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Re: Assault
When I was at school (a few centuries ago) we did have bullies and we did have disruptive pupils and they were able to be dealt with on site because there was always the threat of 'the big stick'. It didn't have to be used. In fact I very rarely saw someone getting a paddle with a table tennis bat but Mr. Brown kept one for the very purpose and he only had to get it out of the drawer and put it on his desk for it to have the desired effect.
Nowadays that would be classed as child abuse. Nowadays the pupils have the upper hand and they know it.
How do you even get the attention of a class when half of them have their feet on the desks, are playing with their mobile phones or discussing their latest boyfriend/girlfriend?
As a child at one time I wanted to be a teacher. I wouldn't do it now if they paid me twice the going rate. I see it from the sharp end and see decent good hardworking people being driven to the brink of nervous breakdowns because children can no longer be disciplined. Tell them off and they go running to their parents who then turn up at the school threatening the teachers.
Yes the underlying cause may well be the lousy homes they come from but teachers don't even have enough hours in the day to get through all the paperwork and teaching (there is far more 'bumph' to being a teacher than most people even dream of) they don't have time nor skills to be amateur psychologists too so I don't think the solution is to send the child back to the same situation.
Perhaps we need more specialist teaching environments to deal with those pupils on a one to one basis.
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