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Teacher Tortures 11-Year-Old Boy For Having Long Hair
An Ohio teacher is facing a mega lawsuit after allegedly forcing a sixth grade boy to stand in front of the class while she tied his hair in pigtails and allowed the class to make fun of him.
It begs the question – what is with schools picking on little boys and their hair?
First a little boy is banned from even attending school because his hair is too long, and now this? The Los Angeles Times reports the lawsuit alleges the boy was sent out of the room by the teacher on an errand, giving her the chance to announced to the class that she was going to pull a prank on the kid.
When he came back, a teacher’s aide approached the boy and pretended to shave his hair off. Then the teacher stepped in, pulled his hair into three ponytails, and introduced him to the class with a girl’s name. The teacher’s aide allegedly even walked the boy over to the other sixth grade classroom to complete the torture, allowing the other kids to hurl insults in his direction.
The boy’s parents have had him switched to another school, but they’re seeking damages against the teacher and teacher’s aide as well as other school staffers for humiliating the boy.
It’s disturbing that the two would launch a clearly gender-based assault on a child, but it’s equally disturbing to think a teacher would announce they’d be pulling a prank on a child. Period.
It’s possible to have fun in a classroom without doing it at a child’s expense. But by definition, pranks are usually malicious in nature. There is no call for that in a school setting – a place where kids are supposed to be protected (0ften serving as safe havens even from the horrors in home life).
Do you see a place for pranks in schools?
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Ri-chan commented on Feb 01 10 at 1:52 pmThat is not a prank, that is a teacher humilating a child to feel powerful.
jenny tries too hard commented on Feb 01 10 at 2:27 pmThat’s disgusting. What in the world prompts a person like that to become a teacher?
alison commented on Feb 01 10 at 5:05 pmThat teacher and the teacher’s aide should be prevented from working with children.
a's mom commented on Feb 01 10 at 8:43 pmagreed, those two should have their credentials revoked.
chrissy commented on Feb 05 10 at 11:00 amComments I thought we had this hear battle settled in the 70s. Is it 1959 where these people live?
chrissy commented on Feb 05 10 at 11:03 amComments so sorry I meant hair battle!
SagePixie commented on Mar 28 11 at 11:45 pmHow come the teacher and teachers aid haven’t been named? They are adults. Publish their names.
Gaia Coleman commented on Dec 18 11 at 11:44 pmIn 3rd grade a boy called Caleb in my class was same race as moi ( Native American) no one minded his looong hair (he could almost sit on it I kid you not) yet 3 grades l8r I’m teased 4 havin a boo cuz of my race [see above]
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