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You call the story again, Reader's Comment 1 and 2, Dozens of assaults on teachers each month, Daniel Emerson, The West Australian, 23 March 2011: Historical link preserved from the original page.

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Western Australia: teacher's father says that his daughter has left teaching because she did not study for thousands of hours in order to be bashed up at work.

My daughter used once to be a teacher and was assaulted and injured on a number of occasions.

Neither the principal nor any of the senior staff were interested in helping.

The perpetrators walked tall.

She has B. Ed and M. Ed. but has left the industry.

Many other teachers have done the same.

They did not study for thousands of hours to be bashed up at work.

SHAME!!!

Harry of Bunbury, Reader's Comment 70 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.

West Australia: teacher's wife claims that many teachers are bullied by principals to the point of mental or physical breakdown.

I am a teacher and married to a teacher with over 30 years of service to the (seems to be West Australian ) Education Department. Historical link preserved from the original page.

From what I have personally heard and experienced, I believe the proportion of unhappy teachers is far, far greater than even the editorial http://www.perthnow.com.au/opinion/editorial-lessons-to-end-teacher-exodus/story-e6frg41u-1226008650514 suggests. Historical link preserved from the original page.

Many teachers give reasons which are not true when leaving a school.

Many teachers are bullied by principals, to the point of nervous and/or physical breakdown, particularly it seems in the primary schools.

The school my husband taught at for the previous two years was a good example of this.

The female administration were so ruthless in their intimidation and relentless undermining of their teachers' confidence, that half of all the teachers at that school transferred out last year.

Others claimed they would have but were unable due to conditions of their contacts.

These same women even had a male teacher reduced to tears at school.

The administration supported parents, even when un-realistic, over their own teachers.

The morale at the school was very, very low.

I ask you how you can expect to get the best out of teachers when they are constantly stressed and exhausted almost to the point of physical or mental breakdown?