Teacher resigns after taping teen to desk....

[taoist]

Associated Press
Mar. 3, 2004 01:48 PM


ORAN, Mo. - A teacher resigned last month after duct-taping a misbehaving seventh-grader to his desk and covering his mouth with tape, the school superintendent said Wednesday.

The parents of 14-year-old Tommy Brindley said the boy nearly suffocated before freeing himself about 15 minutes later.

It happened Feb. 19 at the elementary-middle school in Oran, a town of about 1,000 residents 120 miles south of St. Louis.

Tommy was in detention for being late to school three times, said his father, Larry Brindley. He began acting up during detention.

"He has attention deficit disorder, and he was misbehaving," Brindley said. "He had some kind of a sponge and was throwing it. He wasn't being mean. He was just being ornery."

The teacher, a 21-year veteran of the district, "just kind of snapped," Brindley said.

Superintendent Tom Anderson said the teacher, whose name was not released, directed two other students to help her tape Tommy to his desk.

The family is still considering pursuing criminal charges and a lawsuit, Brindley said. Police did not immediately return a call.

 

[Mjolnir]

they should have duct-taped the sponges to him that he was throwing and threw his wimpy ass in a septic tank.
i wonder what we used for excuses in the past.
before attention deficit disorder and the such. maybe we should all sue for reparations for getting spankings or like they did in my school in texas, where the principal would use a paddle ball raquet for discipline.
lets all debate for years about the freakin crybaby's poor disorders.
blow me.
:thefinger

 

[ctownguy]

:iagree:

 

[Penguinfan]

:iagree: as well

 

[Captain Crunch]

Me three. This is what the little fuhker needs.

Maybe if his parents gave him some of those at home, he might know how to act in school. I'm not buying the ADD excuse either. Nice post Mjolnir.

 

[Wilson]

I would like to punch that teacher in the face...fukker.

 

[Simply In The Red]

or like they did in my school in Texas, where the principal would use a paddle ball raquet for discipline.

Paddle ball racket?? That's it. I went to a Texas middle school that had two vice principals. A male to discipline and paddle the boys and a female for the girls. The male principal had two different paddles to choose from, depending on how bad you messed up. One was an inch thick with holes in it to reduce wind resistance. Hell, the gym teacher would paddle you if you forgot your gym uniform. :moon:

 

[pd1]

In Missouri you got your ass wacked all the time. I had to have hip surgery. (A degenerative disease- something like slipped capitol of the femural epifis-freeze can correct the spelling) in 9th grade. I missed the first semester and had to have home schooling. Well anyway I'm walking to the locker room to get dressed out and decide I needed to toss my bundle of gym clothes thru the basketball goal. Three seconds later I was in the coaches office getting 5 swats with one of those paddles with the holes in it. I was too scared for it to hurt. When my mom find out, (not from me either) I thought this little 5'1" 105lb womon was gunna kick this 6'4''mans ass. That was the last one I ever deserved and got.

 

[saint]

Getting paddled and getting duct taped is a huge difference. Especially the duct tape on the mouth, that's probably what pushed this case over the edge.

 

[CryBoy]

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[Simply In The Red]

Getting paddled and getting duct taped is a huge difference. Especially the duct tape on the mouth, that's probably what pushed this case over the edge.

Why, did the kid forget how to breathe through his nose?