort the situation out was responded to.

Even when she realised that her son had not recalled the incident truthfully (and therefore she had lost face) she continued to swear, degrade and rant.

All while 31 sets of eyes looked on stunned.

I was 35 weeks pregnant at the time.

Teachers are not sport.

Often people think that because they have been to school as a student that they know how to teach.

Being a teacher and being a student are two different things.

It is an uneducated and gutless act for parents to abuse teachers, police and medical staff.

Parents need to parent and let the teachers teach.

They are two different jobs.