Union leaders have complained that too often nothing is done to tackle pupils who abuse teachers using social media.
Union leaders have complained that too often nothing is done to tackle pupils who abuse teachers using social media.
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Margaret Smith, president of the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association, spoke out about the "sinister development" of young people using social networking websites and mobile phones to target teachers.
This could see staff subjected to verbal abuse, threats and ridicule, with females "often subjected to grossly offensive comments regarding their personal lives which can be deemed nothing other than sexual harassment", she said.
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