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New York Post
5 days ago
- New York Post
Australian teacher says she was beaten, sexually harassed by students as 50000 teachers strike
A Queensland primary school teacher has spoken of being beaten and sexually harassed by her students, as tens of thousands of educators across the state walked off the job on Wednesday in a historic strike. Chelsea Rose, who is based on the Gold Coast, detailed just how far from what some perceive to be 'the easiest job on earth' teaching can really be in a video on TikTok. 'In honor of the strike on Wednesday … I'm going to tell you about my most tricky day as a teacher,' she said. 'The day started like most days where a specific child came into the room every day with their metal drink bottle and a ruler and they would bash it and make the loudest noise. 'This day they decided to put their drink bottle (in front of their private parts) and start shaking it, making the, you know, motion (to simulate masturbation). 'They then opened the lid and let the water spray everywhere and said, 'I just c—ed all over you.'' In a separate incident that same day, Rose said a group of students brought a dead bird into the classroom and threw it at her and the other children. 4 Australian primary school teacher Chelsea Rose reveals she was sexually harassed by her students. Chelsea Rose/TikTok After which a male student 'basically started laying into me' as they exited the classroom. 'Because of restrictive practices, I could not defend myself, so I just had to stand there and cop it,' Rose said. 'The child hit me so hard and (so) many times that they ended up breaking one of my ribs. 'The child was suspended for 20 days and then they were back in my classroom for the rest of the year.' The strike on Wednesday, the first of its kind in 16 years, comes as the Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU) warned of a chronic staffing crisis, rising workloads, and a pay dispute they say has pushed the public education system to breaking point. The union has accused Premier David Crisafulli's government of failing to address the 'urgency of serious issues' affecting classrooms statewide. Addressing a crowd in Brisbane on Wednesday morning, QTU President Cresta Richardson said that concerns like school violence were also being overlooked. Last October, a shocking report – published by Collective Shout, a grassroot campaigns movement against the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls, and parenting author and educator, Maggie Dent – revealed children as young as Year 5 and 6 are being pressured by peers into sending nudes, and the photos are then being passed around to other boys. In disturbing testimony as part of the Sexual Harassment of Teachers (SHoT) survey, teachers and educators documented the rise of sexual harassment against children and teachers in primary and high school amid concerns that unfettered access to pornography at an early age is driving alarming behaviours. 4 Rose said a group of students brought a dead bird into the classroom and threw it at her and the other children. Chelsea Rose/TikTok Teachers – almost all female – complained of routine sexual harassment by male students including moaning, sexist slurs, being asked for nudes and rape threats. 'I've had to deal with an increase in sexual assault threats online, sexual images being shown and girls being pushed to do sexual acts,' one teacher said. 'I had a student tell his girlfriend about his rape fantasies involving me,' another said. 'He also threatened to rape his girlfriend if she told anyone.' 4 Over 50,000 teachers in Queensland, Australia, went on strike on Aug. 6, 2025. ABC News (Australia)/YouTube Almost all (80.6 per cent) of those teachers who had experienced such harassment within a school environment said it had been instigated by a student, predominantly male students in Years 9 and 10. Some of the harmful sexual behaviours, however, were exhibited by children from as young as kindergarten to Year 3. '(As a teacher I have) never felt so drained, mentally and emotionally, (as I have) in the past two years dealing with the increase of this behaviour with no school supports in place,' one teacher said. Other educators expressed a similar sentiment. 'The safety of very large portions of the school community is at risk, not just (in terms of) physical safety but mental and emotional wellbeing,' one said. 4 The strike on Wednesday, the first of its kind in 16 years, comes as the Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU) warned of a chronic staffing crisis, rising workloads, and a pay dispute they say has pushed the public education system to breaking point. ABC News (Australia)/YouTube Richardson said the QTU is 'united and dedicated to turning around the exodus of burnt-out teachers and school leaders from our schools'. 'We can't let more teachers and school leaders walk out the door,' she said. 'We have to attract and retain our educators. Today is a day to remind everyone how important our state schools are.' Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said the government had held 18 formal meetings with the union over the past five months and remained committed to reaching an agreement. The union is due to resume talks with Langbroek, Crisafulli and the Department of Education on Thursday.
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Daily Mail
Traumatised primary school teacher opens up about the sickening sexual taunts her students made in the classroom
A primary school teacher who said she was beaten and sexually taunted by her students has fired back at claims she has the 'easiest' job on earth. Gold Coast educator Chelsea Rose described the 'most traumatising day' of her career in a video posted to social media on Tuesday. She posted the video in response to a comment from a TikTok user who described her role as the 'easiest job on earth'. 'The day started like most days where a specific child came into the room every day with their metal drink bottle and a ruler... and they would bash it and make the loudest noise,' Ms Rose said. 'This day they decided to put their drink bottle (in front of their groin) and start shaking it, making the, you know, (masturbation) motion. 'They then opened the lid, let the water spray everywhere and said, 'I just (ejaculated) all over you'.' Some time later, the student returned with a dead bird which they, along with other students, proceeded to throw at Ms Rose and some students. 'And if you thought that was traumatising enough, I'm not even at the most traumatising part of the story,' she said. Shaken by the morning's events, Ms Rose was marking assessments in a separate room when a student entered and demanded she get them a toy. 'This kid looked at me and said: 'If you don't get me this toy, I'm about to get angry at you',' she said. After returning from speaking with the child's teacher, Ms Rose claimed the student began 'laying into' her with punches to her face, chest and stomach. Under the belief she was unable to defend herself due to 'restrictive practices', Ms Rose said she had to 'stand there and cop it'. 'The child hit me so hard and that many times that they ended up actually breaking one of my ribs,' she said. Ms Rose said the child was suspended for 20 days before returning to her regular classes for the remainder of the year. She posted the video to commemorate a historic series of walkouts across Queensland on Wednesday as part of the state's first teachers strike since 2009. More than 50,000 members of the Queensland Teacher's Union voted to walk off the job without pay after negotiations with the government broke down. Thousands marched to the steps of Brisbane's Parliament House to demand a safer work environment exacerbated by staff shortages and excessive workloads. Last month, Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek revealed across the state teachers reported about 119 violent incidents per day in the first term of 2025. This equates to roughly one episode of occupational violence every four minutes - an increase of about 21 per cent compared to the same period the year prior. While Ms Rose admitted the day she described was likely her worst, her experience was not unique. A number of viewers related to her story, including some who claimed to have endured worse. 'I've been hit, bitten, punched, kicked, pinched, scratched, sworn at, screamed in the face,' one teacher wrote. 'The last ten years have been really hard.'
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Politics
- News.com.au
Gold Coast teacher beaten, sexually harassed by primary school students
A Queensland primary school teacher has spoken of being beaten and sexually harassed by her students, as tens of thousands of educators across the state walked off the job on Wednesday in a historic strike. Chelsea Rose, who is based on the Gold Coast, detailed just how far from what some perceive to be 'the easiest job on earth' teaching can really be in a video on TikTok. 'In honour of the strike on Wednesday … I'm going to tell you about my most tricky day as a teacher,' she said. 'The day started like most days where a specific child came into the room every day with their metal drink bottle and a ruler and they would bash it and make the loudest noise. 'This day they decided to put their drink bottle (in front of their private parts) and start shaking it, making the, you know, motion (to simulate masturbation). 'They then opened the lid and let the water spray everywhere and said, 'I just c*mmed all over you'.' In a separate incident that same day, Ms Rose said a group of students brought a dead bird into the classroom and threw it at her and the other children. After which a male student 'basically started laying into me' as they exited the classroom. 'Because of restrictive practices I could not defend myself, so I just had to stand there and cop it,' Ms Rose said. 'The child hit me so hard and (so) many times that they ended up breaking one of my ribs. 'The child was suspended for 20 days and then they were back in my classroom for the rest of the year.' The strike on Wednesday, the first of its kind in 16 years, comes as the Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU) warned of a chronic staffing crisis, rising workloads, and a pay dispute they say has pushed the public education system to breaking point. The union has accused Premier David Crisafulli's government of failing to address the 'urgency of serious issues' affecting classrooms statewide. Addressing a crowd in Brisbane on Wednesday morning, QTU President Cresta Richardson said that concerns like school violence were also being overlooked. Last October, a shocking report – published by Collective Shout, a grassroot campaigns movement against the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls, and parenting author and educator, Maggie Dent – revealed children as young as Year 5 and 6 are being pressured by peers into sending nudes, and the photos are then being passed around to other boys. In disturbing testimony as part of the Sexual Harassment of Teachers (SHoT) survey, teachers and educators documented the rise of sexual harassment against children and teachers in primary and high school amid concerns that unfettered access to pornography at an early age is driving alarming behaviours. Teachers – almost all female – complained of routine sexual harassment by male students including moaning, sexist slurs, being asked for nudes and rape threats. 'I've had to deal with an increase in sexual assault threats online, sexual images being shown and girls being pushed to do sexual acts,' one teacher said. 'I had a student tell his girlfriend about his rape fantasies involving me,' another said. 'He also threatened to rape his girlfriend if she told anyone.' Almost all (80.6 per cent) of those teachers who had experienced such harassment within a school environment said it had been instigated by a student, predominantly male students in Years 9 and 10. Some of the harmful sexual behaviours, however, were exhibited by children from as young as kindergarten to Year 3. '(As a teacher I have) never felt so drained, mentally and emotionally, (as I have) in the past two years dealing with the increase of this behaviour with no school supports in place,' one teacher said. Other educators expressed a similar sentiment. 'The safety of very large portions of the school community is at risk, not just (in terms of) physical safety but mental and emotional wellbeing,' one said. Ms Richardson said the QTU is 'united and dedicated to turning around the exodus of burnt-out teachers and school leaders from our schools'. 'We can't let more teachers and school leaders walk out the door,' she said. 'We have to attract and retain our educators. Today is a day to remind everyone how important our state schools are.' Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said the government had held 18 formal meetings with the union over the past five months and remained committed to reaching an agreement. The union is due to resume talks with Mr Langbroek, Mr Crisafulli and the Department of Education on Thursday.
