Teachers cyber-bullied by students and parents

Seven-year-olds and their parents are posting abuse and damaging comments about their teachers on social networking sites, according to new research. This is a serious rise in the cyber-bullying of teachers. A survey from a British teaching union found that almost half of teachers had reported abuse to the school, police or the website. A fifth had been cyber-bullied in the past year. Three per cent of the comments were from under-elevens.

 

The survey showed that 64% of the comments were from students, 27% from parents, and the rest by both. Many were about teachers' looks, ability, and sexuality. The union said: "It is clear that steps need to be taken to protect teachers." It added that the terrible words and lies in the abuse caused teachers a lot of suffering. Many have lost their confidence to teach and have left the profession. They think reporting the abuse would lead to more trouble. (Breaking News English)

 

 

Marmitako

Ingredients

800 gr Albacore tuna
500 gr potatoes
200 gr tomato
100 gr red peppers
4 green peppers
1 Onion
6 garlic cloves
100 ml olive oil
1 l fish stock
1 chili pepper
1 tsp pimentón
salt

Preparation

Peel the potatoes and cut into cubes about the size of a walnut. Cook in the fish stock. Roast the green peppers, peel and cut into strips. Fry in oil with a clove of garlic. In a frying-pan, make a sofrito with the onion, garlic, chopped tomato, pimentón and chili pepper. Finally, add the red peppers. Remove the skin from the tuna and cut into pieces. Season and add to the pan of stock when the potatoes are nearing completion. Add the sofrito with the green peppers, cook for a further five minutes and serve. (FoodsfromSpain)

 

Gambas Pil Pil

Piping hot prawns in a chilli sauce 

This dish is definitely one which is made for sharing and is so simple to prepare. You will often find it as a starter in restaurants on the coast, where it’s served sizzling hot in heatproof earthenware dishes with plenty of bread to mop up the juices.

 

For two people, you will need around 20 medium-sized prawns, which must be peeled, heads and tails removed, then washed and dried off before they are fried.

Put three tablespoons of good quality olive oil into your earthenware dish (or a small frying pan, if you are unable to find one), with three cloves of garlic, finely chopped, two whole, dried chilli peppers and a pinch each of paprika and salt.

Heat the dish until the oil begins to sizzle, and then add the prawns. They’ll only need a few minutes to cook, until they turn pink and begin to curl up. Remove the dish from the heat, using a cloth or an oven glove to protect your hands as it will be very hot, and leave to rest for a minute before serving with some crusty bread.

Try and exercise a little patience however, as you can easily burn your mouth if you start tucking in too soon! (Typically Spanish)   

 







 

Children can learn to eat vegetables

Getting kids to eat their greens can be difficult. Children often refuse to eat vegetables. This can lead to a poor diet. A new study says parents can train their kids to like vegetables. Under-twos can get to like vegetables if they try them up to ten times. Even fussy eaters will eat them. This is good news for parents who are worried about what their children eat. It also means kids will have better nutrition.

The study was on children aged between four months and three years. Each child had between five and 10 servings of artichoke puree. The younger children ate more of it. A professor said under-twos will eat new vegetables because they are more open to new experiences. After 24 months, they are less willing to try new things. She said if parents want children to eat vegetables, they should start early and serve them often. (Breaking News English)