Re: Chethams

[poliphilo]

According to former students, Chetham's School of Music- now being rocked by sex abuse scandals- was a place where it was normal for staff and students to be on first name terms.

I'd always thought calling the teacher "Sir" or "Miss" was about affording the teacher status and protection. I now see it protects the pupil too.

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[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Psychological abuse- I'm both a survivor of same and a former teacher myself and had enough experience of the uses and abuses of power to avoid ever using it (especially as the kids I taught were either abuse victims, seriously disabled and or terminally ill.)