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When the school fails and the student has to suffer!

The school should be providing him extra support no matter what grade he is in. I understand that tutors are expensive but try your local university as there are plenty of students eager to gain expe…

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Phillip in reference to bullying and the legal implications please refer to the National Centre Against Bullying International conference April 2010 outcomes which identifies that there needs to be more clarification of criminal and civil law regard…
May 13
as I have said before and have worked in the education system in NSW i think im right in saying there was a law past several years ago that it was a chargeable offence to bully , threaten ,intimerdate or hurt another child it would be interesting to…
May 13
and please excuse the typos I have left my glasses at work...
May 12
The school should be providing him extra support no matter what grade he is in. I understand that tutors are expensive but try your local university as there are plenty of students eager to gain experience in tutoring children if they are studying t…
April 6
Thankyou Mea, but I have tried communicating with all teachers aswell as principles, however, are too quick to point the finger at my child. I have finally found a public school that is extremley helpful in supporting my son. We are now in the proce…
April 6
Dear Petra Your sad account of your sons school life thus far is compelling and unfortunately becoming common among parents in Australia. Yes you are right, that the schools have a responsibility also known as Duty of Care. However the interpretatio…
March 22
I agree it is a problem. My son was expelled from school from reacting to a bully and even tried to tell staff/teachers (as i always taught him) and he received no help, so how unfair is the system!
March 21
Yes , its a real problem, fortunately i had a bigger brother to look after me . Any bullies who messed with me got a good bashing ( outside of school or on the weekends that is) and never tried it on again.
March 11
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My son has been bullied all his school life. I have tried to work with teachers and principals to deal with the issues but nothing is ever done. I have removed my son from the state system to a private school but the matter has become worse. My son…
March 1

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Bullying, it's a big problem!!!

My son has been bullied all his school life. I have tried to work with teachers and principals to deal with the issues but nothing is ever done. I have removed my son from the state system to a private school but the matter has become worse. My son has tried doing the right thing by informing teachers, principals etc of the bullying but was offered no help by anyone. He has now learnt to deal with such issues himself. So now he has been labelled as the problem. The problem is the schools and the… Continue

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