Posted on 01/18/2014 4:37:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
A STUDENT who punched his teacher in the head during class said he's not sorry the man was sacked for putting him in a headlock.
Former Riverstone High School student Jarrad O'Hanlon told The Sunday Telegraph he felt no remorse over the 2011 incident which ended the twenty-year career of teacher Stephen Krix.
Mr Krix, then a probationary science and agriculture teacher, was fired for misconduct for breaking NSW Department of Education and Communities strict guidelines by making physical contact with a student.
Mr O'Hanlon refused to take off his headphones during a science lesson, told the Mr Krix to "f*** off" several times - before punching him when he stood close to the student and refused to move.
O'Hanlon, 18, was suspended over the incident, but claimed the teacher deserved to be sacked.
"I don't feel bad because he started it," Mr O'Hanlon said. "He provoked it."
He declined to comment any further and said: "I don't want any part of it".
Mr Krix lost an appeal against his sacking in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission earlier this month.
Stephen Krix sacked for putting student in a headlock after he was punched
The commission found Mr Krix should not have made physical contact with Mr O'Hanlon, despite Mr Krix arguing he was defending himself because Mr O'Hanlon was punching him.
Since The Sunday Telegraph revealed Mr Krix's plight last week, a Facebook page titled "Fix Our Schools - Support Stephen Krix" emerged last week and has more than 2000 'likes'.
An online petition calling the department to reinstate Mr Krix as a teacher has also received 100 signatures.
Mr Krix now works in the security industry and said he wasn't surprised at the teen's flippant attitude because "he's never been taught boundaries."
"I have no anger towards Jarrad because he's just taking advantage of the rules of the game," Mr Krix said.
Stephen Krix was sacked after an altercation with Jarrad. Stephen Krix was sacked after an altercation with Jarrad. Source: Supplied "No significant action has ever been taken against him."
"I don't see asking a student to do his work as provocation … it's me doing my job."
The other incidents of misconduct included Mr Krix blocking the path of three students as they tried to run out of his classroom.
The third happened when Mr Krix's students kicked flammable liquid at each other - leaving one with serious burns - after he left the scene of the science experiment to stop a student stealing petrol from his car.
Mr Krix said the ruling meant teachers were powerless to discipline or stop students from physically assaulting them.
The punching episode was the second incident where Mr O'Hanlon physically assaulted Mr Krix during a class, according to his 168 page school discipline record tendered to the NSWIRC.
In February 2011, Mr O'Hanlon was suspended for four days for calling Mr Krix a "f***wit" three times and pushing him in the chest "very hard".
Asked whether it was appropriate to sack Mr Krix and how he should react when a student punched him, a department spokesman said: "action will not be taken against teachers who act reasonably in their conduct while disciplining students".
"Teachers are dismissed in circumstances where their conduct towards students is extreme and could not be considered appropriate given circumstances at the time," the spokesman
And you would find yourself out of a teaching job.
WTF is this crap of giving “High School student Jarrad O’Hanlon” the tile of “Mr.”? Jarrad is a punk kid that needs his pie hole kicked in.
Yep, I would have hunted him down.
New South Wales, Australia. Kid’s white trash and is now an adult. Another adult male should roll up his sleeves and bust this kid’s nose and loosen a few of his teeth....
I don’t think so. The little old ladies in my school were the most feared people in the world. They sawing a mean ruler and cane
That is true, teachers are powerless and the students know it!
Back in the day this punk would have gotten his arm broken.
I recall an incident in my high school where the local delinquent was causing a ruckus.
The math teacher came into the hall and told him to shut it down or he would shut the student down.
The delinquent pulled a knife and went for the math teacher.
Little did he know, the math teacher was former special forces military.
The delinquent ended up on his back with a broken arm, the knife in the teachers hand, and the delinquent was dragged, literally, to the principals office and was never seen again on school property.
Ahhh, for the old days.
The article refers to “NSW” over and over... I am inclined to believe that is New South Wales... as in Australia.
I hope he sues!!
If I was on the jury he would never have to work again
What was he supposed to do, let the student put him in the hospital?
I predict that dumass kid is going to be in jail within one year
THANK YOU.
I too was bothered by the use of “Mr.” for the thug that punched out the teacher— and wondered if I were the only one.
This creep does not deserve the title and should be called by his last name or just simply Thug and his Last Name, i.e., Thug Martin for Trayvon Martin.
“A STUDENT who punched his teacher in the head during class”
DH, a survivor of a tough Catholic School where physical force was allowed said in his day the nuns would have taken care of this kid...
The very first sign that this is BS is they call the little smart ass MISTER O’Hanlon.
If Obama had a son....
I don’t believe the teacher should have put the student in a headlock.
No that was wrong.
I believe the teacher should have reached for the “board of education”, put the student over his knee and have at it.
Back in the mid-70s, some kid broke stupid on a teacher in my HS and the teacher pounded him snotless.
The kid hit first and the teacher got *nothing* from it.
Kid got expelled.
Back then, you knew the consequences of your own miraculous stupidity.
I predict a turn in the Big House for “Mr. (sic) Ohanlon” in the not too distant future.
From what I heard, the teacher got a quiet talking to, but nothing bad happened to him. The "hood" never pulled that crap again.
Yeah loads - this happened in Australia
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