Wypipo Held a Protest for White Teacher Who Slapped, Kicked and Pulled Locs of Sleeping Student

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95. "Was she just tired of dealing with an unruly student"

He had fallen asleep so how would he have been "unruly"?

Like gollygee, right out of college while looking for a permanent job, I subbed in junior high/high schools for a year (2 school terms) in what was one of the worst districts (within the school system of Philadelphia) and many of these young people were working nights to help support their families. And here in PA, some were even "emancipated minors" meaning they were supporting themselves independently and declared by the state to be that status at age 16 (and up to age 18), along with having obtained "working papers" (work permit for minors) to do so.

There are these insidious perceptions about POC children that white teachers tend to harbor because their circumstances are completely unfathomable beyond the stereotypes that they get fed. Part of this was why the school district here used to require that teachers be city residents. That requirement was eventually eliminated.