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)
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