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West Australia: teachers are fed up with being victimised by parents who "do a ring around and form a posse".
West Australian Teachers, fed up with being "society's punching bag", have created a group they hope will restore respect to the profession. Historical link preserved from the original page.
Former WA public school teacher Peta Rakela has joined five other teachers to establish a support group called Educators At Risk.
The group says teachers have become a scapegoat for parents unable to control their children and administrators afraid of bad publicity.
"Teachers are victimised, " Ms Rakela, a former teacher of about 40 years, said.
You can't accommodate everyone's wishes and whims in a classroom environment and, unfortunately, what happens is a lot of parents will not take you on by themselves, they will go higher than you or do a ring around and form a posse.
Fed up teachers form Educators at Risk support group, Yasmine Phillips, education reporter, The Sunday Times, 19 February 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/fed-up-teachers-form-educators-at-risk-support-group/story-e6frg12c-1226008658607 Historical link preserved from the original page.
Perth, West Australia: even the younger children come to school with lousy attitudes and foul mouths.
As a teacher I feel powerless and 'back to the wall'.
Even the younger children come to school with lousy attitudes and foul mouths.
Where are they getting it from?
We teachers are expected to reason with these children and pamper to their needs.
Hello! They need to grow a backbone and some of their parents need to actually parent!!