Teacher orders third-grader to unclog toilet with bare hands

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OTHELLO, Wash. – A Washington state teacher acknowledged ordering an 8-year-old student to unclog a toilet with his bare hands, and the boy’s parents say the educator deserves more than a reprimand.

Artie and Lisa Adams tell KEPR-TV that they learned of the Nov. 6 incident at Scootney Springs Elementary School in the small city of Othello when they asked their son about his day at school.

The third-grader said he reported the clog and teacher Brent Taylor told him to clear it with his bare hands.

The parents complained. The principal reprimanded Taylor and ordered the 23-year teaching veteran to review a hygiene course. Othello Superintendent George Juarez says he stands by the principal’s decision.



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[DesertFlower]

1. wtf? why not call the janitor to come with a plunger?

[noiretextatique]

2. and the teacher was..."reprimanded"

and ordered to take a hygiene course that teacher should have been fired on the spot.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. That's an experience that poor child will take to their grave

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The teacher really needs to be fired because of this unbelievable level of child abuse.

[FreakinDJ]

4. EXACTLY - poor kid will never outlive the emotional pain

[WinkyDink]

6. More than that! His entire CLASS will NEVER forget this! (How could one?)

[WinkyDink]

5. This is EXACTLY the kind of moronic teacher behavior that makes people anti-public schools.

[Turbineguy]

7. My first third grade teacher was an experienced

sadist. He did all the corporal punishment for the school. 4th and 5th graders were herded into our classroom to be beaten with a black-board compass and humiliated in front of younger children.

At some point somebody must have figured out that this guy enjoyed hurting children. One day, he was gone, replaced by a young woman who was a total sweetheart and excellent teacher.

I have to wonder if this was the first such incident with Mr. Taylor.