£150K compo for teacher that lost her voice?

[singlecoil]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328093/Te...


Shouted herself hoarse because the class was too big, and too close to the playground.

[elster]

In a single school year she managed to shout herself hoarse and cause £150k worth of damage.

So I guess there was an underlying problem.

[Spiritual_Beggar]

£150k?

So, how have they come up with that figure?


Sore throat, out of a job, emotional stree , and someone has come to the conclusion that that amounts to £150k?

[thinfourth2]

£150k to teach in a scumball school

Unless thats a week i'm out

[Carrot]

Oh joy. another insurance premium rise to look forward to next year then...

[Tsippy]

So she was not able to do her job ie control the class?

Doesn't sound like she was suitable for the job really.

[voyds9]

If she had to raise her voice to be heard over the children she clearly wasn't in control of the class.

[s3fella]

Some of our war amputees must be chuffed at reading this....!

[Mojooo]

voyds9 said:

If she had to raise her voice to be heard over the children she clearly wasn't in control of the class.

what do you think modern school is like exactly?

[Hobzy]

"Mrs Walters started teaching English at Harlington Adult Education Centre in Harlington Community School, run by Hillingdon Council, in 2005 and had vocal problems after a month. This was exacerbated as clarity of pronunciation, particularly for English language students at beginner level, is extremely important and students often had to ask me to repeat myself."



She wasn't teaching kids people - looks like she was teaching English as an additional language. Try reading the whole article PH - comprehension matters


edited to take out repeat link

Edited by Hobzy on Wednesday 10th November 10:03

[spud989]

Mojooo said:

voyds9 said:

If she had to raise her voice to be heard over the children she clearly wasn't in control of the class.

what do you think modern school is like exactly?

[voyds9]

spud989 said:

Mojooo said:

voyds9 said:

If she had to raise her voice to be heard over the children she clearly wasn't in control of the class.

what do you think modern school is like exactly?

I would imagine we have the schools we deserve, I would also imagine there are a range of teaching abilities, with some teachers better able to control the class than others.


I certainly could not be a teacher, I would be the one hitting the pupils with a dumbbell.

[dudleybloke]

this pisses of off.

150k for a sore throat.

a doubt a factory worker would get that for loosing an arm!

[Halb]

voyds9 said:

spud989 said:

Mojooo said:

voyds9 said:

If she had to raise her voice to be heard over the children she clearly wasn't in control of the class.

what do you think modern school is like exactly?

I would imagine we have the schools we deserve, I would also imagine there are a range of teaching abilities, with some teachers better able to control the class than others.


I certainly could not be a teacher, I would be the one hitting the pupils with a dumbbell.

Dumbbell if they're lucky.
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[Engineer1]

Without the full details £150K could be seriously generous or piss poor, if she has done enough damage that she can no longer do her job and is unlikely to ever be able to in the future then the payment is low. If she needs 6months off to recover then the payout is way to high. It all comes down to whether or not she can do the job she trained for again.
£150K could be between 3 and 5 years wages, these stories never give enough info to know if the payout is excessive.

[PaulG40]

Let us not forget that Admin woman who claimed £450k+ for RSI too.

[singlecoil]

At the moment compensation lawyers are like pigs at a trough. They know that sooner or later the trough will be empty, or snatched away. In the meantime, they've got their front feet in it.

[Carrot]

singlecoil said:

At the moment compensation lawyers are like pigs at a trough. They know that sooner or later the trough will be empty, or snatched away. In the meantime, they've got their front feet in it.

Question is, how will this be stopped? The government were making noises about making "no win, no fee" either illegal or more difficult to achieve for the lawyers, but whether it happens or not is another matter.

Sooner the better IMO

[spud989]

voyds9 said:

some teachers better able to control the class than others.

Very true. Though there's only so much control you can exert if you're in charge of kids who are actually semi-feral.