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Official: Teacher Not At Fault For Student's Beating Videotaped Beating Took Place In Math Class
ktvu.com ^ | 12/31/04

Posted on 12/31/2004 12:34:21 PM PST by Ellesu

Official: Teacher Not At Fault For Student's Beating Videotaped Beating Took Place In Math Class

EATON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- The superintendent of a school district in Ohio where a student beating another student was caught on tape said the teacher is not at fault.

Jim Rykaceski said the teacher was at the front of the classroom working with other students when the beating happened.

The video shows a 14-year-old student being beaten by a 15-year-old, police said. Another teen videotaped the entire incident. The 14-year-old was not seriously injured, but the two other boys were suspended from school.

The teens face assault charges and possible expulsion from school.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: teacher; videotapedbeating
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How big is that classroom? How many minutes long was the video?
1 posted on 12/31/2004 12:34:22 PM PST by Ellesu
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To: Ellesu

No, the teacher is not at fault. George W. Bush is!!!


2 posted on 12/31/2004 12:35:37 PM PST by MisterRepublican ("I must go. I must be elusive.")
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To: Ellesu

Some teacher huh?


3 posted on 12/31/2004 12:35:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: Ellesu

I used to teach and I can assure you I knew what was going on in the classroom at all times. This is simply not credible.


4 posted on 12/31/2004 12:36:28 PM PST by Bahbah
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To: MisterRepublican

Actually this was caused by global warming who in turn is being caused by big corporations that incidentally support Bush.


5 posted on 12/31/2004 12:36:48 PM PST by Kurt_D
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To: MisterRepublican

That classroom must not have had a pink triangle sticker on the door.


6 posted on 12/31/2004 12:37:04 PM PST by Ellesu
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To: Ellesu

When I was in school my teachers could hear you chewing gum with your mouth closed and this broad couldn't hear a fight going on?


7 posted on 12/31/2004 12:37:23 PM PST by ShadowDancer
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To: Ellesu

The teacher should be charged as a co-conspirator.


8 posted on 12/31/2004 12:38:03 PM PST by thoughtomator (Nobody expects the secular inquisition!)
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To: ShadowDancer

Teacher is a male. Maybe that explains it. LOL.


9 posted on 12/31/2004 12:38:18 PM PST by Ellesu
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To: Ellesu

Where does it say that?


10 posted on 12/31/2004 12:39:32 PM PST by ShadowDancer
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To: Ellesu
The teacher was probably deep into a conversation about the proper use of condoms. Or didn't want to hurt the attackers' self-esteem. Or didn't want to physically touch the one throwing the punches for fear of a reprimand.

Had the kid who got beaten shouted out "For God's sake knock it off!" he would have been expelled for "forcing his religion on the other students" and I bet the teacher woulda heard THAT.

11 posted on 12/31/2004 12:39:40 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Mobius Consistency Strip: I was for George W. Bush before I was for him.)
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What the F-? What class was this math for the hearing impaired?

The victim was quoted as saying "Oh, God, NO! Oh, God STOP!" so the teacher didn't want to get involved in their religious interaction fearing a chrch/state separation lawsuit I suppose.

12 posted on 12/31/2004 12:39:53 PM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT - B.F)
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13 seconds late with the "God talk" huh? I suppose great minds and all that.


13 posted on 12/31/2004 12:42:54 PM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT - B.F)
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To: ShadowDancer

Sorry. I read it wrong and thought Jim was the teacher, so I don't know the gender.


14 posted on 12/31/2004 12:45:02 PM PST by Ellesu
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To: Ellesu

Not a problem, I read it three times after that afraid I was losing my mind because I couldn't find it. Hahahaha


15 posted on 12/31/2004 12:46:23 PM PST by ShadowDancer
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To: Ellesu

Public school bump!


16 posted on 12/31/2004 12:46:45 PM PST by pabianice
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To: ShadowDancer

more info

http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13642774&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6


17 posted on 12/31/2004 12:47:49 PM PST by Ellesu
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To: Ellesu

it's Bush's fault-even if the teacher watched it happen.
We here in MN had our own little kid getting beat down
video- there was no school official "outrage" until
the parents raised hell and then only because the parents
were on the TV news with video proof.

Mpls. schools superintendent "appalled" by bullying in report
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S4023.html?cat=1
from the article:
Peebles responded, "I feel strongly about it and I'll take action."

Well, that superintendent is still employed...


18 posted on 12/31/2004 12:47:58 PM PST by Rakkasan1 (Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
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To: Ellesu

Your instincts were right.


19 posted on 12/31/2004 12:50:54 PM PST by ShadowDancer
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To: ShadowDancer

The video also has two other incidents, one of another assault and the other of a boy exposing his buttocks, according to the report. Those incidents are also being investigated.


Why is a student bringing a video camera to school?


The headline said crowded school, is it so crowded and disruptive that the teacher could not hear the student yelling for the kid to stop hitting him, no one notices a kid video taping a naked butt?


20 posted on 12/31/2004 12:55:43 PM PST by Ellesu
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