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Locally, over the last few years, a number of teachers have committed suicide after allegations from students have lead to these teachers being fired, and later these students have admitted of fabricating the allegation to gain attention for their own popularity. There has been a big "hush" where teachers have been advised, by legal eagles, not to speak up.

Work: She Catfished Her Teacher

A guy has been fired though he did nothing wrong, 
Thrown away to the side,
Dismissed for a story made up by a girl, 
Who later confessed that she lied,

You see, she’d heard someone say, of this popular guy, 
That he had liaised once before,
Not realising this comment was said as a joke,
A joke that he chose to ignore,

And then, with speed, she cat-fished his page, 
She lured him into her web,
Then announced to the world this happened for real, 
These things which were up in her head,

And this man who’d worked honest for twenty straight years, 
Was beaten with a shameful abuse,
Humiliated with his art and the verse that he wrote, 
Violated by the Department for youth.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Pigeon Tart Avatar
September 11, 2019 at 9:15 PM
That is so sad. Sick really. Powerfully penned my friend. xomo
Pigeon Tart Avatar
September 11, 2019 at 9:44 PM
Again, sickening. x
Raynes Avatar
September 11, 2019 at 9:22 PM
Hi Maureen, I'm glad you feel something about this. It's become almost common here in Australia. Good men assumed of complete guilt without proper trial. Suicides are increasing.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
September 11, 2019 at 9:16 PM
...and I'm over 40, that's sick by true definition ;)
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