It’s no secret that high school students are a pain in the rear. Trust me this is why I am not a teacher. I would end up doing something like this.
Mary Hastings, a teacher at Ozen High School in Texas, was arrested Friday on one charge of assault after the above video of her hitting a student went viral, 12 News reports.
The video doesn’t show what led up to the attack but witnesses claim the student asked about his grade. Although in the video you hear her say “because you’re stopping him from graduating, you idiot a–.” The statement was quickly followed by her mocking the student upon him asking why he was hit.
Student Atrya Deroune told 12 News she was shocked to see Hastings hit her friend in the middle of class.
“She was a cool teacher,” Deroune said. “She wasn’t always bad, but like when [she] was ready to teach us, for us to learn, she got serious. She was always a laid-back teacher and cool with the kids.”
What would you do in this situation? Should the teacher have acted in a different manner?