A British teacher has been fired for calling her students “chattering monkeys.” Charlotte Moore, a teacher at Church of England school Trinity St Mary’s, lost her job after parents complained that her comment was “racist.” Police were called and investigated Moore’s remarks but closed the case after concluding that they did not amount to a hate crime.
Some pupils also complained about the teacher, saying she referred to them as a “bunch of monkeys” and had grabbed one student by the back of the neck and shook another. They described Ms. Moore as “very strict” and said she made them feel “scared and anxious.”
When questioned, the teacher denied wrongdoing and said the “monkeys” remark had been taken out of context. She also denied any physical contact with her students but was fired for gross misconduct after a school board found that her wording amounted to a racial slur. Employment Judge Suzanne Palmer dismissed Moore’s unfair dismissal argument and said the school had come to the correct conclusion due to the diversity of the pupils in her class and the fact that parents found the remarks racist.
Britain’s education system regularly comes under fire from anti “woke” campaigners who believe children are being indoctrinated rather than educated, and dissenting teachers are rapidly removed. A media investigation in 2022 revealed that children as young as nine were taught critical race theory and named the American School in London (ASL) the number one culprit. Among the country’s most expensive private educational institutions, the ASL provides pupils with a “check your privilege” chart and encourages them to see life through “the prism of race or gender.”
Other schools have removed paintings or other tributes to historical figures, including war-time leader Winston Churchill, who is routinely associated with “racism” in modern Britain.
In recent efforts to make the school curriculum “anti-racist,” schools were provided with guidance demanding they teach children that the British Empire was comparable to Nazi Germany. Teachers were instructed to “present the British Empire as you would other global powers that committed atrocities, e.g. Nazi Germany.” Critics of the guidance point out that the British Empire fought the Nazis in World War Two and abolished slavery in several parts of the world.
