German schoolgirl faces court for drawing rabbit on blackboard

CourierMail ^ | June 17, 2010 | staff reporter

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A GERMAN teacher is suing a student for teasing her about an alleged phobia of rabbits and drawing one on her blackboard.

The teacher, named only as Marion V, fled in tears when she saw the chalk drawing at a school in the northern German town of Vechta, De Spiegel reported.

Her 16-year-old tormentor had told classmates that Marion V. was terrified of rabbits and would "flip out" is she saw one, according to court documents.

The victim, who teaches German and geography, has refused to say whether she is afraid of the animals but is suing the youngster for defamation and for "infringing her rights."

She has been off work since the incident.

"The plaintiff, a teacher, teaches the accused pupil at a high school in Vechta and claims the pupil drew rabbits on the blackboard of the classroom and told fellow pupils the teacher was afraid of rabbits and 'flips out' when she sees a rabbit," a court document said.

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"The teacher demands that the accused refrains in future from drawing rabbits on the blackboard and claiming that she, the teacher, is afraid of rabbits and flips out at the sight of them."

The defendant, named only as Kim, has already made one court appearance, accompanied by her mother.

She told the court: "I didn't draw the rabbit. I know the teacher from my previous school where she also gave lessons.

"All I did was tell another pupil that she used to run out of the classroom whenever she saw a drawing of a rabbit."

Kim's mother told reporters: "The teacher didn't talk to me before she filed the complaint.

"My daughter has had rabbit stress all year because of this."

A spokeswoman for the court said the judge will announce his verdict on July 20.

If found guilty, Kim will land a €5000 ($7400) fine if she ever draws another rabbit or repeats her claims.

[Huck]

It's a madhouse! A MAAAAAAAADHOUSE!!!!

[Daffynition]

I do that a lot! There's no explanation. ;)

[Huck]

[rickb308]

She belongs in a rubber room & a straight jacket. Her irrationality to a drawing makes her a danger to herself & others.

[Daffynition]

I blame the students.

[ArrogantBustard]

[KarlInOhio]

Let's see, we've got 1. Ralphie, 2. Monty Python, 3. Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (congrats, I didn't remember that one). I guess I'll have to dig deeper.

Youtube - Night of the Lepus clips

[omega4179]

This is why schools should be private and non union.

[ArrogantBustard]

Those kids look more like “Batboy” than they look like rabbits.

[katana]

If this farce goes to trial the defendant's parents should hire somebody to walk into the courtroom during plaintiff testimony dressed as:

Let the judge or the jury find out just what sort of nutcase would file a suit like this.

[Daffynition]

[chuck_the_tv_out]

"non union"

Exactly. It's about the children, not maximizing union dues. Unionized schools are an unacceptable conflict of interest

[ArrogantBustard]

Night of the Lepus

Funniest Horror Movie Ever.

Better even than "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes".

[COBOL2Java]

From "Watership Down":

[Lurker]

Ping.

[VRWCmember]

THAT was my first thought when I saw the story. I just couldn’t find the pic. I guess I didn’t use the right search criteria for my bing image search.

[Daffynition]

Big plans ... Hasenpfeffer - German-style

[Joe 6-pack]

Damn....that thing has Obama ears!

[Daffynition]

Rabbitzilla! [Warning: Lots of fake blood if you're squeamish in this classic video]

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