How an OZschwitz teacher fixed a troubled school

Tamer Bani-Mohammad doesn't look like a trouble-maker. Tall and good-looking, with short, dark hair, striking light-green eyes and a strong handshake, he twists uncomfortably as young men do when they talk about themselves. "I was really off the hook in years 8 and 9," says Bani-Mohammad. "I'd argue with teachers, truant, throw chairs, smoke - all that rubbish."

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In year 10, the Punchbowl Boys High student launched a flurry of punches in the playground and was suspended for 20 days. His father, a local taxi driver, despaired and the staff wanted him out. "They couldn't even speak to me," says Bani-Mohammad, "let alone teach me."

On his second day back he "lost it" and flung half a classroom - chairs, desks, books - out the window. Moments later, the principal, Jihad Dib, saw the still-seething student sitting in the gutter in front of the school. But Dib didn't march out with expulsion papers. He eased himself down into the gutter beside Bani-Mohammad and swung an arm around the student's shoulder. "I was yelling and swearing at him, 'What do you f...king care about me?' " recalls Bani-Mohammed. "But Mr Dib just told me that he wasn't going to let me stuff my life up."

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How an OZschwitz teacher fixed a troubled school

How an OZschwitz teacher fixed a troubled school

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