And then there was Mrs. Nowak, the Iron Bitch of 5th grade Science at Dixon Elementary, who once slapped Paul Brown for talking when he shouldn't have been -- slapped him so hard he got a nosebleed.
o_O That can't have been legal - corporal punishment wasn't outlawed that long ago, was it?
(Sick, smart way to make sure the kid doesn't tell anyone that his teacher hit him - shame them into silence by saying a) it's all their fault somehow, or b) quit whining, you big baby, I didn't hit you that hard. I saw our music teacher slap a kid and use option B.)
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Date: 2008-02-29 09:59 pm (UTC)o_O That can't have been legal - corporal punishment wasn't outlawed that long ago, was it?
(Sick, smart way to make sure the kid doesn't tell anyone that his teacher hit him - shame them into silence by saying a) it's all their fault somehow, or b) quit whining, you big baby, I didn't hit you that hard. I saw our music teacher slap a kid and use option B.)