Teacher arrested for attempted murder

Maybe HE is best for your children OP?

First of my comment wasn't in the first 2 pages of the thread so your wrong about that also why does myself and others seeing that teachers, doctors, nurses ect are still normal people who are capable of commiting crimes make you think cool girl. Just because I don't hero worship people in certain professions and I I understand their human just like you and I does not mean I'm trying to be one of the cool girls or whatever you meant by that bizarre statement. If you don't understand teachers are humans then your very naive

To be honest, this post strikes me as just a means to make everyone aware that this man taught at your daughter’s school. I can only imagine what your Facebook posts are like!

You do know really good university graduates can murder people too?

Hmmm - As a teacher I can imagine the impact your view has on the behaviour and attitudes of your dc

The police don't care it's a racist and misogynistic place to work in.

I don’t see this as a ‘teacher who tried to kill a woman’. I see it as ‘yet another violent man who tried to kill a woman and who happens to be a teacher’.

Same here, the fact that he's a teacher is secondary and not really relevant to the crime.

Sure - all these in the first 2 pages of the thread:

I find someone who's committed a domestic murder/attempted murder a lot less of a concern then the amount of paedophiles that work in schools up and down the country.

Teachers fight, do drugs etc OP it's just a job to many of them they're only human.

My husband's old teacher was convicted of murder or manslaughter and my husband said it was very sad as he'd obviously gone off the rails.

Honestly the kids are probably loving it. We had something like this at my school when I was a teen and it was like the best gossip we’d ever heard.

And the stone cold classic:

Why don’t you re-train and become a teacher?

Normalisation of male violence and being performatively chill about a woman who's nearly lost her life in a horrific manner.

Oh and "Can you elaborate with examples?" - the teacher is strong in you

I don’t see this as a ‘teacher who tried to kill a woman’. I see it as ‘yet another violent man who tried to kill a woman and who happens to be a teacher’.

There are violent men in our world. And some of them will be employed in schools and hospitals and many other jobs.

Most kids will treat this as dramatic gossip. Some will be upset and I imagine a lot of parents and fellow teachers will be disturbed. But having had kids go through secondary school, I doubt this will have any significant effect on behaviour. Stuff like a mobile phone ban or change to the length of breaks would cause much more rebellion.

It’s quite simple. Low pay and poor conditions won’t attract the best people. Make teaching something the best graduates aspire to.

I've never held teachers in high regard they are babysitting our children.

God you're right, I'd forgotten that disturbing fact.

Yes, doctor forced to participate in mediation and apologise to Letby after he raised concerns. Other concerns raised not investigated in timely mannner or minimised

No, but colleagues raised the alarm about Letby and it was found that their concerns were ignored.

Until we know this happened - or happens routinely - in this and other schools the cases aren't comparable.

I don't know about Shipman, but many of Lucy Letby's colleagues raised concerns about her and were shut down - and even forced to apologise for it.

Given that Couzens nn amongst colleagues was the rapist that suggests they had concerns that were minimised

Honest question, did I miss the doctors and nurses joking about Shipman and Letby's tendencies before their crimes were revealed?

That’s a bold statement.Can you elaborate with examples

Yep, Ditto Shipman and Letby.

When my son was at secondary school one of his teacher was arrested and charged with historic child abuse (someone came forward as an adult and said he abused two girls twenty odd years earlier ). He was charged and served a prison sentence- my son and his classmates were pretty shocked as he was a popular teacher with the kids - my son liked him and said he was a nice kind teacher so you just never know really.

I haven't done any of that, thanks.

You are the one that has literally, out of your own mouth, minimised attempted murder by saying the words of some people on this thread are potentially worse than stabbing someone in the neck.

I also don't think you can know that all the posters doing what you claim are teachers. A quick check back suggests few people have stated their profession.

I also can't believe it.

Literally. Can you give examples please?

I can't believe I've come onto Mumsnet on all places to find grown women being competitive cool girls about a teacher who's nearly murdered a woman.

Teachers,like all professions draw from society ,human beings have their flaws which include rage,poor impulse control and violence. Unfortunately, this teacher has been involved in a violent act causes as yet unknown. Fortunately, such behaviours are the minority and the majority of teachers are hard-working, diligent, conscientious professionals.

I’m in health and there have been murderous,violent & unsavoury practitioners ranging from doctors to nurses to paramedics and AHP that itself does not directly mean that I think my colleagues may be murderers , violent or have unsavoury behaviours. However, I acknowledge that such acts do cause patients and the public to feel understandably feel unsettled.

Regards the pupils, I imagine it will be a bit of noteworthy conversation it is, of course an unusual event for your teacher to be involved in such a violent act. I do not think this will result in an anarchy or loss of structure in the school because that one individual has been engaged in a criminal act

’Honestly, I get being shocked. But you are being way over the top and making this about you and how you feel.’

True. This whole AIBU feels a bit contrived and to make it about something it isn’t.