Fucking savages needed it.  Who cares if he hurt them?  They were hurting each other anyway.  

my husband teaches in the same school as this teacher....first of all the teacher didn't hit the child with the belt.  It was actually another child.  Second, the child that was hit is a problematic child and the saddest part is that there have been more than a dozen reports written by teachers that neede to be filed and they weren't.  This child runs around the school all day and today he was caught outside trying to get in yelling obscenities at everyone.  He punches children, he fights everyone...and the day this happened with the belt ...he had taken his belt of and put it around his neck...another girl toke it from him and hit him....and the teacher tried to stop them from hurting themselves and gets taken to prison.  terrible....teachers are constantly being blamed for everything...and now taken to prison.  I hope he sues the city, the school and truly gets a big amount....his life was put in jeopardy and that of all the other personell in the school.  WHy is it that there was nothing filed, the child kept going to the school and putting everyone at risk. 

What a sh**show. 

Someone call a scout from the Newbridge Belt Whipping League

That job has to SUCK.  No-win situations on a daily basis, your career can end in an instant simply by a baseless accusation, and you can't simply punch some brat in the face to end a scrap...which would've been my solution.  It's been reduced to overseeing animals in a zoo, with feel-gooders like aloveston second guessing you with all the right answers.  Eff that, man. 

not to mention all the pitchfork-wielding morons who rally against teachers because they are "overpaid".

teachers should get bonuses for being scapegoats for society's ills.

Aren't there police officers stationed at every school - where were they during this?

Sigh. Yeah, I'm sure they are posted at every corner of every hallway in the school, with more posted in the middle of those hallways, with some more posted in the gym, along with a few in the cafeteria.  Please.  It could take up to five minutes easy for someone to show up.  The incident has to first be seen, assesed, then communicated.  They have to acknowledge, respond, then get to that location.  All this is assuming they weren't dealing with another incident at the time. Alot of damage can be done in 5 minutes or less, that's for sure.

So?  Let them work it out of their system.  Who said the fight had to be stopped anyway?

Oh, I totally agree with that, that's for sure.  As a matter of fact, I'm suprised at the level of intervention described.  I'm pretty sure NYC teachers have perfected the art of "Huh? Wha?  I didnt see anything".  And I don't blame them one bit, man.  There's just no percentage in getting involved.  The guy musta snapped.  Go figure, and with just a couple of days left, he gets friggin' arrested, for Christ's sake.

It's not even that.  The official policy is that teachers are NOT to try to physically intervene.  Remember, teachers aren't allowed to touch students anymore, and that doesn't change because they're fighting.  Teachers have been warned that if they do intervene and get hurt, they will not qualify for compensation; whether they get hurt or not, they'll probably be reassigned pending an investigation and possible charges.

Teachers are supposed to call the main office or the security desk and try to reach someone who is actually authorized to intervene.  Often, just managing to get someone on the phone can stop a fight (but if five or ten minutes go by and security hasn't shown up, the teacher can become a target).

singing bon jovi to some girl in just her bra.

Ba-dum-bump.

Seriously though - the 5-0 are in schools specifically to break up this kind of idiocy.  Why was the teacher even involving himself?

Should have let the two idiots keep beating on each other until the appropriate force showed up to end the fight.

Soon teachers will be behind bullitproof gas like gas station attendants in Detroit with security guards in each room.
This generation of kids is the worst ever raised by the worst parents ever. So fuck em. I'll be behind my glass and security will remove the offenders. Win/Win

Remember this story when you shake your head over stories like this:

http://gothamist.com/2011/04/2...

this mofo does it like Bill 'D-Fens' Foster!

I for one think he did the right thing. They got one lick each, big deal! Kids that get into fist fights don't listen to words.

Its not to late.
To Whip It!
WHIP IT GOOD..

LOL

The teacher wasn't Pootie Tang?