Reply #24: I know several teachers who were beaten up or injured by their students

[JDPriestly]

and then placed on disability leave. Teachers can be let go, but they get a sort of due process before they are let go. It is not true that teachers with tenure cannot be let go.

You've heard stories. When you get to the real details, stories are often found to be half-truths or downright lies.

It is, in my personal experience, more likely that a teacher will be injured by a student than that the teacher will be a "bad" teacher.

One child's best teacher is another child's worst teacher. As for scores on objective tests, they correlate with the education of the parents I believe.