Did this teacher deserve the sack?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....na-milkshake-him.html

[mike11111]

You call them whiteboards because they are white. We called them blackboards because they were black.

[anotheoldgit]

/// In this case here I wonder why the teacher held him for so
long ///

/// Mr Cox said he feared the boy was about to throw the chair at him. After he let the teenager go, the pupil did pick up a chair and threw it, although not at Mr Cox. ///

Regardless of how long he held him, he never did any physical harm to the boy and the boy or his mother never made any complaint, so was it fair to ruin this man's life, surely a dressing down would have been enough?

What I can't understand is the fact that none of his fellow teachers or his Union backed him up.

[mike11111]

"What I can't understand is the fact that none of his fellow teachers or his Union backed him up."

You really don't get it, do you? The teaching unions no longer represent the interests of those hard-working teachers at the chalk face, but those of the muesli-munching ciabatta chompers.

[vivandorron]

It's surprising AOG that, when one has problems, how many of ones friends become mere acquaintances.

Ron.

[mike11111]

"... how many of ones friends become mere acquaintances."

Eloquently summarised in the saying, "A friend in need is a f****** pest!

[sandyRoe]

AOG, I did use 'blackboard' in an earlier answer but was rightly taken to task for my political incorrectness.
'Chalkboard' has a nice non-controversial ring to it.

[emmie]

no

[beso]

sandyRoe
'Chalkboard' has a nice non-controversial ring to it.

And how many other innocent minerals do you presume to insult by giving a special status to 'chalk'?