Almost any example you can conjure up is probably an embellished story from the press with little, if any, basis in truth. Any incident worthy of genuine anger or concern (I.e the pen incident if it were remotely true) would be dealt with internally and with safeguarding in place to ensure it...
Then why make such generalised statements? Saying things like "This type of thing happens regularly in schools" (in regards to the black pen issue) when they really don't, leaves you open to people who actually work in schools to tell you you're probably wrong. You're obviously trying to make a...
I also work in a school and to suggest they happen "regularly" is questionable. Maybe they happen in your wife's school but that does not mean they happen in all schools. A lot of the myths about the "PC gone mad" in schools are utter rubbish. Oh and FYI the infants in my school can sing ba ba...