Drug taking Teacher

[Bluepete]

Ok, this isn't a rant, it's a genuine question to the mighty .org and our collective wisdom.

First, read

This and then this

This guy is a teacher at my kids primary school.

Does the .org think a drug taking teacher with convictions for assault and criminal damage should keep his job?

Personally, I don't want him anywhere near my kids. I know he won't be making them into drug users, nor will he behave like he did that night in front of them. To me, it's a matter of trust, which he has broken.

Pete

[SoulKiss]

Ok so I only skimmed it but I see no mention of drugs (I did use my browsers "find" function and couldn't find the word "drug" in either article) - he was drunk on a stag-night where he was the Best Man

Also the second link is hardly a good advertisment - seems he was on a "Stage-Night"

Originally Posted by The Sentinel

Teacher in stage night castle shame.

No real news here at all.

An no, no reason for him not to be a teacher - it all happened during his "private" life.

He also received a caution for possession of cocaine.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by hovis

He also received a caution for possession of cocaine.

Ok as said I skimmed and missed that line (tho the Cops obviously didn't).

If he only got cautioned, surely it was for a minuscule amount?

I used to have a BIG issue with drug-takers, but then I got to know a few people who when I discovered they partook of the odd recreational drug I had to consider whether something that never affected me they have VERY rarely, if ever, been on anything around me, should have me distance myself from them.

Maybe its living in London, but TBH I would be surprised if there WASN'T anything "a little special" going round at an occasion like a Stag Night....

i spose hes gonna be legless chopping out lines for the five yr olds at the next end ot term party ....is that the prob ?

the trust issue that has be broken could apply to so many and it couldn't be enforced fairly.
it was in his private life and not during the work day - he has been tried and punished why punish him again.
could we sack all those in the public eye who speed excessively in case they set a bad example or in the case of here sack the youthworkers who work with intensive supported youths becuase they are on methadone - despite the good work they do?

I agree with you Pete and wouldn`t want him teaching my kids either. Don`t know if its cos i`m a bit old fashioned when it comes to things like this but in my opinion kids need a good role model and he should be setting an example. If I were to be convicted for something like that and for possession of cocaine i`d lose my job straight away.

[the_lone_wolf]

sounds like he drank too much and acted like a tw*t - lots of people have done the same, if he had a string of convitions for drunken behaviour or assault then perhaps i'd be more inclined to distrust the guy but i'd say it seems like an isolated case which, if he has any sense, won't be repeated...

a technicality, but i didn't see where he was a "drug taking" teacher, as opposed to a teacher with a convition for possession of cocaine, just because he had it on his person doesn't mean he was the one taking it...

[SoulKiss]

Well I have to say that I think that its probably peoples interactions with drug-users that colours their views on this, but I know at least one person who dabbles in the odd Class-A drug what I would, if he wasn't using the drug at the time, (so about 99.9% of the time) trust with my life.

However if my interaction was dealing with the aftermath of drug-related crime etc, I guess that I would have a different view.

[Biker Biggles]

Interesting how times have changed.I would lose my job if this happened to me,but I dont see why anyone should.You should lose your job for gross misconduct AT WORK,or incompetance or any of the other reasons employers find you to be useless.
What happens in your private life should be none of the employers business as long as you still turn up to work and are good at what you do.I strongly object to the creeping culture of ownership currently being rolled out by employers.I sell my labour to my employer,not my soul,but these days they want to know what I get up to on my days off as well.