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Kate Hawkesby: Young people have an inflated sense of entitlement
Although we’re crying out for teachers, I don’t think we’re doing ourselves any favours.
Well, certainly not the Teachers Complaints Committee and the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal.
Stuff had a story yesterday about a relief teacher at Mt Maunganui College, who objected to two ten year olds in his class sharing headphones listening to music from a cell phone, and drumming on the table, refusing to stop apparently.
The teacher tried unsuccessfully to take the phone away, so removed an ear bud from one of the students instead. Cue the hanging offence.
This, the committees from on high decreed…
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