Teacher cuts off kid's tongue

News24 ^ | 27/02/2007 | News24

[FreedomCalls]

Here's a little help for you in the form of a news article from Italy if you are hesitating in making that homeschool decision.

[FreedomCalls]

A little more detail here:

Teacher who cut boy's tongue to be fired

MILAN, Italy, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A substitute teacher in Italy who cut the tongue of a 7-year-old student faces the loss of her job.

[Slings and Arrows]

WTF?!!!

[Moosilauke]

Geez, give them another ten years and they'll have all the boys on ritalin, just like us.

[MoochPooch]

The teacher "apologized?" That's all?

My G-d, lock her up & throw away the key.

[I Drive Too Fast]

Bad substitute teacher ping.

[motormouth]

"a lively seven-year-old"


I'm not sure, but Im thinking thats a nice way to say the kid was a brat.

MM

[kinoxi]

Start chopping in response. I'll let you know when I care...

[FreedomCalls]

After googling for some more information, it looks like the story is wildly exaggerated. The teacher only cut the boy's tongue. It wasn't cut off at all. It required five stitches but was still attached. <Emily Litella voice> Never mind. </Emily Litella voice>

[kinoxi]

That's all?

[marsh_of_mists]

Whether it was purposeful or accidental and whether the tongue was cut off or only cut, there still has to be some criminal charge here.

[Dallas59]

Mama mia!!!

[CarrotAndStick]

What on earth is wrong with Italy these days? A fortnight ago, it was a cruel, barbaric, forced abortion on an unwilling would-have-been mother, and now, this?!!

[TYVets]

Member of the NEA.

[CarrotAndStick]

The tongue is a highly complex body part. If she severed off a few branches of nerves, then that tongue is disabled for good, even if the wound heals.

[metmom]

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Words fail me. What an atrocity.

[metmom]

Fired? That's all? Shouldn't she be put in jail for the rest of her life?

Honestly, the more I hear of stuff like this, the more I understand the value of *an eye for an eye*. Raised in a culture that pracitces such would ensure that you are aware of the consquences of all your actions. No surprises and I'll bet it would teach a lot of self-control.

[metmom]

I agree with your assessment but brat or not, there are some lines an adult should not cross.

[unixfox]

If this would have been a male teacher doing it to a girl...

He would be in jail right now!

[metmom]

The teacher only cut the boy's tongue.

Like that's better? It's OK with you because she only cut the boys tongue?

The fact that she did it is the issue regardless of the level of harm she caused. It's irrelevant whether the tongue was severed or not. She could have very easily done more than she intended. She should not have touched that kid with the intent to harm. That was assault at the very least.