A student from a neighbourhood school had verbally abused his teacher. I was shocked to know that it had been brought to court. My take on it is that it must have been more than once that he had done that to his teacher, for her to resort to the law to settle the matter. Perhaps she didn't get the support and understanding from her principal and decided to take matters into her own hand, or perhaps her principal had backed her up on this. It may have been that she had wanted to teach the student a lesson the hard way, to be responsible for his actions.
I feel that this reflects a deficiency of love and patience towards her students, which a teacher should have. I'm also in the teaching line. If this was meant to be a lesson, then the method is rather harsh and has the likely potential of ruining his future. Somehow, that actually evokes compassion in me for the student. The act of spewing vulgarities doesn't justify the punishment of being blacklisted for life.
On the other hand, the student was impertinent and had caused her mental and emotional distress. It really boils down to the influences in his life. The dominant ones in a youth's life are: the media which portrays such an act as 'cool' and just a way of "cooling off", the friends he mixes with who speak in a similar manner and the lack of parental supervision towards his TV viewing habits. So is he really at fault or is he a victim of societal influences? Perhaps the teacher should think about this point
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