Teachers attacked by the hundredOver the past few decades, New Zealand has been experimenting with a "non-violent" approach to disciplining children. Apparently children can be reasoned with and punishment of the physical sort should never be needed. First the schools were constrained with physical discipline being made illegal in the 80's and then a couple of years back, parents have been likewise constrained in reining in their unruly children.
Hundreds of teachers have been receiving ACC-funded treatment after being assaulted at school.
Principals are shocked by the figure and are demanding immediate action to make schools safer.
~ Front page, Dominion Post, Monday 8 March, 2010
And now principals are shocked that so many teachers are being assaulted in schools.
Why should they be shocked? Is not this just the natural consequence of removing punishment? Now it's the teachers bearing the brunt of increasing violence from children, next it'll be more and more parents.
Somebody in Government really needs to read Lord of the Flies.