Another teacher sacked for daring to lay a finger on a child

[dave50]

The teacher was sacked because he physically restrained him by grabbing his arms and left some marks! Oh dear, must be assault then! How pathetic. Oh yes he was a 15 year old boy with 'special needs'. What does that mean? I will translate, it means a naughty child, simple as that, same as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Another label to excuse bad behavior.

[Answerprancer]

That's bloomin roobish Barmaid, give em a reet good plotin' that's what I say !
Beat soom sense inta to-days little beggars - it never did me no harm ;-)

[Answerprancer]

Naah, no hard feelings - mwaaah !

[Arti]

Dave50, With you, I think it is a case of another 'bad behaviour' label being applied to someone who has genuine special needs.

[tamborine]

Doc, said son is 40y now :) He dropped a brick on his elder brother (head stiched) from a tree he'd climbed - the bukker! I bashed the daylights out of him and I dont regret it.

[Mick-Talbot]

Naughty, get caned, So what, it taught me discipline and respect, more than be said for to-day;s youngsters.


Well that sounds like an admission of guilt doc?
Once again, you have that enormous brush out, to tar all the kids with.

[Mamyalynne]

Based purely on what is in the article, no he should not have been sacked. There may be other instances we are unaware of.

[carrust]

I too went to school in the 50's & 60's, & during this time corporal punishment was meted out on a daily basis.
I've been hit with slippers, canes, rulers, blackboard rubbers, stool ball & rounders bats. I was slapped,punched had my ears & hair pulled....most of the time I was hit for getting my work wrong, not for being naughty...unless running down the corridor is a capital offence.
Some of the people who were educated under that system call them the good old days.....they weren't! From the age of 5 to 11 were a nightmare for me; I was scared sh1tless every day.

[carrust]

No I bl00dy wasn't doc. It turned me off education for the early part of my life until I reached my twenties.

[Mick-Talbot]

sounds lovely carrust.

and doc wants to bring all that back .....................bless him.

[Mick-Talbot]

there were no prisoners, in your day then doc?

[jackthehat]

Yes, mick..........

If you care to have a nosy in any of Her Maj's Holiday Camps.....you won't see *anyone* in their 50's or 60's..........I believe crime wasn't invented until some time in the 1980's !

[carrust]

I've never broken the law. This was not due to being beaten sh1tless at school, it was due to having respect for my parents

[Barmaid]

lol Mick Talbot - don't be silly. The world that Doc lived in had no crime, children were always polite and minded their ps and qs and no one ever had illegal car number plates.

[joeluke]

At least teachers and the police actually had powers in those days

[tamborine]

My 8y g'son screams/bawls when I offer him sweet kids cough mixture; I was caned if I refused the daily dose of cod liver oil in my convent.

G'son wont stay with me as I object to his daily menu of KFC - good !