My student threatened to beat me — and I’m the one in trouble

New York Post ^ | May 29, 2016 | Susan Edelman and Isabel Vincent

[EinNYC]

A veteran English teacher at Flushing HS says she was so terrified when a student charged at her and threatened to beat her with a heavy cast on his arm that she blurted out in self-defense, “If you hit me, I’ll kill you.”

[EinNYC]

I have also had students shove me, wave meter sticks and math pointers close in around my face, threaten me with bodily harm ("I gonna f__ you up!"), throw my backpack to the floor, tell me they don't have to listen to me because I'm white, disconnect the phone when I attempted to call for assistance to the classroom, lay hands on me, leave the classroom at will, attempt to block my access to the classroom door when class was over, and NOTHING of any consequence was done to them. They were free to behave in this manner with little to no consequences whatsoever, so afraid the administration is of issuing too many suspensions to minority students. They'd rather a teacher leave on a stretcher (as one colleague did last year) than discipline one of these thugs.

[Theodore R.]

It’s been this way for so long now, apparently with the full support of the American people.

[johniegrad]

Are you paying off an educational expense by working in NY?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Gee, I wonder what skin color the student/assaulter and administrators who suspended her had?

Sounds like more Eric Holder racists to me.

[Mr. Mojo]

Ever consider relocating out of that hellhole, Ein? Might be you on that stretcher next.

[ProudFossil]

And another thing. School administrations are so afraid of lawsuits they will even allow pipe bombs to be made on a high school campus. Happened in Albuquerque until the police actually raided the school and stopped it. No repercussions to the students involved.

[humblegunner]

I have also had students shove me, wave meter sticks and math pointers close in around my face, threaten me with bodily harm ("I gonna f__ you up!"), throw my backpack to the floor, tell me they don't have to listen to me because I'm white, disconnect the phone when I attempted to call for assistance to the classroom, lay hands on me, leave the classroom at will, attempt to block my access to the classroom door when class was over, and NOTHING of any consequence was done to them. They were free to behave in this manner with little to no consequences whatsoever, so afraid the administration is of issuing too many suspensions to minority students. They'd rather a teacher leave on a stretcher (as one colleague did last year) than discipline one of these thugs.

You either really need the job or are a total pussy.

[Bruce Kurtz]

I would say full support of the liberal administrators.

[metmom]

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[MileHi]

I think the “pussy” is a she.

[GOPJ]

There are teachers in my family... you’re in my prayers Ein... stay safe.

[Safetgiver]

I truly believe YOU are the pussy. You would NEVER confront real live humans with the shit you spew every day. You are ignorant, cowardly and lower than spit on a donkey’s hoof.

[humblegunner]

I truly believe YOU are the pussy. You would NEVER confront real live humans with the shit you spew every day.

I'm flattered that you have an opinion.

You are ignorant, cowardly and lower than spit on a donkey’s hoof.

And I've never heard of you so clearly you are at an advantage.

[Mouton]

Until the public begins looking these CSs up after hours and taking them out it will not get better. See in school they are a mob but individually at 4am they are nothing. I know this will never happen so nothing will change.

[miss marmelstein]

Is there anyway you can get out of this work? You’re much to smart for this. It makes blackboard jungle seem tame.

[miss marmelstein]

Too smart! Remedial English for me!

[Byron_the_Aussie]

Christina H. Sommers ‏@CHSommers 23 hours ago

Chilling tape of fanatical students heckling Harvard Law Dean. Academic Left has created a monster it can't control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBEE_nDF6O4

[sportutegrl]

At one time I would have considered your comment racist. Now I wonder how many white boys who eat their pop tart into a gun will have to be suspended in order to suspend or expel a black student who puts his teacher in the hospital.

[max americana]

why cant you just give these lil bastards a failing grade? I give all the token libtards in my company all the worst roles to make them quit on their own.

[Jim Noble]

The American people don’t SUPPORT this, they choose not to know about it, because if they DID know about it, bad things would ensue.