Page 1 of friendsreunited.co.uk rose tinted spectacles...

After hearing the news that one of my ex-teachers has just died due to cancer..( and a fantastic bloke he was too).. i wanted to leave a little memoriam to him on the friendsreunited site...

It struck me however.. that for all the good teachers.. there were double the amout of bad teachers.. in fact it p***ed me off so much that i decided to leave a few posts in the TEACHER MEMORIES section.. and would you believe it.. every single negative one was removed...

WHY? shouldn`t these people have to face up to the fact that they made pupils lives miesrable?.. that they took out their own frustrations on children and more importantly.. that some actually abused children...

what do you think?

(i made sure that my posts did not contain anything that could land me in court before you ask)

They`re probably just covering their own arses. It`s them that would be libel for it. It`s not on really, but if someone is making derogatory comments or accusations concerning a teacher, there`s probably no evidence of these facts, therefore Friends Reunited potentially are guilty of making libellous comments available against the teacher and the school they work in.

If you know of teachers abusing children and have evidence, then they need to be reported to the appropriate authorities, not on Friends Reunited.

"After hearing the news that one of my ex-teachers has just died due to cancer..( and a fantastic bloke he was too"


Hi . Just out of curiosity , was this a teacher from walmer secondary school in kent.I think the school is now called castle high or something like that.
If so it isnt Mr Jack Myers you are refferring to by any chance?.
Just interested.

There were numerous occasions of physical abuse.. but its the mental abuse i was talking about.. (Sexual abuse is not something i would post on a forum.. even if i do know about it.. its not for me to persue)..

as i said.. i didn`t leave myself open for libel...

em.. as to the teacher who died.. no thats not him.. i`m from Gateshead

Ok tty. just wondered because one of my old school teachers died of cancer recently too.

welcome to the twilite zone.

Did he say anything about sexual abuse? He`s going on about teachers who abused their position of power over kids to act like tits. The sort of behaviour they wouldn`t do know for fear of a smack in the chops.

Yeah, FR are covering the backsides. So why bother?

We didn`t all go to toffee-nosed nobby schools. I hated my teachers too. Also, ever noticed how everyone you knew on FR is an "IT manager"? So they can turn a freakin` computer on woo-hoo! The morons.

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Gruntboy
Absolute B*stard

Friends Reunited are f***ing cowboys . I joined, payed the fiver, then 5 months later they "lost" my membership and they wanted me to pay again. C***s

This item was edited on Monday, 28th April 2003, 18:50

``Also, ever noticed how everyone you knew on FR is an "IT manager"? So they can turn a freakin` computer on woo-hoo! The morons.``

Yeah, good shout. I only looked on there once but I was amazed how everyone I knew was a great sucess story.

`...running my own sucessful business with offices in New York and Hong Kong......`.

From my class of 30 something, it`s only me who`s stuck in a deadend job, yeah right !

scary though eh, tea?

"I want to be a good boyo, but no one will let me"