As this is my first blog on hard news, i thought it would be good to write something that i can actually relate to in some way.I found this article, and realised that i had seen the programme that it was shown on.

TEACHER WHO FILMED ROWDY PUPILS FOR TV IS SUSPENDED...

A teacher who filmed shocking scenes of pupils misbehaving for a TV documentary was found guilty of unprofessional conduct and suspend for a year on the 25th March 2009.Alex Dolan took work as a supply teacher and used a hidden camera to film life at four secondary schools whilst working in London and Leeds. The footage that she had captured, was then aired on the Channel 4's Dispatches programme in July 2005; the footage showed children fighting, refusing to do work and one school trying to hide staffing problems from ofsted. The General Teaching council conduct committee ruled the science teacher breached the trust of pupils and abused her position.Speaking after the hearing, 33 year old Miss Dolan said, she acted 'in the wider interest of the public, by exposing the extent of, the damage done by poor discipline in many classrooms.Although Miss Dolan may stand by what she has done, to let the public know the truth; the panel which sat in Birmingham said the public interest issues in the footage did not justify using covert filming.

My opinions on this are... i think it's wrong what she has done, but i think in some ways it good to how schools and colleges work behind closed doors.

Extracts from: Thursday 26th March edition, of the Daily Mail.