John Marsden’s recent comments victim-shaming children bullied at school have rightly provoked community outrage. Marsden – an award-winning children’s author and educator – has been a teacher for four decades and currently runs two schools, north of Melbourne; his words carry significant weight and connotations.
The one major thing that removes the joy from teaching is, without a doubt, dealing with badly behaved students.
I am ashamed to admit that I was indeed one of “those” teachers, who was definitely aware of kids having food allergies, but I certainly wasn’t too concerned about the topic.
Our spirited kids are the ones you need us the most even though they test us the most.
