Anarchy in the classroom
Who'd be a teacher today?
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A survey by one of the main teaching unions found that one in five teachers reported being hit or punched while at school.
This is completely unacceptable.
While some may treat the figures with a degree of scepticism - after all, there is a world of difference between a five-year-old throwing a temper tantrum and a teenager launching a wilful attack. But it could also be said that the latter is the inevitable consequence the former going unchecked.