Role cards

Teacher W. Aged 35

You are a math teacher and a tutor of the 8th form. The disappearance of the form register upsets you. You intended to hold a tutor meeting with the pupils but they insisted upon clearing up the incident themselves and you let them. You discuss it with your colleagues in the staff room informally, asking for their advice. You personally think that it was Nick, who really is a nuisance and far from being the best pupil, who has taken the register, possibly to erase some bad

marks (you've noticed some signs of this in his record book a few times). If he is found out you'll summon his father to school for a talk with the Head Teacher.

Teacher K. Aged 54

You are an experienced teacher and have been a tutor for many years. You've had similar experience before and you've dealt with it quite efficiently. You are surprised that teacher W. let the pupils deal with the situation themselves accusing her of lax authority. You believe that to decide on the possible punishment of the offender teacher W. should call a special meeting of the tutors with the Head Teacher and subject teachers. Suspension from school is, you think, an appropriate punishment serving as a deterrent for possible/potential offenders.

Teacher R. Aged 23

You are a trainee teacher. You think that teacher W. is perfectly right in letting the children deal with the situation themselves as you strongly believe in pupils' self-government. You object to teacher K.'s suggestion that the offender should be suspended from school as it may inflict a deep psychological wound and the poor child may never recover from the dreadful traumatic experience. You think that a telling off is sufficient punishment.

Teacher B. Aged 30

You are a literature teacher, you've been teaching these pupils for four years and know them well. You know Nick as a kind-hearted, well-behaved, well-read boy and you doubt his being the offender. You would rather suspect Mary who is not popular with her classmates and tries to attract their attention by any possible means. She is also at the bottom of your literature class. You are more concerned with the reason for the offence than the actual punishment, believing the type of punishment would depend on the pupil involved.

Julia/Peter Aged 14

You are a class leader. You lead the discussion. Possible suspects you think are Nick and Mary. Nick is more likely since he is poor at maths and has had more than one conflict with teacher W, who is always finding fault with him and whose classes Nick finds boring. He is a real nuisance in her classes.

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