I recently read an article called "Teacher OK'd Beating of Tardy Student" by Associated Press mainly telling about how a high school English teacher allowed students to beat up on a kid that was late to his class. The teacher, named Brian Havel is twenty-two years of age now faces charges of child abuse which occurred on March 14th. Police began investigation after the student (who is about 15 or 16) complained to his parents about the abuse. Students reported that Havel demanded that tardy students do a certain amount of sit-ups and push-ups in a certain amount of time when late for class. Students also said that a student said they should be allowed to hit him if he didn't complete the exercise in the set time, and Havel allowed it. Fortunately the student received no injuries and the case is now being handled by the Delta District Tourney's office.
What Matters: I think what matters from this article is that a teacher is stupid enough to allow his students to hit a student and on top of it force him to perform physical tasks instead of giving a simple detention. I can not seem to see what was running through this teachers head when he OK'd students to hit another one. Did he honestly think that he would not get in trouble? Because to me, that is amazingly stupid.
How This Affects Me: I think this article affects me as well as every other student in the United States. I personally have never had a teacher do something like this to me, or any of my classmates but you never really know. Maybe the teacher was having a bad day that influenced his decisions or a personal problem, you never really know. Even if he was having problems that definitely does not give him permission to allow the things that he did.
No comments:
Post a Comment