Originally published in TEACH Magazine, September/October 2008 Issue
By Carmen Berg
“Contain if necessary, resolve if possible, best of all prevent.”
—William Ury
A parent is charged with assaulting a Calgary principal after throwing the woman down and hitting her in the face several times.
A high school student from Ulukhaktok, NT, pleaded guilty to mischief after urinating in his teacher’s water bottle.
Four junior high students were expelled and 20 others suspended for creating imposter profiles about two teachers on Edmonton-based social site, Nexopia.
These incidents, coupled with the unregulated and unsubstantiated claims made on sites like ratemyteacher.com, suggest that the nature of harassment of teachers has changed.
Carmen Berg is a contributing author for Physics, published by Pearson Education Canada, and a regular contributor for Calgary’s Child.
