Rabu, 19 Maret 2014

When students and parents bully their teacher

Bullying often happens on students. A student who is a victim of bullying in a long period will suffer from mental disorder. It is not different when children and parents bully their teacher. The teacher will also feel uncomfortable and stressful. Does this case take place in your with your students? The case rarely occurs at school but bullying teacher can be easily done in social media.

Recently, most students, parents, and teachers use social media to interact. This advance technology helps teaching and learning easier. Communication between parents and teachers is also more intensive. However, another side is very destructive when many students and parents bully their schoolteacher. Report from BBC news said School teachers have been subjected to online abuse and cyberbullying by pupils and parents, a study has found.
Research carried out by the University of Plymouth found parents were responsible for a quarter of the abuse suffered by teachers.
Nearly 400 teachers nationwide, both primary and secondary, were surveyed for Prof Andy Phippen's study.
"From the research it appears that kids can be perpetrators as well as victims," he told BBC News.
"The most shocking is the parental abuse."
'Fair game'
Researchers surveyed 377 education professionals nationwide and carried out 10 in-depth case studies.
The study revealed that 35% of respondents said that either they, or their colleagues, had been subjected to some form of online abuse.
Teachers from both primary and secondary schools had been targeted.
"It can affect teachers anywhere - from a small rural primary to a large urban secondary," Prof Phippen said. “ “

Side effects of cyber bullying on teacher are very negative. As a teacher I fell very disappointed reading the news about cyber bullying done by parents and students. Whatever reason, bullying on teachers are not tolerated. A teacher who is a victim of bullying will have some mental disorders.

- The teacher will feel unsafe in the school and classroom. This will affect the teaching performance.

- Cyber bullying will cause hatred. When the teacher identifies the one bullies , he / she can’t talk to the child gently in the classroom because there is a mental block between the student and the teacher.

“ One teacher, falsely accused on the internet of "inappropriate behaviour" with a female student, said he ended up in the care of a psychologist to help him deal with "loss of self worth, depression and the urge to commit suicide".

He was released by police without charge, caution or reprimand, but then faced a "punitive" suspension of five months.

The teacher claimed his local authority investigation was "motivated from the outset with a staunch presumption of guilt throughout".

Prof Phippen said discussions had taken place with teaching unions and the Department for Education (DfE), but many teachers would like to see more public awareness.

"These teachers who have been abused show the classic signs of bullying, including depression and feelings of isolation," he said.

"Schools should not be afraid to involve the police if they feel harassment is occurring.
"Many grass-roots teachers feel there should be far more zero tolerance from schools.”

A teacher is a human. He / she sometimes makes mistakes. Should parents and students respect all teachers? Yes, the should, because if students and parents don’t respect their school teachers, I don’t think there can be other people who are appropriate to deserve respect.

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