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UK kids bully Indian teachers: Hindustan Times
One would think that a schoolteacher from India, where he was bound to be underpaid if not also overworked, would be thrilled teaching in a British school for £110 a week. In fact, one would think it was the very recipe for a blissful life. Yet, as someone said, `It is a recipe to get the first plane home.`
One would think that a schoolteacher from India, where he was bound to be underpaid if not also overworked, would be thrilled teaching in a British school for £110 a week. In fact, one would think it was the very recipe for a blissful life. Yet, as someone said, "It is a recipe to get the first plane home."
Hundreds of teachers are being hired by recruiting agencies from India and other developing countries. They go to the UK expecting to find the beatific setting painted by the recruiter. It's not like they don't get paid the money they were promised. It's just that even for that money, they can't take the unruliness and bullying of British schoolchildren.
It is so bad, most return within a few weeks; those who remain survive on odd jobs. In fact, some have preferred to mind bars than those children.
It is so bad, most return within a few weeks; those who remain survive on odd jobs. In fact, some have preferred to mind bars than those children.