Posted on 10/31/2004 3:29:06 PM PST by myvoice
Colo. Teacher Sorry for Kicking Student
Sat Oct 30, 4:49 PM ET
DURANGO, Colo. - A part-time college instructor has apologized for kicking a student because he was wearing a Republican shirt.
Fort Lewis College student Mark O'Donnell said he was showing people his College Republicans sweat shirt, which said "Work for us now ... or work for us later," when Maria Spero kicked him in the leg at an off-campus restaurant.
Spero then said "she should have kicked me harder and higher," said O'Donnell. "To physically take that out on someone because you disagree with them, that is completely wrong."
Spero, a visiting instructor of modern languages, apologized to O'Donnell in a letter dated Oct. 29.
"I acted entirely inappropriately by kicking you, giving vent to a thoughtless knee-jerk political reaction that should never have happened," she wrote. "Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."
The college also formally apologized, said David Eppich, assistant to the school's president.
O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.
The only phone number listed in Durango for the surname Spero was constantly busy Saturday.
Durango police did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
That is indeed one SORRY teacher. She should (but won't) be fired immediately.
It would make me real happy if this professor tried to kick me. :-)
She seems to imply that she could have kicked any non-Fort Collins student in the crotch without any qualms.
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More tolerance from the party of peace and diversity....
Oh Hell! That explains Everything!
It's Okay. All is forgiven.
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(Gawddamned liberal freak!)
liberals are such jerks!
Did anyone see John ONeill on CSPAN2 last night?
Every Liberal with a question(accusation) was a bitter and twisted piece of work!
So, it would be OK if he wasn't a Ft. Lewis Student?
Typical
Now, somebody bitch slap her halfway to Won't Be Back.
I wish I was the student in this case.
Male or female, I would have turned around and knocked the total dog $hit out of her.
She would think long and hard before she ever got physical with anyone again.
My attorney background rings a bell that this just could be considered ASSAULT. The bi!ch should be charged and the young man should pursue this to the end!
Absolutely right. If the student had not gone to Fort Lewis college, then it would be perfectly all right to kick him. What an incredible idiot. I have never in 40 years seen such a nasty election with attacks on GOP offices, tearing down signs, thugs running everywhere. A band in Norway is asking for donations to a hit fund to kill President Bush and the Guardian in England says they were only kidding. Some joke if one of our newspapers joked about killing Queen Elizabeth or the King of Norway. If Bush has a solid win, maybe this will teach the Left Wing in America and overseas a lesson in humility.
This is the second Lib who has admitted that her action was politically motivated (after Mr. Seltzer who nearly ran over Katherine Harris in Sarasota, FL).
These are just nutsy people whose version of reality is starting to collapse around them. My word....
She must be fired, it's the only acceptable outcome. This "instructor" used physical violence on a student because of his *political opinion*. This cannot be tolerated in the least, she must become unemployed.
Liberals become what they accuse Conservatives of being whenever Conservatives beat them.
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