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Tahitiii
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05 Feb 2013, 7:15 am

That was fast.
They did right, but I never would have expected it.
Maybe the world's not so bad after all.



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05 Feb 2013, 7:48 am

Yeah, it was fast, I think it's because she violated the teachers' vow of silence which in Sweden can give up to a year in prison. So I think this is partly why the school acted swiftly.



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05 Feb 2013, 7:54 am

Im pretty sure it would not have been handled so well here in the UK! She got off lightly with just losing her job then :)



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05 Feb 2013, 8:39 am

Alexmom wrote:
Happy turn of events:
I had a meeting this morning with the main teacher and with the principal. They were crystal clear about this other teacher's behaviour being inapropriate and actually illegal.
She is out of a job as of today :)

I'm so glad they handled this well.


Thank goodness! I'm not thrilled about anybody losing their job, either - but if she did this IN FRONT of an actively involved parent, imagine what must be happening to kids whose parents don't advocate for them!



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05 Feb 2013, 8:48 am

That's fast results! Good work!

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When I picked him up one of the extra teachers told me


Just out of curiosity, what is an "extra teacher"? Is that like an aide to the main teacher? Or a substitute teacher? Or something else?



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05 Feb 2013, 8:56 am

I wasn´t actually sure what her role was exactly. Apparently she is a substitute teacher that doesn't have any formal teacher training and she has been filling in where needed.

I think she would do better filling in at a workplace where there are no children 8O