Posted on 06/17/2010 6:18:38 AM PDT by Daffynition
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.
Then there was the day the cafeteria served hassenpfeffer ...
The “victim” is so delicate that I don’t want her anywhere near our children. Running away in tears at the sight of a chalk sketch? Pathetic.
The plaintiff is so cruel that her parents should be ashamed of her. If she knew the teacher was that delicate, she should have been considerate. This was as bad as the people who pick on autistic kids.
My vote: permanently ban both of them from all public schools.
I have known more than one woman who cannot look at pictures or even drawings of frogs or snakes or react with a shudder and demand to “cover up that slimy thing!” or in disgust that another could look at such a picture without some sort of a breakdown.
Wonder if the German teacher is afraid of Dustbunnies, too. Has she ever looked under her bed?
I wonder if the teacher is related to Jimmuh Cahtah.
Agreed. But first, both of them need to be paddled.
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