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The Dinner Lady's Tale
Jan. 7th, 2011 11:00 amImagine this. You work as a dinner lady (oh sorry, I should have said lunchtime organiser) at a small primary school. On duty in the playground, you find a seven year old girl tied to a fence being whipped - yes, whipped - by four boys. You intervene and later find out that the child has been sent home with a vaguely worded accident note referring to an "accident in the playground."
You also happen to be one of the increasingly rare, public spirited people who volunteer to help run children's actiivities in your own time. That evening you're at a Beavers group and you get chatting to the little girl's mother. You tell her what really happened.
The result? You lose your job for breaching confidentiality by discussing a pupil's welfare outside school. Not only that, you're banned from helping with Beavers and other similar groups.
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You also happen to be one of the increasingly rare, public spirited people who volunteer to help run children's actiivities in your own time. That evening you're at a Beavers group and you get chatting to the little girl's mother. You tell her what really happened.
The result? You lose your job for breaching confidentiality by discussing a pupil's welfare outside school. Not only that, you're banned from helping with Beavers and other similar groups.
( Read more... )
