Lol

Gabe Lippman lost an eye while fighting alligators and midgets.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9219518/detail.html

Students making fun of teachers goes back to the dawn of time. It goes with the job. I can even remember back in sixth grade one time when we went on a field trip, our teachers actually handed out they lyrics to songs that made fun of the teachers for us to sing!

What a loser.

My 9th grade French teacher was unkindly nicknamed "The Pube" for having hair that resembled an odd helmet made of pubic hair. Students scribbled this in all the textbooks, and I'm pretty sure she got a gander at that at some point. However, having good grace, she simply went about the business of teaching.

I'm willing to bet that she still teaches ... still has that same unfortunate hair ... and still has kids who think they're being original when they call her "The Pube." Heck, I bet they even call her that on their blogs.

So, unless this student is charging that the teacher is coming on to male students or something, why the fuss? Kids have been making cruel, lameass remarks about their teachers for ages. This is the first I've heard of a teacher even deigning to comment on it.

I think this guy is in the *wrong* profession.

My question is how long are we going to go on making excuses for unacceptable behavior?

Booo hoo he has finals, and he has to worry about a lawsuit. Serves him right. Perhaps he should have thought about that before he created a website calling his highschool teacher gay and making fun of him.

Call me heartless...

Troy

Sarcastic or did you miss the part where this is completely frivolous?

The real crime here is that calling someone gay is defaming.

meh

-Ghoti

One of my middle school students said to me yesterday in class.... "I'm going to get rid of her if it's the last thing I do." What do I do, report it as a threat? Do I pat him on the head and say, "You don't really mean it do you?"

What would you do? What should you do?

edited: yes he was talking about me.

Kill, of course. Just to be certain someone is doing something wrong.

*grins*

If it was me, I'd make sure the 'if its the last thing I do' statement would be enforced. With extreme prejudice!

- Newfie

You'll need 3 feet of rubber hose
Some rope
A tarp
and a Shovel

Once you have these things I will show you what to do.

do what i did, laugh in his face at his challenge, then when he leaves add it to my tally.
(i tally up the threats and nicknames i hear just for shit's and giggles)

The problem is, lately we've been seeing how some of those threats materialise in such horrid ways that it's not so funny anymore.

It's funny as long as nobody gets hurt, so it's okay to laugh.

This whole suing thing has really gotten out of control. You can be sued for anything these days. You can get sued just by looking at someone the wrong way. These frivolous suits are taking so much of the courts time, they barely have time to deal with real criminal cases. A student making fun of a teacher is nothing new. Obviously this teacher needs to find a new line of work.

Reminds me of that South Park episode on scientology.

"We're going to sue your ass and your balls!"
"You are so sued, kid!"

"I'm gonna sue you in ENGLAND!"

No wonder the justice system works as it does.

I mean, if I come up and deliberately stab you 51 times and slit your throat open, but you survive - shouldn't I be charged for murder anyways? Or at least the punishment I recieve be as harsh or almost as harsh as it would have been for murder?

In America, we have the charge of "attempted murder."

::Imagines situation::

This one is for Arizona!
This one is for Alaska!
This one is for Hawaii!
...And this one... This one is for... Puerto Rico!

*hmmmmmm 51 times
cue the wavy flashback soundfx

"This one is for my mother"
"this is for my Father"
"my lil brother"

three hours later

"my aunt's cousin's neice's father-in-law's ex wife"
"my lucky snorkel"
"my, oh to hell with it."

*pulls out gun and shoots them