[Rutles4Ever]

[Smedley]

And the problem is?

[Rutles4Ever]

PING

[showme_the_Glory]

Bronco pelted by Steeler. Is that news?

[Pessimist]

But he's an "ethnic studies" teacher, so I guess it's Ok then.

[LongElegantLegs]

The teacher claims he took similar action when a ninth-grade student recently showed up in class wearing a Peyton Manning Indianapolis Colts shirt. "

This kid knew what was going to happen; is it possible that, young as he is, he was looking for someone to sue?

[pissant]

Get over it your freakin dork.

[ladiesview61]

and this kid's a football fan?? He sat there and let this happen to him? If this were my kid, I'd be HUMILIATED!

[The KG9 Kid]

LOL.

My opinion:

1. Harmless fun on behalf of the teacher.
2. Vannoy is a fat boy with tender feelings who likes the Broncos. Three strikes, he's out.

[Fierce Allegiance]

The teacher is a jerk, but the kid is a puss if he ran home and told mommy.

[Bigg Red]

The kid's first mistake was taking "ethnic studies", whatever that is.

[Michael.SF.]

The teacher should be fired, suspended at the least.

[Homer1]

and this is news because?....

[AlGone2001]

" According to the Post, Vannoy claimed Kelly grabbed him by the neck of his jersey when he tried to sit in his chair and told him he would give him a zero on the exam if he didn't sit on the floor. Kelly told the 12 other students that part of their midterm was that they had to throw paper at "the stinking Denver fan" – or lose points. "

This teacher puts the "L" in LOSER.

If I was the parent of this child I'd sue that teacher to kingdom come.

[chiefqc]

GROW UP BABY

[Cagey]

Wait til the mod on duty sees this story and has a fit thinking it should be a sports story in the chat section.

[sissyjane]

The kid needs to develop a thicker skin or he's going to have a hard time getting along in life. This is much ado about nothing!! I feel for the teacher.

Get over it, and move along.

[livius]

That was way over the line. Had it been a regular class and simply a joke, it might have been okay (although still excessive, IMHO). But the kid showed up for a midterm, and this stuff doesn't belong there.

As for the kid striking back - which a number of folks here have suggested - who do you think would be off the football team, probably out of school, and possibly even looking at a felony charge? Not Teach.

[FreedomCalls]

I remember a time when class punishments for various infractions were: drawing a circle on the chalkboard, standing in front of it and putting your nose in it for the duration of the class; sitting in the corner wearing a tall cone-shaped "dunce" hat; writing "I will do/not do something" a hundred or more times on the board; standing in the corner facing the corner for the duration of the class. And so forth. We never felt we should sue because we were humiliated. The humiliation was the punishment. We took it like the little boys we were.

[End Times Sentinel]

I feel terrible for this kid.  He'll have to wait until 2009, but I'm gonna invite him and his jersey to the Bronco's at Eagles game as my personal guest.  I won't be standing too close to him, but I'm sure he'll have a nostalgic time.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[wallcrawlr]

"Throwing paper wads"

hmmm....sounds like a new form of torture, you know like panties on the head