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NJCher

(35,434 posts)
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 10:45 PM Apr 2014

'Tis the season (when failing students go berserk)

It's the season when failing students come to terms with their F and take it out on the teacher. And to be fair, not every failing student resorts to such measures.

Florida music professor sucker-punched in garage over suspected bad grade


Miami Dade College professor, Marc Magellan, reportedly suffered a broken nose, hand and other injuries after being attacked in a campus garage on April 15. The 31-year-old suspects it could have easily been ordered out by a vengeful student.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-professor-sucker-punched-garage-suspected-grade-article-1.1765277#ixzz2zfpg9j8m


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'Tis the season (when failing students go berserk) (Original Post) NJCher Apr 2014 OP
Don't forget the verbal abuse, too. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #1
The only thing keeping me going this year... AnneD May 2014 #2

knitter4democracy

(14,350 posts)
1. Don't forget the verbal abuse, too.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 09:44 PM
Apr 2014

Parents and students start in on teachers, and it's just overwhelming some days.

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