Apparently this anger-management class turned to a pain-management class. An Indiana teacher broke the index finger of a middle school student while they were wrestling each other during an anger-management class. Teacher Scott Porter allegedly put the student, Jordan Mundy, in a headlock before telling the kid, ''Tap out or something breaks,'' indicating to the student that he must tap the teacher to show his submission, according to the report. "I tapped out, and he grabbed that finger," Mundy said. The incident started out as horseplay, but school officials told they are trying to determine "whether or not somebody got angry during that altercation." Porter resigned from his position and apologized for the incident saying, "I love those kids like they were my own," according to the report. SOURCE: http://www.cosmocentral.com/post/2008/01/Anger-Management-Class--Teacher-Breaks-Students-Finger.aspx Pic: The Teacher Pic The Victim
Well, obviously this article was written in a manner that would definitely discourage teachers from getting involved in this way. But to be honest, I've wrestled my basketball coaches. We were playing to the point where someone needed to tap as well. Granted, no one got hurt but it was certainly a possibility. I would like to hear about it from the kids point of view. Was it really horseplay or was this teacher just being a bully? I'm sure the kid got pissed off after he got his finger broke though, I would have.