[Livia]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Very little has been said by anyone at all about what should happen with the kids/how they should be punished/if they should be cut slack -- the fact is, a primary school teacher who uses thinly veiled threatening language towards primary school aged children (his own pupils), and not even in the heat of the moment, on social media (he had time to think about what he was doing, and approaches them or their families directly instead of going through the school or the authorities... is clearly not in the right headspace to be working as a primary school teacher.

It's not even about him "losing his job as punishment" it's just that he isn't suitable to work with young kids. It's not for everyone. Unfortunately in this case, he obviously can't continue as a teacher without working with kids.

You know a lot about this teacher's headspace, his ability to work with kids and mixed it with conjecture about whether something like this has happened before. In fact, you'd be surprised if it hadn't. Not a word about the kids who made the threats and were nicking other people's stuff. Maybe we should have a whip round and send them on holiday or something....

I would suggest when hearing about someone who has been threatened, or where their family has been threatened, unless you've been in the position yourself you're not going to think it's a big deal.