40 - Here’s some comments on the matter by everyday members of the public who can see through all the bullshit

 Kathryn Hindley

“This is a word I absolutely hate and felt angry reading the headline . I read the article and I feel he was right to win when the kid said the word first and he repeated it. Context is always important! I’d hate to be a teacher in today’s society.”

 

Rick Welsh

“Now I know why agencies are bombarding me with emails saying bury college needs lecturers! No thanks”

 

Meriinnaa Xoxo

“Student along with their parent complained in the hope of winning some compensation”

 

Cheryl Thompson

Sad when an employer fails a member of its own staff!”

 

Patsy Edwards

“Unbelievable what he went through.”

 

Ben Stewart

“student should be excluded and parent fined.”

 

Kevin Jones

“Seems to me the only Retards in this case were the people who made the decision to fire the teacher for repeating a word that is in the English dictionary and is not illegal in anyway to use. What a bunch of retards!!”

 

Darren Leadbeater

“Bury College should of stood by the lecturer in this instance”

 

Nicola Severs

“College failed that teacher”

 

Steve Sandiford

“Good luck finding a MATHS tutor, Bury College 🙄”

 

Jeremy Buckley

“What an absolute waste of time and money, a kick in the teeth to a teacher with a vocation to educate.”

 

“Bury college has lost a good teacher”

 

“shame on Bury College for not supporting your own staff, its spineless leadership like this that is causing so many teachers to leave the profession 🤔”

 

Sammi Clarke

“More woke nonsense.”

 

Laura Romano Pumo

“Hope that student got excluded”

 

Lorraine Sugden Gee

“It is a grossly offensive term, however, a stern verbal warning should have been enough”

 

Christine Thomaides

“Bad leadership by the college to entertain such a matter in first place .”

 

Trent Benton

“So he won the tribunal because of breach of process. Embarrassing for the college.”

 

Rick Howarth

“When did we as a society become like this? When did everyone get so easily offended?”

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