West Australia: teaching in a small town can be difficult.
Teachers flip parents the bird, Yasmine Phillips, Education Reporter, PerthNow, 13 November 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/teachers-flip-parents-the-bird/story-e6frg13u-1226193897374 Historical link preserved from the original page.
This article by Yasmine Phillips and the comments on the article build up a picture of a teacher's life in a small West Australian town. Historical link preserved from the original page.
It is interesting to notice how supportive the parents are of their teachers, and how much they seem to value their male teachers.
The article and comments are well worth reading in full.
Because of the lies one family has told, our school has lost two very good blokes, two male teachers who have decided to move away, taking their wives and children, to somewhere where they hopefully dont have to put up with the lies and abuse they have been put through for the last couple of years.
I hate to think how many teachers follow them because of this nasty persecution by a small number of families who are only doing this because they cant get their own way.
Leave our teachers and our school alone, and if you don't like it, you go, instead of forcing good teachers away!!!