Kalgoorliegirl of goldfields, Reader's Comment 51 of 97 Special Report: Teachers

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Kalgoorliegirl of goldfields, Reader's Comment 51 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 alleges that they were assaulted by a student, then they were threatened into silence about the assault.

I am an ex-teacher.

I was assaulted by a student at a West Australian school. Historical link preserved from the original page.

Due to inexperience I did not pursue it.

The school at the time seemed to brush it under the carpet and the student went unpunished.

The school threatened me not to pursue it, as they didn't want bad press.

I quit after that, and have never rejoined the WA Ed dept since.

I was never given an exit interview, rather, I was encouraged to be quiet.

Now I'm in another career, earning double what EDWA would ever be able to pay me.

I am happy I left, but they have a mess to clean up.

They need a good strong leader to sort the WA Ed dept out.