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Feb 12, 2009, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Tishie
Now teachers use their first names they are more like friends to the children, the children believe they are equal to the adults and as such speak to them how they would speak to friends in the playground, there is sexual bullying taking place in schools and this is ignored by the teachers as they dont know how to deal with it, this is a growing trend in the UK. Breast grabbing butt grabbing are the norm, threats to give sexual favours or you will get it is another one dished out by boys.....
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Um...
Just to you know, the sexual bullying has little, if anything to do with the fact that students are friends with their teachers. I've always been friends with my teachers, since elementary school even! (probably because I couldn't make friends with other kids  ) in high school a lot of times we give them nicknames, call them by either their first or last name, and it's pretty informal. Only one or two teacher's think it's disrespectful so we just address them as Mr. or Ms. ____
In fact, it has the OPPOSITE effect on the students here, we want to get work done for them and we want to follow their rules not because we were forced into it but because you don't want to see a friend of your angry or disappointed in you. Unless they are just angry children to begin with, and then it seems no matter what the environment they would still hate their teachers, they would probably lash out even more (because they can't even handle being forced to do something they don't want to do here, imagine what they would be like with a strict school district!), and get kicked out of school.
HOWEVER, even with that thinks like grabbing each other is NOT tolerated in schools. Maybe the only reason why it is happening is specifically because the teachers have no idea how to handle it. Maybe in that sense they are just plain bad teachers.
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Originally Posted by Tishie
If there is a fight in the school then the teachers have been told that no matter who started it then let it carry on till it stops in no way are they to interefere or help as they can be accused of hitting the child and end up in trouble with police themselves.
Where on earth did it all go wrong ?
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Now, that is just a dumb school policy.
It's sort of like in Japan kids can bully their classmates litteraly to death and be extreemely rude, obnoxious and disruptive in class and they can't be diciplined because the teachers can't "interfere with their education"
There have been a few fist fights, and a catfight or two, but the teachers are supposed to break them up... and hey, lucky for us we have some pretty buff staff around here, seriously, the principal has guns! (and by that I mean the slang term, no wepons in school after all, or anything that could be remotely used as one)  We also have two cops in our school (I don't know about the UK, but in the US it's pretty common to have a cop or two in school)
Oh, and I've always thought the no touch of any kind policy is not only rediculous, but unhealthy. I could understand some things but for god's sake you should at least be able to give your friend a high five when something awesome happened or give your friend a hug when they are hurting. Touching eachother in small, harmless ways like that during social interaction is just a part of being human.
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