Recently in Korea, a teacher was assaulted by a student and took his own life.

Recently in Korea, tens of thousands of teachers are protesting in the public square in the scorching heat. Recently, some teachers have been assaulted by students or are demanding to protect their teaching rights by taking their own lives because they could not withstand the complaints of their parents.

Wow, what happened?

  *Parent ‘Gapjil’ : Recently in Seoul, an elementary school teacher committed suicide. The reason why the teacher took his life is that the parents filed a complaint that was beyond imagination.

Some teachers gave shocking testimonies that parents sometimes demanded that the teacher “make a wake-up call for the child.” In particular, it is said that there are many cases in which teachers are verbally abused or assaulted by parents in the education field.

  *Malicious report : Teachers are unable to actively deal with this because parents are accusing the teacher of child abuse for reasons such as 'he made a harsh voice' and 'grabbed both arms to stop fighting with a friend'.

  *Violation of students' teaching rights : Recently, an elementary school teacher in Seoul was assaulted in the classroom by a 6th grade student with emotional behavioral disorder. Last year, a case of a student lying on a podium and using a cell phone during class shocked us.

Can't the teacher do anything?

  *Teachers not protected : In Korea, there is an unreasonable practice in which teachers are removed from their positions even if parents report them for child abuse. Teachers who became teachers with a sense of duty to educate students are shocked by the fact that they have been reported for child abuse.

  *Teachers who have to deal alone : ​​Moreover, teachers have been handling all the complaints and damages of parents alone.

If teacher rights are violated, a teacher rights protection committee can be opened to take action against students and parents, but some schools don't want to open a teacher rights protection committee at all because they don't want to see things escalate. That's why there was a teacher who suffered alone and committed suicide.

Korean society, how do you solve this problem?

  *We need to fix the system first : Currently, the Ministry of Education and various agencies in the Office of Education are preparing a system to secure teachers' teaching rights. It seems that if the teacher gave a legitimate life guidance to the student, he would change the law so that it would not be seen as child abuse. It is said that it is not easy to dismiss the teacher's position.

  *Schools should take responsibility together : The most important thing is to ensure that teachers do not handle parental complaints alone. A plan to create an official complaint window in the school so that teachers do not meet parents directly is being actively discussed.

  *Response from multicultural families : Most teachers are dedicated to educating students. Encourage teachers not to lose courage. In particular, please refrain from filing unnecessary complaints.

However, if our children are discriminated against at school because they are children of multicultural families, do not file a complaint and ask for a consultation with the teacher first. The attitude of solving problems together through consultation is important.

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