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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]DANBURY, Conn. - Danbury officials have been notified they are being sued by a student who was awakened in class by a teacher who made a loud noise. Documents filed with the Town Clerk, a prelude to a lawsuit, claim that a sleeping student suffered hearing damage when his teacher woke him up by slamming her hand down on the boy's desk in December.

Attorney Alan Barry says 15-year-old Vinicios Robacher suffered pain and "very severe injuries to his left eardrum" when teacher Melissa Nadeau abruptly slammed the palm of her hand on his desk on Dec. 4.

A city official says the matter has been referred to Danbury's insurance carrier.
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And you wonder why lawyers have a bad name... What next - student sues for sleep deprivation?

from: https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2008031...ent_lawsuit;_ylt=AhTkdOR_2G1rxJVLlhRlv3wZ.3QA
 
Aw heck... I liked the story about the kid being suspended for buying a bag of skittles better :wink:
 
Nah, but you can bet he'll need professional counseling for the trauma his little psyche suffered by being awakened so abruptly.

As I recall, this was far less "rude" than some of the methods a few of MY teachers would use on a student falling asleep in their class...

I couldn't be an educator for all the tea in China.
 
The teacher should not have slammed her palm on the desk.

I favor the magneto method myself.
 
Well I never!!!
It was the blackboard block eraser flying through the air with unerring accuracy to the side of the head. :rolleyes:
Not many of us fell asleep,let me tell you. :devilgrin: :jester:
In fact I think I still have the dent.Oh, and if you complained,you were told "that'll larn you"

Stuart. :cheers:
 
The sisters used whatever was handy...in my case it was once a 36" ruler over my rear shoulder blades - that'll sit you straight up & make you answer questions that were asked while you were asleep!! (& get you sent to Father for the first words that came out of your mouth!)
 
Yup. Well aimed erasers, once even saw a book sail at a student... I ducked, kid behind me had a fat lip for a while.

Complaint usually escalated the situation. A visit to the Principal's Office and a counseling session with a wooden paddle wot had holes drilled in it. 'twas said it "whistled" when applied. I never allowed myself to do any emperical data gathering on THAT rumor.
 
Mosta that stuff was "banned" by the time I went through school, but I distinctly remember being dragged to the principals office by my ear once. (Effectivly the last time I talked back to that, or any other, teacher)
 
Back in the junior high school,we had one of our
fellow students call the teacher by his first name.
After about 3 times of doing this,he was told to
"Go to the Pricipal's office".We never saw him again.
Seriously.How the times have changed.

- Doug
 
AngliaGT said:
We never saw him again.
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<span style="font-size: 26pt">????</span> Did they call in the gardener?
 
ecurie_ecosse said:
Well I never!!!
It was the blackboard block eraser flying through the air with unerring accuracy to the side of the head. :rolleyes:
Not many of us fell asleep,let me tell you. :devilgrin: :jester:
In fact I think I still have the dent.Oh, and if you complained,you were told "that'll larn you"

Stuart. :cheers:
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also the chalk with deadly accuracy. Of course it was all well deserved as on "that rare occasion" we would hollow out one particular teachers chalk with a compass to about 3/16"deep and fill the hole with the scrapings from a match head(the ones that would strike anywhere)and pack in some chalk dust on top and when he wrote on the board you can guess what happened
 
Bah! I attended an English all-boys school till 11th grade. Good discipline was a hallmark EXPECTED by the parents from the teachers! Whacks with rulers across the knuckles, erasers thrown, etc. were the mild stuff before getting sent to the Headmaster for a caning! They believed in "building character"!
 
I remember one time when I went home and complained to my dad that the teacher hit me over the knuckles with a yard stick. He asked me what I had done. I said I fell asleep as it was a boring class. I got a good thrashing over the rear end and had to go to school the next day and appoligize to the teacher for not paying attention. I never fell asleep in class after that! Believe it or not, my grades even came up a little.
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For some reason, I never complained about a teacher again.
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DrEntropy said:
As I recall, this was far less "rude" than some of the methods a few of MY teachers would use on a student falling asleep in their class...
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Many, many, many years ago when I was just a poor, starving PhD Teaching assistant I had the incredibly enjoyable job of teaching Introductory Economics. In night school. From 8 to 10 pm. To working people who'd generally come from a full day's work to an earlier class and then stayed on til the bitter end.

It was tough on us all, but virtually everyone stayed awake, but for one perennial sleeper...

We were all tired and all in the same situation ourselves, but one night his snoring became unbearable....

At the end of class I asked everyone to quietly leave...

turned out the lights, shut the door and left him asleep in the classroom.

Never saw him again.... :devilgrin:
 
I let one of my students sleep through his ride home! He fell asleep, I didn't wake him, bell rang, everyone left, I went to my desk and graded papers for about twenty minutes until he woke up. Since he had missed his bus, he had to call his Mom for a ride at which time I had the opportunity to discuss with her how we could "avoid" this type of problem in the future. :wink:
 
re: just about all the above posts!

amazing isn't it - if you let someone actually take responsibility for what he/she did, instead of excusing and patting on the head, it usually never happens again.

As my dad used to say ... Line 'em up against a wall, and shoot 'em!

T.
 
I avoided confrontations with the Junior High Principal at school. I had enough of them with him when he came home for dinner. And when I moved on to the High School, the Principal knew Dad well from when my Dad was the only Assistant in a school of 1000. I only learned of his in school techniques from my friends who got sent to his office.
 
Cool move, Terri.

Sad to say we have neutered our teachers. Next to
dicipline at home, the next greatest influence in the
way of dicipline, comes from our schools.

We have moved far too liberal, in my view, and we are
paying the price.

As for my kids, when I speak to the teachers, I tell 'em
to take my kids by the throat, if need be, and I'll
back 'em when time comes.

So far.......they're shocked!!
 
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