MUT instructs teachers to ignore woman who pulled teacher's hair
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Teachers at St Ignatius Secondary School in Handaq have been instructed by the Malta Union of Teachers not to communicate with a woman who recently admitted in court pulling teacher Nadine Piscopo’s hair.
The woman, Rosarita Galea of Siggiewi, admitted to slightly injuring the teacher, saying she had retaliated as the educator had done the same to her child.
Ms Galea was conditionally discharged for two years and told that while she could go to the school and attend parents’ day, she was not allowed to approach the teacher.
In a statement today, the MUT said Ms Piscopo categorically denied pulling the boy’s hair. Ms Piscopo was not called in as witness in court so she could not recount what she went through.
The union directed teachers not to communicate with Ms Galea and to refuse to attend meetings which could be set up with her.
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John Azzopoardi
Nov 27th 2012, 13:22
totally agree with MUT directive. This woman seems unsound. She should be barred from entering any school premise and should be jailed.
paul camilleri
Nov 26th 2012, 13:26
it is high time that schools be gaurded and no unauthorised persons should be allowed in. what if this woman went berserk and was armed wouldnt kids lives be in jepody?
Joseph Vassallo, (Bugibba)
Nov 26th 2012, 11:33
What actually happened? Timesonline reported hair-pulling; the victim claims she was beaten up. A STUDIED report is called for.
Courts allow an absent officer to give evidence by affidavit. Affidavits can be very short and that's what the magistrate reads. The full incident report should be presented, with victim present.
Training a teacher costs taxpayers big bucks. We should treasure them.
N. Agius
Nov 26th 2012, 09:56
The summer brawl at Marsaxlokk and now this case in school which in a way should have been taken more seriously considering that it happened in front of students. What about hefty fines ... not just suspended sentences?
Pauline Busuttil
Nov 26th 2012, 09:19
Jien jidhirli li t-teachers tal-skejjel u kulleggi ghandhom jitkellmu u jghidu minn xhiex qedin jghaddu kull gurnata tal-skola. U dan irridu jaghmluh ghall gid taghhom stess kif ukoll ghall gid tat-tfal li jghallmu.
Mhux it-teachers kollha ghandhom karattru sod, issib minn jibza minn atteggjament aggressiv tat-tfal. Il-Dipartiment tal-Edukazzjoni ghandu bzonn jaghmel studju bis-serjeta.
Joseph Vassallo, (Bugibba)
Nov 26th 2012, 08:56
@Jane Piscopo: You said among other things, "Pulling of hair was mentioned ONLY in court after mother consulted her lawyer. "
Who was her lawyer? Sometimes, lawyers should receive credit for their strategy and for a successful performance in court.
S Farrugia
Nov 26th 2012, 08:42
So the teacher denied pulling the student's hair. Did the MUT procede in asking other students? Or did she just confronted the teacher in question? Is the MUT aware that some heads use harsh words when addressing the students, such as "hniezer" and "bdabad" even during the morning assembly?
Ronnie Callus
Nov 26th 2012, 08:06
I feel that something has to be done with regards to these tragedies.It's shameful to the Parent and likewise her child (youngster) to face/meet his colleagues and teachers as a whole. In these last years these incidents seems to be on the increase mainly due that the penalties are not so harsh/meaningful.Discipline makes one to get smart during his life.Where there is no discipline there is chaos
G Desira
Nov 26th 2012, 07:50
Parents, report everything to the Directorate for Education Services. The DES should take action to the reports as soon as posible without any bureaucracy, for the best education of the students.
Ronnie Callus
Nov 26th 2012, 08:13
Mr.Desira, one has to go through the correct channels and not go straight to the Minister or Directorate without the Head not knowing anything.I doubt it very much how a female teacher pulled the youngster her (he is not a primary school child).Also if this truly happened he should have reported the case to the Assistant Heads and not his mother.
G Desira
Nov 26th 2012, 10:31
Mr, Ronnie Callus The parents have every right to report direct to the Directorate for Education Services.
G Desira
Nov 26th 2012, 11:13
Mr Ronnie Callus, The parents have all the rights to report direct to the Directorate For Education Services and Quality, for the best education of their Children.
Ronnie Callus
Nov 26th 2012, 15:22
@G.Desira.
Although the parents have the right to report an incident it does not make any sense that the right channels are not taken.If I had to be the Directorate the first question which I put to the parent is 'Whether she/he had filed a report to the school Administration'.If not I would send them back to follow the rules.
G Desira
Nov 27th 2012, 08:04
Mr, Ronnie Callus, Kindly note that the parents can report the staff and also the headmaster of the school because they are not doing there duties to give the best education to the students. You are going to report a headmaster to himself. It may be not easy to arrange for the best education from the school and the parents have to find other alternatives from the college principal and from DES.
Alfred G Grech
Nov 26th 2012, 02:55
If Ms Galea were to be allowed to attend Parents' Day then the school should see to it that a security guard accompany her so that the teachers will not be at risk of being assaulted by her again. After all she was not declared innocent by the court; she is on probation for the next two years.
A Said
Nov 26th 2012, 00:01
I would have expected the MUT to instruct the teachers at Handaq not to get in the school unless a security is present at school. With this directive, the teachers are still at risk of being beaten by another parent. Stopping teachers from talking to the parent DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING in regard to security of teachers!!!!
Keith Dimech
Nov 25th 2012, 22:40
CCTV might be a solution. At least neither the students nor teachers will tend to do anything that's unexceptible because everything is being recorded. We can use modern technology to have security in our classes not to educate only.
Keith Dimech
Nov 25th 2012, 22:35
I think that with simple modern technologies things can be safer and controlled. Why not start installing CCTV in classes and school playgrounds. This way teachers, students etc will be more attentive on their doings and if anything still happens it will be recorded.
Jane Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 22:05
We brought the mother to justice for assaulting our daughter, why has the mother not brought my daughter to justice if she believes the lie she branded in court. She didn't think twice about taking the law into her hands, why is she hesitating to bring a court case against my daughter?
Eve Axiaq
Nov 25th 2012, 21:36
Skond iz-zokk il-fergha jghidu. Nafu li l-omm ghamlet pastazata kbira bli ghamlet quddiem it-tfal. U t-tifel??
Joe Xuereb
Nov 25th 2012, 21:22
These cat fights between women, and assaults on teachers, take me back to the 1950s. Nothing's changed?! Fis-sena 2012 naħseb lanqas fil-bassifondi ta' Napli! Only in Malta I'm afraid.
Someone below spouted 'spare the rod and spoil the child' (as in 'children should be seen but not heard). Madam, the Victorian era ended over a 100 years ago. Today's children are a new breed. Get it?!
Joe Xuereb
Nov 25th 2012, 21:12
Joe Fenech, your rationale's amazing!
Sounds like the boy's relationship with his mother is volatile. He may have exaggerated the teacher's action, enjoying and hoping for his mother's reaction. Spoilt brat or not, he may play people one against the other and enjoys the fallout (and the attention). He has witnessed the humiliation of two significant adults and this will leave a mark on him.
Joe Fenech
Nov 26th 2012, 11:17
The fact of the matter is that the mother has been thoroughly investigated, the teacher not.
Philip Grech
Nov 25th 2012, 20:47
Min jizbalja jhallas ta' ghemilu. Fi zmieni teachers bulijiet u jiccalingjawna ghal glied kelli fil-form 1,2,u 3. meta kbirt kemm fl-eta u kemm fil-persuna dawn naqsu hafna ghax ma bdewx isibuni zghir, Ghalkemm minn dawn kien hemm xi erbgha mhux hazin, irrid nghid li l-magguranza ta' t-teachers kienu ezemplari f'kollox.
Charlene Bonnici
Nov 25th 2012, 20:40
I dont tolerate violence but let put it this way, if my child is hurt by a teacher I want stay hand in hand. And children yes, they can be liars but not in these situations. So its like the teacher is angel while the mother is a monster, maybe you're not parents thats why you talk like this!!!!
Rowena Agius
Nov 25th 2012, 21:45
Let me put it straight and plain. The teacher stopped bullying in class. At no point did she pull the boy's hair. The boy's mother dragged the teacher by the hair, slapped her in the face and kicked her in the tummy in front of the whole class. Have you understood now the situation? THE TEACHER DID NOT HURT THE STUDENT!
Jane Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 22:00
No Charlene,I KNOW the child didn't lie in this case. He never told his mother the teacher had pulled his hair because the mother never mentioned pulling of hair either in front of the Head or when she was assaulting my daughter in front of several students and teachers. Pulling of hair was mentioned ONLY in court after mother consulted her lawyer.
Jane Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 22:03
Charlene, how about if your daughter was a teacher who only verbally reprimanded a boy for repeatedly hitting another student, and then having the mother of the boy assaulting your daughter, how would you feel. That is what happened to me, I pray to God you NEVER have to pass through that experience.
Ivan Calleja
Nov 25th 2012, 22:36
Check the facts before you comment Charlene!! Read what the victim has to say down here. And you are not the only parent on Earth. Can you mention a real case in these last few years where a student was attacked physically by a teacher please?
G Schembri
Nov 26th 2012, 07:12
A mother who walks into a classroom and beats up a teacher in front of the whole class is a monster. If I were a mother of one of those students I would sue her for terrorizing my son. If she was capable of doing it to a teacher and got away with it, is is capable of beating up a student.
Caroline McAlister
Nov 26th 2012, 09:11
What I can say to you Mr Ivan Calleja is that Any form of abuse is not tolerate. Abuse is Abuse and Yes I can relate to this story as when I presented certain documents to a school headmistress, she called me a load of names and trowing the documents in my face. RESPECT IS NOT GIVEN BUT HAS TO BE EARNED. Even school employees!! ie teacher. In my case I reported this matter to the DES.
Peppi Borg
Nov 25th 2012, 19:43
All Teachers but especially at this school should be united in this issue. If they don't pull the same rope worse is to come.
Joe Busuttil
Nov 25th 2012, 19:40
Some kids are champion liars and sadly many of their parents are as thick as a tree trunk and believe what they tell them. Incidents like this were a daily happening 40 -50 years ago. That they still happen shows that some parents are still stuck in the stone age.
M Sant
Nov 25th 2012, 20:50
A lot of people don't know how conniving a child can be. A friend stopped a 12-yr old boy from hitting another student by slowly pulling at the hook on his satchel. This was done so that he stops hurting the other student and the adult did not even touch a hair on his skin.The student told him that if he reports him for hitting the student, he'd tell his parents that he pushed him.
G Schembri
Nov 25th 2012, 19:23
So if the mother of this teacher decides to beat up this mother, will she also get a conditional discharge? What about the parents of the other students, have they also got the right to take the law into their hands? If I was one of those parents I would object to her son being in my son's class, since the court has given her the right to enter school and do what she liked.
josephine spiteri
Nov 25th 2012, 19:17
I cannot immagine the teacher grabbing by the hair a teenager!Beleive it or not;how dare you parent to enter the school and frighten the whole class ;humlating the teacherlike that without prooving the truth?This parent should hold responsability of the tragidy.It could have been worst if this parent confronted the student that her son had clashed with the day before!
Rocco Camilleri
Nov 25th 2012, 19:02
Bl-ghemil tal-Genitur aktar se' jbghati t-tifel, kemm ma'shabu u anke ma'ghalliema ohra.Wiehed qatt mghandu jiehu l-ligi b'idejh.Nixtieq naf kif din il-genitur se'jkollha l-wicc tiffaccja ghalliema ohra.Ahjar tara kif se'tirrikkoncilja ruhu bil-kwiet ma'l-ghalliema u l-iskola nngenerali. IBSA ! imma din tkun l-isbah haga. u thossa aktar kwieta f'qalba. Jiswa hafna wkoll ghat-tifel ghal quddiem.
Rocco Camilleri
Nov 25th 2012, 18:45
Jien inhoss,din il-genitur anke jekk stess kellha xi ragun tilfet il-qaleb u l-gbejna.Hi kellha l-ewwel tmur f'ras il-ghajn ghand is-surmast ta'l-iskola biex tivverifika l-affarijiet kif graw.Tifel tas-Sekondarju mhux xi tifel zghir bhall tal-Primarja suppostjaf kif ghandu jiddefendi ruhu billijdahhal rapport lil awtorita.Certu zaghzagh illum aktar jridu d-drittijiet milli dmirijiet.Din is-Socjeta
ALBERT CACHIA
Nov 25th 2012, 18:58
A.Cachia.
Iagree with you Rocco.When a student is at school premises he must obey the orders given to him.
Or else he must stay at home with his parents.
Pierre Axiaq
Nov 25th 2012, 18:32
Spoilt brats turning into spoilt parents....that is what the lack of discipline is doing to our children. It's about time that schools close and secure their gates. Visitors should not be allowed to enter the school as they please.
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 18:44
This has nothing to do with a spoilt parents:
it's either an ignorant parent who has slight anger issues or else, a parent whose child has had his hair pulled by the teacher and the school did nothing to protect the child. Malta is lawless at all levels so people have to fight for themselves.
Rocco Camilleri
Nov 25th 2012, 18:53
Agree with your statement Mr.Axiaq-'That spoiled children are turning into spoiled parents'.I would like to add that children are not born so BUT they absorb from our examples both Parents and Teachers likewise.There should be a form of discipline and by locking the gates one does not solve the problem because such Parents can wait for the teacher outside the premises.Discipline is the krux of all
Pierre Axiaq
Nov 25th 2012, 18:59
Come on Joe. These situations never happened when we were at school (and I'm only 30). Do you know why? Because apart from our rights, we where also thought about our roles & responsibilities...we where taught to respect superiors. When a teacher used its power abusively, the parents made sure that the child is being true to his word! Still they wouldn't go to kick ass in school like you suggest!
Pierre Axiaq
Nov 25th 2012, 19:02
I agree with you Rocco about "closing the gates" will not solve the problems. Unfortunately, this is a situation that has been escalating throughout the years and unless there is some sort of clean cut it will not turn around. Closing the gates will at least protect the teacher from humiliation, the rest would be in the hands of the Police like any other criminal offence...hopefully.
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 20:15
Pierre Axiaq, NEVER HAPPENED??????? Do you know how many teachers used to be assaulted in the past? I'm in my late 7às and been away for over 50, but know exactly what's been going on in Malta.
Pierre Axiaq
Nov 26th 2012, 07:01
@ Joe Fenech, the Malta Union of Teacher was founded in 1919 and in almost 100 years this is the first time that they are calling to have the schools secured. Please leave the UK once in a while and come visit our schools more often. Take note of the behaviour of the students....come get your report first hand.
Joe Fenech
Nov 26th 2012, 11:21
Pierre Axiaq
You are embarrassing yourself. How can you compare at tiny rock with a multicultural nation of 70 million people.
The fact that there have been no similar decisions show 2 things: that Malta is lax and parents don't reports incidents and that the MUT is an ass!
As to leaving the UK, rest assured that I've travelled and lived in more European cities than you!
Luciano Chetcuti
Nov 25th 2012, 17:59
Jien m'inix favur is-swat, imma xi tip ta' dixxiplina ghandu jkun hemm. Minn esperjenzi passati jidher li kien hemm xi ghalliema li kienu jesageraw u jsawtu lit-tfal ghal xejn b'xejn. U dan m'ghandu qatt ikun. Biss bit-tolleranza qed naraw it-tip ta' zghazagh li hergin mill-iskejjel. Il-fsied ihassar l-ulied u t-tfal ghandhom jitghallmu x'inhuma kemm id-drittijiet u izjed id-DMIRIJIET!!
Ms Maria Vella
Nov 25th 2012, 19:07
Well said!
B Attard
Nov 25th 2012, 17:48
Ms Piscopo was not called in as witness in court so she could not recount what she went through.
So judgement without any witness. Another joke related to our courts and certain lawyers.
Doris Agius
Nov 25th 2012, 17:42
Right directive...thanks MUT. Unfortunately bullies breed bullies and manage to get away with it...they even find supporters...shame...
Ronnie Callus
Nov 25th 2012, 19:19
Although at this present situation I agree with you, this is not going to solve the problem of such parents.There should be harsh penalties by the authorities for such shameful acts and above all Education and Discipline at all levels, because such parents can meet the teachers outside the school premises and probably would be more worse.
John Smith
Nov 25th 2012, 17:41
Neighter teachers nor students are safe in schools. A parent can take justice with his/her hand even when it comes to students who bully their children? I wonder....
James Dewar
Nov 25th 2012, 17:35
There may well be scope for some debate re the court handling of the case (as in many other cases it seems) but for a teacher's union to give such an instruction seems petty and childish. Why deliberately prolong the bittrerness and potentially aggravate the situation with an unworkable flawed instruction.
Linda Cassar
Nov 25th 2012, 17:25
A jail sentence? and leave the boy without a mother? Very Catholic of you indeed. Problem solved send anyone to jail. Give a murderer 5 years and give a man found with weed plants 10 years. I think you are all a joke.
Ms Maria Vella
Nov 25th 2012, 19:08
Want to give her a medal instead?
Linda Cassar
Nov 25th 2012, 21:11
Im sure you get my point Ms. Vella. That would cause more problems to the family and most importantly the child. Give a warning or something. But send her to jail no way thats the stupidest move they could do. Before they make any actions on how she should be punished they should put into consideration the effect it would put on the family. Yes she should have thought about that too the mother b..
Ivan Calleja
Nov 25th 2012, 22:44
Think that the more she stays away from her child the better because unfortunately for him (her son), she is giving him a bad example!!!
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 17:15
The MUT should be more concerned on the level of education and illiteracy that is crippling Malta. What used to be a grammar school (Junior Lyceum) is now full of low achievers, some of which can hardly write or read.
John Smith
Nov 25th 2012, 18:35
All thanks to the new reform!
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 18:36
concerned about
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 18:39
Malta copies the outdated stuff coming out of the UK. In the UK many boroughs did away with the grammar schools which was madness and now many realise what a bad decision that was. Malta just did the same without questioning the negative impact.
Mater Dolorosa Christiana, thanks!
carmel muscat
Nov 25th 2012, 17:14
it tfal god djar hafna minnom qedin jamlu li iridu specjalment dawk li ghandom ilgenituri separatti taf xnaf lihafna genituri mandomx imhabba lejn uliedom ax kiku qabel jaslu li il mara tibdel lilzewga jew ir ragel jibdel lil martu al gid ta listess tfal u al limhabba ma jaslu jamlu hekk qatttttttttttt - - - - - - - --
S. Azzopardi
Nov 25th 2012, 17:09
If the mother's reaction shows the kind of upbringing this child is receiving at home it is no wonder that he needed to be scolded at school. And by the way what about the principle that anyone is considered innocent untill proven guilty. So far the mother has been proven guilty but not the teacher.
Charles DeMicoli
Nov 25th 2012, 16:58
Why Rosarita Galea was not given a jail sentence is beyond belief. What a mockery of justice.
Joe Muscat
Nov 25th 2012, 18:27
And maybe the teacher for child abuse?????
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 18:46
She pulled her hair not stabbed her! That IS NOT assault !!! It is just silly behaviour. And what about the school? How is it that they let parents in the school so easily? Is there receptions, are parents given IDs, is there CCTV in school?
Ms Maria Vella
Nov 25th 2012, 19:09
Joe muscat
The teacher categorically denied pulling the child's hair and even if it were the case I would hardly call it abuse
Spare the rod and spoil the child no wonder we are filled with spoilt brats
Charles DeMicoli
Nov 25th 2012, 22:01
Joe Fenech: " It is just silly behaviour." Are you out of your mind? What this parent did is inexcusable. She went to the school, entered a classroom (trespassing - could have been a child abductor or worse, having free access), then physically attacked the teacher (assault and battery). What a bad example this parent gave to all the kids who witnessed this horrible scene.
Joe Fenech
Nov 26th 2012, 23:42
Charles Demicoli, if she trespassed , as you put it, it is the school's lack of security to blame. This is a new school - so much for the trumpeting by Mater Dolorosa Christiana!
Mr Ernest Vella
Nov 25th 2012, 16:55
is this justice...I'm waiting that the MUT orders us to strike and thats it...the next time if it happens to me, shall I take justice myself?
Kurt Guillaumier
Nov 25th 2012, 16:54
I am sorry to say that these court sentences are leaving much to be desired. This poor teacher was attacked and humiliated. I work in a public office and if anyone get violent with me or any of my staff, it is they who will phone the police and not me. The justice system is not serving its purpose.
M Saliba
Nov 25th 2012, 16:52
The parent went straight into the school among students and teachers without being checked. The minister is responsible for not making this modern school secure against such incidents.
School visitors should be allowed in a reception or office without entering the playgrounds and teaching area of the school.
B Ellul
Nov 25th 2012, 16:52
Well done MUT! at last you're showing some teeth!
Linda Cassar
Nov 25th 2012, 16:44
Everyone is putting the blame on the parent. I was called a bitch and alcoholic when I was just 11 years old and I kept my mouth shut because I was naiive. No one knows really what happened. Im sure the boy is suffering because of all this, and im sure he went back home saying what happened exactly in class. Obviously the teacher will never get the blame because it will put the school in a badligh
Jonathan McBee
Nov 25th 2012, 17:22
You talk about "obviously" without knowing any of the facts. You're just projecting your own experiences to this one. What if I were to tell you "OBVIOUSLY maybe you deserved those names", would you like that. I'll tell you that Nadine was my colleague last year and she had a horrible class, but was the most patient teacher possible. Don't talk when you don't know the facts.
Simone Calaio
Nov 25th 2012, 18:17
In no way do I want to say that what you passed thru in not true, but kids DO lie. Some years ago an angry parent approached me as I was entering school & told me that she wouldn't be buying her daughter anymore rubbers if 2 particular kids would continue tearing her rubber into pieces. I spoke to the 2 kids involved and it resulted that she had broken her own rubber to give them each a piece!!
Simone Calaio
Nov 25th 2012, 18:20
This was a minor incident but I assure you that I have heard of various instances where kids lie to cover up for their misbehaviour!!!
Pierre Axiaq
Nov 25th 2012, 18:28
Linda, your story is not everyone's story.
abigail piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 18:42
Ms Cassar, do not talk before you know the facts. Since I happen to know what happened i shall enlighten you a bit. this incident did not happen in front of one child but in front of a whole floor. Therefore lots where witnesses to see that the teacher did not pull the child's hair. the teacher will not get the blame in this case because she DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG
Ms Maria Vella
Nov 25th 2012, 19:13
Of course children don't lie and invent stories because they are little angels
Hallina trid
Linda Cassar
Nov 25th 2012, 21:15
Yep. Not angels Ms. Vella (again)... you are right. And Jonathon you are right too. And Ms. Piscopo you are right too. Mother was totally wrong. So yes she should be punished for embarrassing the teacher and yes she did wrong by not comfronting the teacher herself first or go to headmistress or headmaster. But please.. wrong or right the child should ALWAYS come into consideration.
Ivan Calleja
Nov 25th 2012, 22:52
"I'm sure he went back home saying what happened exactly in class"!! - Joke of the day Linda......yes i guess he went home and told his mum that he attacked one of his classmates.....maybe just for the fun of it!!! Get your facts right before you speak here. And if a teacher called u names its deplorable and should have been reported!! But most teacher work hard & want the best for their students.
Mr. M. Camilleri
Nov 25th 2012, 16:29
I hope the teachers will follow this directive!
Well done MUT!
Jane Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 16:22
Why are people taking the mother's side??? SHE JUST SCOLDED THE CHILD AND SO IT SAYS ON THE POLICE REPORT AND THE SCHOOL REPORT AND THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS WITNESS TO THIS!!!!! IS NO ONE LISTENING!!!
Joseph Farrugia
Nov 25th 2012, 17:58
Why isn't the court report mentioning that Ms. Piscopo was repeatedly hit on the head, kicked in her tummy, slapped in the face and dragged by the hair along the corridor. Why she was only charged with pulling Ms. Piscopo's hair? Have you addressed this to the police?
Carmel Zammit
Nov 25th 2012, 18:45
This is only your side of the story. Of course you narrate what is convenient. In court things turned out different. Only if the teacher is taken to court to answer for her actions would things emerge. Violence wherever it comes from is always abhorred. That said teachers are expected to provide full support for their students so once the dust is settled everything should go back to normal.
G Schembri
Nov 25th 2012, 19:11
The truth is that this mother went into the school and without permission into the classroom. What if this woman decided to hit the students instead of the teacher. How do you think the students felt when they saw the teacher being abused by this woman. Whatever the teacher did, this woman had no right to go into the classroom and take the law into her hands. How safe are our schools?
Jane Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 16:19
The mother repeatedly hit my daughter on the head, kicked in her tummy, slapped her in the face and dragged by the hair along the corridor in front of several students and teachers because she scolded her son who was hitting another boy. How should I as a mother whose child was repeatedly hit on the head, kicked in her tummy, slapped in the face and dragged by the hair along the corridor react?
Gary Jameson
Nov 25th 2012, 16:55
In that situation, you call the police and have the woman arrested for assault.
Simone Calaio
Nov 25th 2012, 18:25
Tell your daughter to sue this so-called woman for psychological trauma and physical assault!!! And for a hefty sum of money tooo!!!! Imbaghad naraw kif tispiccalha l-arja kollha lil din l-omm!!!
Joe Xuereb
Nov 25th 2012, 16:17
The child's mother needs to learn how to deal with life issues appropriately. She needs help.
Ms. Piscopo(below) described her ordeal (more than a hair-pull). This is equivalent to rape and worse because it exposed children to conduct unbecoming. Ms. Piscopo needs prof. counselling to help her deal with the trauma. Meaning, this this needs more than a handshake and let bygones be bygones.
Jane Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 16:15
Well done MUT! All the teacher did was scold the child for hitting another student on the head until he turned red! Mother only accused my daughter for waving her hands in her child's face!! There was no mention of pulling of child's hair except in court. It is not even mentioned in her statement to the head and SMT nor in the POLICE REPORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G Schembri
Nov 25th 2012, 19:15
So has the mother of the other child the right to find this woman's son and beat him up. Has the mother of this young teacher the right to beat up this woman. If the court does not take this seriously, then this would give both mothers the right to beat up this mother.
helena cassar
Nov 25th 2012, 16:03
What exactly was the court's decision? Ah yes - well done mother for belittling this teacher's dignity in front of everyone and because of this, we allow you to go to school, have contact with all other teachers but the one you literally beat up - we are making the teacher to be the culprit, not the other way round. have you no shame?
Anthony Galea
Nov 25th 2012, 16:01
Good show!
helena cassar
Nov 25th 2012, 16:01
to all those commenting hereunder - is anyone here excusing this mother's behaviour? you seem to have all forgotten a tiny weeny detail - do you know for sure if the teacher really pulled this boy's hair?
Tony Mizzi
Nov 25th 2012, 15:54
Well done MUT!!! Irrespective of what the teacher done or not done, no one in a civilized society have the right to act in the manner this women did. If, all of us, act in the way this women have done, we would turn Malta into a jungle.
The MUT has a right and a duty to send a clear message that its worker, such as any other employee in our country, should go to work without fear of aggression.
Linda Cassar
Nov 25th 2012, 16:41
Malta is already a Jungle.
Carmel Zammit
Nov 25th 2012, 15:44
So I presume that the mother pulled the teacher's hair just to check whether she was wearing a wig!!! Come on MUT grow up please.
Jane Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 16:09
At school the mother (and the child the day before) NEVER accused the teacher of pulling the child's hair! This only came out in court after the mother consulted with her lawyer! The woman did not only pull her hair. The teacher was repeatedly hit on the head, kicked in her tummy, slapped in the face and dragged by the hair along the corridor in front of everyone!
abigail piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 18:53
Mr Zammit I think you are the one that needs to grow up. How would you feel if you were beaten and humiliated in front of a whole school??????
Nadine Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 15:44
What tiff John????? This woman repeatedly hit me on the head, kicked me in my tummy, slapped me in the face and dragged me by the hair along the corridor in front of all the students and teachers. It's not shaking of the hands we need John. These people need help!
Mr Ernest Vella
Nov 25th 2012, 16:58
Nadine, taqax ghal provokazzjoni ta' dawn in-nies ingrati. Jekk dawn in-nies jafu iktar minna l-ghalliema jaqbdu u ma jibghatuhomx iktar l-iskola ghax l-iskejjel qeghdin sew minhabba dawn in-nies incivili li jibghatu lil uliedhom l-iskola...isthu
Mary Borg
Nov 25th 2012, 16:59
I am sorry for you Nadine. Hope you get well soon not just physically but also emotionally and psychologically.
carmel muscat
Nov 25th 2012, 17:07
nissimpatizza mijjek alek qedin tajjeb hawn malta ax ma awnx dixxiplijna ta xejn min jaf kemm awn genituri li jabbuzaw min uliedom bil nkliem u anke b emmj imma dak ma jinpurtax huxxxxxxxxxxx?l
Robert Cassar
Nov 25th 2012, 18:25
I perfectly agree Nadine...I am very sorry for what you had to endure...Violence and abuse have become the order of the day in our profession...and nobody seems to be doing anything about it!!!
Our profession deserves respect...We deserve respect...
MUT it is about time you show your teeth...This situation needs to end!!!!
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 15:42
If the teacher had pulled the child's hair, then it is the teacher who should be taken too court;. If a teacher had ever done that to any of my children, I wouldn't have hesitated to do the same to him our her.
Hands off children!
And kind of union asks teachers not to speak to a parent? Sick, childish and utterly stupid! They are in fact provoking her!
Tony Mizzi
Nov 25th 2012, 16:02
So, go to live in a jungle mate. There are disciplinary procedures and legal institutions to deal with abuses. Taking things in your own hands, never ever was the solution. Rather, it aggravates the situation
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 16:48
I live in the UK, which is far from being a jungle. NO TEACHER hits children! What procedure? What has happened to the teacher? NOTHING!!!!! And that's because YOU are living in a jungle!
B Ellul
Nov 25th 2012, 16:50
You started with an 'IF'.... you don't know so just shut up!
'Hands off children!' ???? for what?do you know if the teacher actually touched the student? Again you don't know the facts.
Provoking her??? Bravu! You're saying that the mother's reaction was justified then.
carmel muscat
Nov 25th 2012, 17:02
ajma hej sur fenech xezzempju taf tati lil ulidek jek tamel kif qed tejd awn hafna genituri jahsbuwa bhallek imbadt meta it tfal ikunu id dar l istess genituri ikelmu lit tfal hazin u ar min ekk issawtuwom huwma wkoll din kolla ipokrezzija - - -- - - - -
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 17:12
Carmel Muscat,
my kids are now in their 40s, successful professonally and in their relationships! It-tfal jridu parents parents fair and firm !
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 17:13
B Ellul
The investigation focused on the mother not the teacher. I know how bad Maltese teacher could be!
Tony Mizzi
Nov 25th 2012, 17:17
Mr.Fenech, May I ask you whether in the UK do you have law courts? Or instead of law courts, British citizen are allowed to take matters in their hands when they feel, that they have been treated unfairly. Possibly, they can even kill the person who offended them. Don't you realize that such logic leads nowhere? Only animals, not human beings act in that manner.
Pierre Axiaq
Nov 25th 2012, 18:25
haha Joe Fenech lives in the UK.....the UK which has MAJOR problems in schools because of lack of discipline....the UK, where its poeple running around the world are responsible for 50% of fights in pubs, streets and what note. As rightly so, "he wouldn't have hesitated to do the same to him our her"....show us your teeth Joe and upbringing in your Jungle!
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 18:42
Pierre Axiak
You're talking rubbish. Schools have become lax everywhere. With regard to the UK having problems in school, I guess you're referring to the rough areas.
Malta's school are the equivalent of English failing schools. You need an OFSTED inspection then you'll see!
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 18:48
Tony Mizzi, the UK is a very civilised country, Malta is a lawless jungle. You can't possibly compare them!
Tony Mizzi
Nov 25th 2012, 19:59
Ok Mr.Fenech, Malta is a jungle. I continuously see riots, people fighting in the streets, and so on. Unfortunately I remember the riots ethnic instability and football hooliganism in the so civilized Britain. The problem is that you, Mr.Fenech just advocate more acts of lawless jungle. If this is the way you want our society to evolve, sorry but I beg to differ. Respect law & authority iscrucial
Victor Pulis
Nov 25th 2012, 15:41
Why wasn't the teacher given a chance to say her part? How did the court reach its decision?
Mr. Borg the teachers were instructed not to talk to the mother. The boy will keep receiving his education and attention from his teachers. Perhaps they will be able to repair the damage done to him by his parent's actions whiuch were far from what you describe as working together with the teachers.
Neil Bugeja
Nov 25th 2012, 15:27
Giving the silent treatment really solves all the problems!!
Joseph Farrugia
Nov 25th 2012, 15:16
Shame on MUT :(
Jane Piscopo
Nov 25th 2012, 16:12
Why exactly? For acting in the best interest of the school and the students who had to witness their teacher being viciously beaten and kicked and hurt??
B Ellul
Nov 25th 2012, 16:48
Well Done MUT :)
Ivan Calleja
Nov 25th 2012, 16:53
Armchair critic Joseph!! You should be ashamed of yourself not MUT!!! Check the facts before thinking of writing a comment !!
S. Azzopardi
Nov 25th 2012, 17:10
Innocent untill proven guilty. MUT is defending this teacher's rights. Well done !!
John Dalton
Nov 25th 2012, 14:57
How childish is this,A union instructing members not to communicate or in other words send somebody to "Coventry" Maybe all of these people involved should go back to school themselves and learn how to shake hands and make up after a tiff.
Ms Marianne Mercieca
Nov 25th 2012, 15:33
Pulling a teacher's hair because she disciplined a child (which is her duty since children are not being disciplined at home) is not just a tiff.
E. Vassallo
Nov 25th 2012, 15:43
You would reason very differently if this had been done to your mother.
Ms Sandra Grech
Nov 25th 2012, 22:37
Yes Malta is full of childish people unfortunately, good example are these comments here. people generalising on children saying they're all the same, well not all kids are like that and there are bad teachers too. can't comment on this case as don't know all the facts but kids learn by teacher's examples too not just parents. So when a kid is unruly, might be the teachers' fault too
B. Borg
Nov 25th 2012, 14:42
These MUT instructions will deprive a child from the Education that he is entitled to. Isn't fundamental that Teachers work together with parents in the best interest of this child, the court already punshed the mother, why the MUT is making it more bigger.
Joe Fenech
Nov 25th 2012, 15:43
They're simply overriding the court's instructions!
f. agius
Nov 25th 2012, 16:34
Id-dmir tal-union hu li tipproċedi l-membri tagħha. Dmir il-qorti hu li timxi mal-liġi. Hekk sewwa, biex jaħdmu għal interess tat-tfal, l-għalliema jiġu aggrediti. Jitgħallem kulħadd irid f'dan il-pajjiż.
Mary Pace
Nov 25th 2012, 16:51
Mr. Borg and Mr. Fenech you should try out teaching nowadays. The teachers are restricted in nearly every form of discipline. After all those years of studying they are treated in this way and when trying to correct a child they might be accused unjustly and beaten either by the students themselves of by their uncivilized parents. I still wonder how there are individuals taking teaching,
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