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Message board > Sad news!!
Sad news!!
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joy2bill
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Whoa! What is happening? A primary school student? Have any of you ever felt unsafe in the classroom? I teach adults and they are so much bigger than me! I wouldn �t have a hope if they became angry. I try to avoid confrontation but you never know what is going on in the minds and lives of our students! We have panic buttons but they are so far away there is no way we could reach them until it was too late! Perhaps we need �danger money �....Just joking! Seriously this is an unacceptable situation. No one should go to school concerned for their safety! Cheers from downunder, Joy |
27 Sep 2012
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tobyp7
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Terrible news. But it wasn �t a primary pupil, the boy was 15.
From the web today:
A 15-year-old eighth grade student stabbed his teacher to death after
the two argued over the student �s tardiness in the Karabağlar district
of the Aegean province of İzmir today.
Science teacher Sevilay
Durukan, 40, did not allow H.K. into the classroom yesterday after the
student arrived late for the class, sending him to the principal to take
a late note.
H.K. came back to the class from the principal �s
office and flung the note at Durukan �s face, reportedly saying, "I will
stab you."
H.K. subsequently left the school building after the
first class in the morning and went back to his home, grabbing a knife
from the kitchen. His mother asked what he was going to do with the
knife, to which the student yelled, "I will stab myself and everyone
else� before departing. H.K. �s mother immediately phoned the school to
let them know of the exchange with her son.
The student then
arrived at the school at around 9:30 a.m., entered the classroom Durukan
was teaching in and allegedly stabbed Durukan in the stomach and in the
buttocks. Durukan was rushed to the nearby Baki Uzun Hospital by her
colleagues but could not be saved.
H.K. was disarmed and
restrained by other teachers at the school, who called police. Officers
arriving at the scene detained H.K. and took him to the children �s
bureau.
Durukan was married and was the mother of two children.
Police protection was requested
Durukan �s
colleagues told reporters that the murder victim told the school
administration about the threat she received yesterday and that the
school asked for protection from the police. Teachers said police
officers arrived at the school today in the morning and left after
staying for a short time. They said H.K. apparently waited for officers
to leave before attacking Durukan.
A number of teachers who
wanted to remain anonymous said they felt unsafe at the school because
students frequently resorted to violence after such arguments, adding
that they feared for their own safety especially when they were arriving
or leaving the school premises.
Students � parents rushed to
the school after hearing word of the incident to pick up their children
as students who witnessed the killing were seen to be crying
uncontrollably.
September/26/2012
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27 Sep 2012
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persie
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There �s no formal seperation between primary and secondary schools in Turkey, so I stated that the student who killed his teacher was in a primary school. It is clear that he is not going to be judged as an adult because of his age, so those who get harmed from this event will be two innocent daughters of the teacher and her husband. There �s actually nothing to say. |
27 Sep 2012
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01marissa
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Speechless after reading about this! I �m sorry!
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27 Sep 2012
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perma
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That �s terribly sad. Just remember though, because many of us are also parents, that this kind of behaviour and lack of respect to authority usually begins at home... I can �t imagine how it �d feel to be someone from the families, both of them, or one of the students and the staff. Tragedy. And all over nothing.
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27 Sep 2012
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gabriella1968
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God! What the hell is going on in this world? :(((((((
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27 Sep 2012
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poupina86
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I can �t find a word to say how I feel after reading this. What �s wrong in our world???????????? |
27 Sep 2012
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juliag
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Awful. Unfortunately these kinds of incidents are far too common these days.
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27 Sep 2012
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mariamit
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How terrible and sad. Even sadder the frequency of these incidents nowadays!
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27 Sep 2012
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moemendhia
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So tragic, I am sorry to hear such a terrible news. I am speechless. :(
Though in Tunisia our situation as teachers isn �t any safer or better!!
I think it �s educational arbitrary rules which encourage students to feel even more than equal to confront and challenge their teachers!!
We regret that teachers nowadays became unworthy to be respected "
Really sorry to hear such heartbreaking news:(
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27 Sep 2012
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