Because there were no notes to be taken during the last two class meetings, this is my “extra” post.
My group was asked Tuesday if there are any cases regarding teachers suing students. The answer 2 days later is yes there are! Here are a few links to incidents where teachers sued students.
Drawing incident: http://www.sptimes.com/News/041801/NorthPinellas/Teacher_sues_over_stu.shtml
Stalking Claim: http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071125/NEWS/711250353Online Threat: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-04-29-web-threat_x.htm
The video below is a case here in SC where the teacher won the lawsuit.
Students plan and video tape punching their elderly teacher.
Teacher gets beat up
First Amendment not so much with religion in schools
Student sues teacher
Notice 2 things. One is that Fox News likes to cover these sorts of stories;). Two is that because cell phones have cameras on them there is no telling what students are recording.
1 comment:
Wow, some of this is disturbing. However, I see a case for a legitimate lawsuit in each of these. The way the school board reacted in the Brentwood Middle School case with the white teacher just infuriates me. The school board is making excuses for these kids attacking the teacher out of racial hate; they say it's their "culture" and they won't do anything about it. I commend the teacher for filing the lawsuit because NO teacher should have to be subjected to that.
In the final video, yes the teacher is out of line for saying what he said about murder and rape being so high in the south and church attendance being high in the south also. It sounds like he is inferring that the south is full of religious hypocrisy. These quotes can be highly offensive to the students and thus, any negative talk about religion should be avoided at all costs.
However, I have to go along with the defense attorney on this: there is some evidence of the teacher's wrongdoing. But there is not quite enough physical evidence available to convict this teacher in order to have him terminated for all the reasons the attorney mentioned.
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