Bullying within the school systems of our country has been going on forever, and unfortunately it’s not a problem that is ever going to go away as far as I’m concerned.
It’s one thing for students to bully each other. However, when a teacher puts his or her hands on a student, it becomes an entirely different matter.
Last Wednesday, An elementary school teacher was caught on video punching a student, according to Alief Independent School District police in Houston, Texas. Lisa Allison, 48, is a second grade teacher at Landis Elementary School charged with injury to a child.
According to Houston court documents, Allison told the police that she asked the kid to leave the classroom when he was being disruptive. She stated that the student started kicking lockers in the halls, so she exited the classroom and escorted him to the office.
It was at this point that the school’s surveillance cameras caught Allison punching the kid in the face.
Holding the child by the back of his neck, Allison is seen punching the kid “with a closed fist to the right side of his face,” according to the statement provided by the Harris County district attorney’s office.
According to the Alief ISD police, the kid said Allison told him, “I’m tired of you.” At that time the teacher punched him in the face, knocked him to the floor, and sat on him.
It was reported that the teacher admitted to holding the student on the ground, but says she didn’t remember hitting him.
The Harris County DA’s Office charged Lisa Allison with injury to a child following an investigation by Alief ISD Police and its district administrators.
If convicted, she faces 180 days to two years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000, according to prosecutors.
I have an 11 year old boy, and if I found out a school official put their hands on him for any reason, I would probably catch some charges myself.
I don’t care what kind of a bad day you are having, I think it’s extremely important for teachers to remember that they chose their profession, it didn’t choose them.
Kids these days have enough things to worry about, without having to be physically assaulted by those who are responsible for them during their time in school. What do you think?