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Teacher Series: The teacher who walked out of school and refused to come back! Many years ago, we had an expatriate (expat) language acquisition teacher in the school where I was a middle level leader. She was a native speaker, but not a trained teacher. The teacher had class control issues and could not manage her class. She had come and reported to me that she had trouble with the class and students were not listening to her. I had immediately spoken to the students about being respectful, about being in the school for learning and they had promised to behave. I also gave the teacher some strategies for better class control. Then once, the teacher came to me, very upset. She said that the students used the 'f...' word in Hindi. They said it under their breath but she heard it. She said she had enough. I told her that I will take it up with the parents. I sent emails and organised meetings with parents of the two or three boys who said it. When the parents met me, I told them ...