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When your suspicions could ruin innocent lives

I'm a teacher and I suspect one of my students is being abused at home but I only have a gut feeling and reporting could destroy an innocent family.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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Professional duty is demanding you act on intuition when being wrong could devastate the very people you're trying to protect.

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“Where Are You with Personal ethics and integrity?”

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