School Officials: Teacher Thought Pump Was Cell Phone POSTED: 4:24 pm EDT October 4, 2005 UPDATED: 4:37 pm EDT October 4, 2005 A substitute teacher in Lake County, Fla., was terminated and banned from teaching in the county after he ripped out a student's insulin pump during class apparently thinking it was a ringing cell phone, according to a Local 6 News report. Officials said a ninth-grade student at East Ridge High School, who is a Type I diabetic, was in class Monday when his insulin pump began to beep, indicating he was low on insulin. Witnesses said the class...
