ACE School's Michael Strahan (Teacher Michael in Cambodia) Admits to Grooming Underage Student in Cambodia

simon43 · Post by **simon43** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am

At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.

IraHayes · Post by **IraHayes** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:16 am

simon43 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.

This is exactly why cctv should be mandatory... one that captures audio and video would be a bonus.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:36 pm

IraHayes wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:16 am
simon43 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.
This is exactly why cctv should be mandatory... one that captures audio and video would be a bonus.

Missing the days when the teacher had enough authority so people would believe the story from the horse's mouth instead of asking for video proof.

CaptainCanuck · Post by **CaptainCanuck** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:37 pm

Kammekor wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:36 pm
IraHayes wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:16 am
simon43 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.
This is exactly why cctv should be mandatory... one that captures audio and video would be a bonus.
Missing the days when the teacher had enough authority so people would believe the story from the horse's mouth instead of asking for video proof.

Isn't that blind trust in supposed authority figures exactly why things like the Residential School horror in Canada was allowed to go on for so long and in the Catholic schools and churches everywhere ??

angsta · Post by **angsta** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:27 pm

simon43 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.

I was in Seoul a few years ago and we had the same system in place, mainly because they don't trust Johnny Foreigner.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:31 pm

CaptainCanuck wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:37 pm
Kammekor wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:36 pm
IraHayes wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:16 am
simon43 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.
This is exactly why cctv should be mandatory... one that captures audio and video would be a bonus.
Missing the days when the teacher had enough authority so people would believe the story from the horse's mouth instead of asking for video proof.
Isn't that blind trust in supposed authority figures exactly why things like the Residential School horror in Canada was allowed to go on for so long and in the Catholic schools and churches everywhere ??

Yes. For sure that's one of the factors contributing. Maybe in the past people relied to much on the authorities, but currently it's the other way around. Teachers have to provide for the individual needs while locked in their classroom with 25-30 kids.

The question is if CCTV in classrooms would have prevented such things. I doubt that.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:33 pm

angsta wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:27 pm
simon43 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.
I was in Seoul a few years ago and we had the same system in place, mainly because they don't trust Johnny Foreigner.

Why work somewhere as a teacher if they don't trust you? If you do that you accept an impossible task I think?

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:56 pm

October 7, 2022
VIDEO: Dismissed international school teacher claims ‘serious misconduct’ charges are ‘definitely a setup’, may still be in Cambodia

Michael Strahan – aka ‘Teacher Michael Cambodia’ – who was dismissed from his teaching post at a prestigious Phnom Penh international school last week – claims that charges of ‘serious misconduct’, levied by a former pupil against him are ‘definitely a setup’.

The US citizen – originally from the state of Louisiana – was dismissed from his post at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) on Friday after a series of screenshots of messages between Strahan and a former pupil emerged on social media on the 27th of September.

He was believed to have fled to Malaysia – however, an unconfirmed source says that Strahan may still be in Cambodia, in a location in Phnom Penh’s Russian Boulevard area, hoping that the issue ‘disappears’.

The same source indicated that yesterday’s Khmer Times article – one of the the first mainstream media airings of a story that has been circulating around the expat rumour mill for the last week – may prompt Strahan to flee Cambodia, if he is still here.

Another source indicates that both Malaysia’s Special Branch and Ministry of Education have been alerted to the fact that Strahan may either be in Malaysia or planning to flee there.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501164496/ ... -cambodia/

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:33 pm

Kammekor wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:36 pm
IraHayes wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:16 am
simon43 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.
This is exactly why cctv should be mandatory... one that captures audio and video would be a bonus.
Missing the days when the teacher had enough authority so people would believe the story from the horse's mouth instead of asking for video proof.

I agree to a certain extent but I also remember some teachers being quite harsh when I was in school but nobody ever told the parents as they would not have believed it anyway. And physical violence against kids seems to be quite common in classrooms in SE Asia even today.

IraHayes · Post by **IraHayes** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 6:13 pm

hanno wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:33 pm
Kammekor wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:36 pm
IraHayes wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:16 am
simon43 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:53 am At the schools in Burma where I have taught, there is CCTV in every classroom. This isn't really to spy on the teacher - it is typically used where 2 kids fight or a kid is injured in some accidental way, and the CCTV can show the parents what actually happened. I had a case where a 6 year old girl tripped and faceplanted on the hard floor in my class - the parents were shown the video and were 'happy' that it was an accident.
This is exactly why cctv should be mandatory... one that captures audio and video would be a bonus.
Missing the days when the teacher had enough authority so people would believe the story from the horse's mouth instead of asking for video proof.
I agree to a certain extent but I also remember some teachers being quite harsh when I was in school but nobody ever told the parents as they would not have believed it anyway. And physical violence against kids seems to be quite common in classrooms in SE Asia even today.

Not have believed it?? or received a complimentary "clip round the ear" for the alleged offense?

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