Roosevelt High School senior Jabre White was doing what so many of us were taught to do, respectfully addressing authority figures, when his teacher responded in one of the least respectful, and most dehumanizing, ways of all. In a recent interview with The Des Moines Register, White says that, when he politely told his economics… Continue reading White Teacher to Black Student – Call me “Master!”
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7th Grade Student Knocked Out By Teacher For Joke About His Favorite Team
Reginald Wells, a 12-year-old student at Willie Ray Smith Middle School in Beaumont, Texas was allegedly knocked unconscious by his assistant math teacher last Friday after making a joke about his favorite football team, reports CBS News. Wells was standing in the hallway joking with the teacher, when the encounter suddenly took a violent turn. “All… Continue reading 7th Grade Student Knocked Out By Teacher For Joke About His Favorite Team
I Never Thought I’d Want To High-Five A Teacher For Yelling At A Student, But I Was Wrong
Jane Elliot is a teacher and diversity trainer who developed the “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” exercise to teach students what it feels like to be a person of color. This video begins pretty abruptly, where one of the students who’s been singled out based on eye color is extremely frustrated. At 2:46, Elliot explains why she… Continue reading I Never Thought I’d Want To High-Five A Teacher For Yelling At A Student, But I Was Wrong
Teacher Confiscated Student’s Phone, Student Slits Teacher’s Throat
A Chinese student slit his teacher’s throat in an act of revenge after his mobile phone was confiscated. The student, named only as Lei in local news reports, had been discovered playing with his phone by his teacher Sun Wakang during a chemistry lesson at a school in in Fuzhou, eastern China’s Jiangxi province. The… Continue reading Teacher Confiscated Student’s Phone, Student Slits Teacher’s Throat
Student Sets Teacher Straight
A student overheard his teacher complaining about her job/paycheck and decided that he needed to speak on it. Was the student right or in the wrong for making a fuss? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-TUzEp9lXs]