Harassment suffered by hundreds or thousands of teachers from the Community of Madrid make them feel abused by their students. 
72% of them have, by this or other reasons, high likelihood of having depression at work, according to a study by the Fundación Jiménez-Díaz and ANPE teaching union.
For this reason, the Madrid Governing Council has recently approved the draft law for teacher's authority. This law benefits all teachers in public schools by having the status of public authority. The regional president, Esperanza Aguirre, estimated that the law can take effect next March. Thereafter, teachers will enjoy a presumption of veracity in any conflict within the school and in extra curricular activities, dining and school transportation. Teachers may take protective measures when considering a student rarefied climate of respect in the school. The expulsion of the school, however, still depends on the head.
Esperanza Aguirre explained that she wants "the teacher to have an endorsement to their authority." They estimate that this law affects 67,000 teachers in the region.
The initiative to elevate the status of teachers was taken last year by the Valencian Community and also exists, although only for headteachers of schools in Cataluña, since several months ago.
From my point of view, an excess is better than a lack of discipline. The current permissiveness is not helpful at all for children and young people, because if you let them believe that there are no rules and respect and that anything goes, sooner or later life will disappoint them.



By Alba Ruiz