Teacher arrested for punching student

BCEagle91
Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:13:03 +0000

This incident ended without violence–friend is young, male, and teaches martial
arts, and was able to eventually defuse the situation



I think that knowing that you can handle the situation if it gets violent gives you more options in defusing the situation without violence. Perhaps we’re at the point where there should be cameras in the classroom or teachers should have a wireless panic button that they carry on their person.

A few weekends ago, there were a bunch of flash mob/gang incidents along the east coast with fairly large numbers of unruly teens. This was from Boston to Miami. Teen unemployment looks to be high this summer and cities have budget problems in hiring teens and providing recreational outlets for them. It could be a messy summer.