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Why did a teacher get taken to court for accidentally hitting a pupil with a Pritt Stick?
There doesn’t really seem to be much explanation as to why a teacher got taken to court for accidentally bashing a pupil with a Pritt Stick. This case along with the Peter Harvey case, where Harvey was acquitted for hitting a pupil with a dumb-bell after severe provocation, shows that teachers are being unfairly victimised…
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Why do so many people feel sympathy for a teacher acquitted for attempted murder?
The Peter Harvey case has come at a particularly interesting time, just before one of the most turbulent elections of recent times, and at a point where there is a crisis of confidence in our schools. Peter Harvey battered a pupil of his with a dumb-bell, fracturing his skull, while saying “Die, die, die!” Harvey…