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Teacher suspended for punishing pupils with press-ups controversy - mirror.co.uk

The suspension of a teacher who made pupils do press-ups for arriving late has been slammed as over the top. The year seven children, aged 11 and 12, suggested the unusual punishment and also agreed to do star-jumps and sit-ups or tell jokes in front of their classmates as reprimands for poor time-keeping.
They were allowed to pick their own punishment from the list drawn up by themselves and classmates – and press-ups emerged as a clear favourite.
Last night the board of governors was meeting to decide his fate.
The NUT’s Ian Jennison blasted the move as an “overreaction”. He said: “The school is going to come out of all this looking foolish.”
The unnamed teacher’s scheme was so successful that he won an award for punctuality at the 1,267-pupil Derby Moor Community College secondary school.
But a member of staff reported the bizarre disciplinary code to headteacher Wendy Whelan.
She suspended the teacher, a family man in his 40s with more than 15 years’ experience, pending an inquiry. Mrs Whelan confirmed said there would be a probe into “unacceptable sanctions”.
She added: “Our priority is to ensure that students are happy to be in school and are supported well by our staff.”
Yesterday one parent, who didn’t want to be named, said: “It’s ridiculous. The kids thought it was fun.”
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Depends how it was done. If it was in manner that wasn't snidey, like some teachers can be, then I reckon this is a bit silly.
 
That's just mad. Did the kids stand up for the teacher ? Was the Head asleep when they were handing out awards for punctuality to this teacher ?

The worst thing is that stories like this no longer suprise me, and I've still got to listen to them until 2045.
 
It would probably have been better if the teacher had just given them detention or lines or something, though. You can imagine the trouble if one of the kids' heart suddenly packed in :huh:

I feel sorry for the teachers in the UK. The discipline issue (or lack of it) has got out of hand at some schools. Mind you, I wouldn't recommend a return to the system I had at school when there were a couple of teachers knocking around that had psychopathic tendencies, and acted on those given the slightest provocation. They were the bad old days! :@
 
They were given the choice between jokes, sit-ups, jumps or push-ups... Sounds fair to me.

Might not have so many fat [Poor language removed] little kids (could help improve the state of domestic football and other sports) or at least a few better stand-ups if the system was universally accepted - everybody wins.
 

i make my students sing at the front of class if they are late. you would be amazed at how quickly lessons were starting right on the dot!

lessons starting late is a real bind. a good lesson plan can be screwed up if you are starting 5 or 10 minutes late and also the rest of the class suffer while one or two waltz in late.
 
teppic said:
i make my students sing at the front of class if they are late. you would be amazed at how quickly lessons were starting right on the dot!

lessons starting late is a real bind. a good lesson plan can be screwed up if you are starting 5 or 10 minutes late and also the rest of the class suffer while one or two waltz in late.
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Ah, but the Koreans are probably more in tune with respecting a teacher's authority. In the UK you'd be hung, drawn and quartered and placed on a list. :lol:
 

It is though isnt it? They have absolutely zero fear anymore as they know they can sue/get locked up any adult who says the wrong thing or gives them a smack.

Compare it to countries abroad and its absurd, no family values whatsoever. People will moan like [Poor language removed] but we created it.
 
I think, putting my serious hat on, that we've gone too far away from using punishment as a tool to keep things in check. In saying that, the school I went to wasn't a model that I would want other children to experience. Punishment there was meted out for the most trivial offence. There has to be a way of balancing the rights of the school and teaching staff to impose discipline, and the right of the kids not to be shat upon by jumped up little Hitlers.

I wonder if it is worse being a teacher in a tough, working-class school or in a nice, respectable middle-class one? I reckon the latter myself, what with all those parents being ever so interested in little Ben's treatment at your hands. The nosy gets. :lol:

The cane was never that bad, though - assuming you get only got a couple of strikes. Any more than that and it was agony. :lol:
 

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