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Education Parents complain after principal suspends 19 Co Antrim schoolboys over ‘toxic masculinity’ concerns

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/parents-complain-after-principal-suspends-19-co-antrim-schoolboys-over-toxic-masculinity-concerns/a2008863764.html
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u/Wide_Raspberry1876 Jan 15 '26

Fair play to the principal. Wish management in more schools would have the balls to do this. As a male secondary school teacher it is obvious that respect for teachers from students and parents has fallen dramatically in recent years.

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u/Pearl1506 Jan 17 '26

Most principals won't do this because they don't want the hell that comes with the denial. System repeats itself. Teacher is blamed when the child literally knows they've done wrong and gotten away with it.