The Teachers Are Blowing Their Whistles!

The story told by the young male teacher -

http://www.theteachersareblowingtheirwhistles.com/teachersstories.htm

is interesting for so many reasons.

I had read unpublished research that suggested that women primary school teachers felt the most exposed to workplace abuse.

And that male secondary teachers felt safest at work.

But it seems that older women teachers are not the only ones being driven out of work.

My own guess would be that this young male teacher may have replaced a popular contract teacher mid-term - always a tricky situation.

And he had the deputy-principal's child in his class - another very tricky situation.

So it would seem that the risk factors for teachers could be-

• being an older woman
• replacing a popular contract teacher mid-term
• having the son or daughter of a principal or deputy-principal in your class

But, of course, what is most amazing about this young teacher's story is the way that the abuse prompted him to move to London and to a much more interesting life.

If this teacher had not been driven out of work, he would probably have been "rewarded" with a very remote posting for several years.

London looks like a good option.