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Danbury [CT] student suing after being awakened by teacher
WTNH News 8 (ABC Affiliate, New Haven) ^ | Mar. 13, 2008 | AP

Posted on 03/13/2008 11:50:42 AM PDT by Koblenz

Danbury (AP) _ Danbury officials have been notified they are being sued by a student who was awakened in class by a teacher who made a loud noise.

Documents filed with the Town Clerk, a prelude to a lawsuit, claim that a sleeping student suffered hearing damage when his teacher woke him up by slamming her hand down on the boy's desk. in December.

Attorney Alan Barry says 15-year-old Vinicios Robacher suffered pain and "very severe injuries to his left eardrum" when teacher Melissa Nadeau abruptly slammed the palm of her hand on his desk on Dec. 4.

A city official says the matter has been referred to Danbury's insurance carrier.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: crazy; education; lawsuit; student
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So Connecticut is a blue state. I think that's all I want to say right now... I'm just a little stunned. Probably more than this idiot.
1 posted on 03/13/2008 11:50:43 AM PDT by Koblenz
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To: Koblenz

Well then it’s a good thing I don’t go to school, and had access to a 100 watt guitar amp + guitar.

His head would be ringing for the whole day.


2 posted on 03/13/2008 11:54:04 AM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden Friday night!!)
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15-year-old Vinicios Robacher suffered pain and "very severe injuries to his left eardrum" when teacher Melissa Nadeau abruptly slammed the palm of her hand on his desk

BS!
But, they only have to convince a jury of it. Just think back to the OJ trial, it wont be hard. 13 people to stupid to find a way out of jury duty will probably give the little twit and his lawyer millions of dollars.

3 posted on 03/13/2008 11:54:35 AM PDT by chaos_5 (Vote for change - ObamaNation 2008!)
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To: Koblenz

did a little HS teaching in the late 50’s, mostly the geometries, and always used a meter stick as a pointer and to draw lines. There was nary a nodding head or closed eye for they knew well the sound of the meter stick popping a desk top.


4 posted on 03/13/2008 11:56:09 AM PDT by elpadre
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Should have thrown cold water on him or better called the police and had them taser him. I do not believe that he had any pain and all his talk is one big lie to make money for the lawyer.
5 posted on 03/13/2008 11:58:17 AM PDT by YOUGOTIT (The Greatest Threat to our Security is the US Senate)
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To: Koblenz

my American History teacher used to take a car antenna, which he carried around as a pointer, or held as a sceptre when he sat in his big Laz-E-Boy chair at the front of the class, and bang it against the metal waste basket next to the sleeping student’s head... he truly was a fantastic teacher...


6 posted on 03/13/2008 11:59:31 AM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: chaos_5

A jury of his peers: An acceptable juror must have taken a nap in class - non-nappers would be prejudiced.


7 posted on 03/13/2008 11:59:37 AM PDT by donna (They hand off my culture & citizenship to criminals & then call me racist for objecting?)
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To: Koblenz

When I was in high school a kid fell asleep in shop class. The teacher went out in the shop and returned with a small plastic bag filled with acetylene, which he ignited about two feet from the kid’s head. The sound rattled the windows. I’m surprised the kid didn’t piss himself.


8 posted on 03/13/2008 12:01:41 PM PDT by lesser_satan
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984950/posts

Adding the state does not make it a new post.

9 posted on 03/13/2008 12:05:00 PM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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Good thing he didn't have my Algebra I teacher, crazy woman threw a book at a kid one time. I will say even though she hated me, she never threw anything at me
10 posted on 03/13/2008 12:06:55 PM PDT by sticker
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Sue the NEA looter and the government school she rode in on. Sue them good.

11 posted on 03/13/2008 12:07:43 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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Our band director, retired from the Marines, would throw his baton at someone who wasn’t paying attention. If he didn’t have his baton, a metal music stand flew just as well. You knew to pay attention and to duck quickly.


12 posted on 03/13/2008 12:14:26 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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20 or so years ago when you went home and told your folks, your Dad woulda slapped you upside the head and told you school was for learning, not sleeping. Now they drive you to a Lawyer’s office. sheesh


13 posted on 03/13/2008 12:23:12 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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Well i think if she really did hate kids in her class, like you, that ain’t a good teacher. These stories people are sharing about their teachers aren’t because the teachers hated the kids, they demanded attention and respect from their students and weren’t going to take any crap or slacking off while they were in their class.

Disciplining out of love rather than hate.


14 posted on 03/13/2008 12:25:56 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man
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To: fireforeffect

I did a search for Danbury but forgot to do it for titles, not keywords, so I didn’t see it. I’ll remember next time.


15 posted on 03/13/2008 12:29:04 PM PDT by Koblenz (The Dem Platform, condensed: 1. Tax and Spend. 2. Cut and Run. 3. Man on Man)
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The poor little frail darling

/s

16 posted on 03/13/2008 12:29:15 PM PDT by NRA1995 (Bill Clinton: HILLARY!'s other big ass)
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To: Secret Agent Man

She wasn’t a good teacher, to her the yearbook mattered more than some classes. One of the reasons she hated me was I complained we weren’t learning anything.


17 posted on 03/13/2008 12:30:20 PM PDT by sticker
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To: sticker

Yeah, she wasn’t a good teacher. It’s too bad because it really hinders your ability to get much out of the class. I didn’t really enjoy history much until well into college because my high school teachers were the most boring, unexcited teachers about history. It just was awful being there. They luckily also weren’t angry on top of it, but man it just killed any enthusiasm anyone had remaining for the subject.


18 posted on 03/13/2008 12:34:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man
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I got to take the second semester of Algebra I again, somehow I failed and the grades were turned in to late for me to do anything about it. Of course, I took Algebra II before I went to summer school A average. The summer school teacher had to “fortify” himself every morning before class.
19 posted on 03/13/2008 12:39:08 PM PDT by sticker
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Right on...I had to take a West/Civ class as a freshman-college. The text book was the size of a Bible, tiny print, and the classtime was the "prof" reading the book to us. Truly an enlightening experience...........

FMCDH(BITS)

20 posted on 03/13/2008 12:44:55 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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