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A British schoolteacher has been suspended after making his pupils do push-ups as a punishment for arriving late to class, Britain’s main teaching union said Thursday.

Ian Jennison, a representative for the National Union of Teachers, said the suspension could have a negative impact on how teachers dealt with their students in the future.
“It’s political correctness gone mad. The repercussions are quite far-reaching,” Jennison said. “If this man is sacked for this, teachers are not going to take kids on trips, if two kids are having a fight they won’t intervene, because they will be too worried.”
Jennison said different punishments for latecomers had been discussed by the whole class and that it was the pupils who had suggested push-ups.
The Derby Moor Community Sports College, where the unnamed teacher worked, said an investigation was underway and that its “priority is to ensure that students are happy to be in school.”
Source: AFP, December 4, 2008

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