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Head-tapping teacher sues over firing
Posted on March 5, 2008 4:48 PM
Even though it's been a couple of years, Mavis Tjon waited for her day in court. She got tossed from West Fargo for getting a student's attention by tapping him on the head.
The report doesn't say if she tapped him with a finger or a pipe wrench, but whatever she did ticked off the school district. They don't allow corporal punishment, like pretty much every other school in the country.
If you ever wondered why kids act like little punk-asses in need of a good beating, this is part of the reason why. Mavis isn't accused of anything more than violating school policy.
She thinks she was wrongfully fired. Blame the kinds of ridiculous zero tolerance policies that get kids expelled for bringing an Advil to school for this kind of reaction from her old employer.
If she belted the kid with a trombone or some other brass instrument, I can't really support that. Sorry.