[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

"People are making moves at me like they're going to punch me, then backing off."

That student, and the student's parents, need to go to jail, immediately. Any student who physically threatens a teacher should be beaten like a dog.

[grania]

That student, and the student's parents, need to go to jail, immediately. Any student who physically threatens a teacher should be beaten like a dog.

Sadly, it's more typical that the beasts are sent back to class. I find it somewhat amusing that people from other fields come into the classroom and think it's going to be easy.

The teacher's associations should've sued many administrations starting decades ago for dereliction of duty.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Any student who physically threatens a teacher should be beaten like a dog.

I don't know about beating him/her like a dog, but severe punishment is in order. I believe the parents should be notified, the incident confirmed, and the student caned (like they do in Singapore). If this doesn't solve them problem, then the parents should be caned. If this doesn't solve the problem, send the whole family to prison and have them break rocks. After the third time of this having occured, you will almost never hear about such threats again.

[g'nad]

"People are making moves at me like they're going to punch me, then backing off."

That student, and the student's parents, need to go to jail, immediately. Any student who physically threatens a teacher should be beaten like a dog.

heh... that's what pressure points are for... work for me...