[Sonny M]

I don't know how you worked things in your family, but my kids were told to be respectful of school authorities no matter how much they (or we) may have disagreed with them. It's part of the disciplinary process that leads to good citizenship and the ability to function successfully in the world. Kids who aren't imbued with the quality of respect generally turn into foul-mouthed, pie-throwing leftists.

If I was talking to my mother on my own time, and not disturbing anyone, and a teacher pulled the phone out of my hand, that would be the last time she used that hand.

If I have to worry that everytime I talk to my mother may be the last time I ever talk to her, no teacher is going to stop me, and if they did, I wouldn't be foul mouthed or throwing pies, I'd be using a baseball bat and bashing their skull in.

The kid should have beaten his teacher senseless for her conduct.