Student in threat to pregnant teacher

A second-level student in Dublin told his pregnant teacher he would “kick the baby out of her” — and was allowed return to class the next day.

The story is one example of the intimidation, harassment, and assault suffered by teachers that were aired at the Teachers’ Union of Ireland’s annual congress in Wexford yesterday.

Audrey Cepeda is an English teacher at a second-level school in Coolock, and chair of the Dublin City branch of the TUI. Yesterday she raised some of the indiscipline issues at schools and other educational institutions that she says are not being addressed by management.