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‘Shut Up and Sit Down!’: Fed-Up Teacher Gives Rousing Speech to Stop Classroom Brawl

We’re not sure where or when this happened, but we do know that it has us captivated.

The video below shows two students (who appear to be in a high school classroom) escalate a conversation into a standoff. As they get out of their seats, they stand and face each other, just moments away from what appears to be an all-out brawl. The tension is high. And that’s when the teacher steps in with a rousing, firm, and passionate speech:

“You boys are pissing me off! Hey! Hey! … Both of y’all, listen. Quit sellin’ out of my house, Anthony. [Turning to the other student he says] Shut up and sit down, before I make change out of you and you! If you don’t take that mess over there right now — right now! It‘s not like you’re going to push through me to get to him. You ain’t! So take it over there if you can’t squash it like gentlemen and get out of his face — and get out of mine, get over there. Take it, Anthony.

“Now, if you can’t squash it, do that off campus. Y‘all don’t do that in here. Whoever made you believe you could, we could squash this right now. … Anybody else? Trust me, we could take it to the grass. Trust me. It’s been that type of Tuesday. You’re too young, your life is too short for y‘all to be sellin’ out with that kind of nonsense. This ain’t no Crips, Bloods kind of nonsense. … You can’t talk it out, then get out. “

Wow. You can watch it all unfold below:

If you have any information about the video, feel free to let us know.

(H/T: Gawker)

Comments (393)

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  • Giveitrevolution
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:23am

    Thats the way it should be. Good job teach!

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    • Miguelito
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:51am

      How is that taking God out of schools working out for you?

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    • ACLUHater
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:15am

      The father they never had

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:28am

      I’ll bet he winds up getting fire by the school for some silly reason, or harmed by some gang in the school.

      No good deed goes unpunished these days.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:29am

      And if those two kids take their argument outside of school and kill one another…what then?

       
    • Jaycen
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:32am

      Great job, teacher. The man is a hero.

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    • ccfonten
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:51am

      Great teacher! He should be awarded the medal of honor for teachers. No reason any of this has to happen in our schools.

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    • JoshuaJC
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:57am

      @smithclar3nc3
      “And if those two kids take their argument outside of school and kill one another…what then?”

      Then there is nothing he could have done, at least none of the other classmates would inadvertently get involved. A teacher’s job is to keep the classroom safe, it’s the job of the police to keep the streets safe.

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    • DEConservative
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 11:02am

      Amen TEACHER! THIS is how you teachers should be handling things.

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    • DanWesson455
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 11:19am

      Heaven above. Discipline in a classroom! A small, very small victory but who knows what influence it may have on the almost combatants or any other within the room. Good for the Teacher. Alleluia!

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    • newrepublic7
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 11:59am

      Great Job!

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 12:45pm

      I guarantee the teacher will be diciplined. The parents of the kids will complain to the school board, call in JJ, and try to make it out like the teacher did something wrong. And the school will give in to the extortion. It happens every time any teacher stands up and puts students in their place that are out of hand.

       
    • T-BagginLiberalsinDamouth
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 1:09pm

      He even did it without saying bad words… impressive.

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    • greenherring
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 1:53pm

      smithclar3nc3
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:29am

      “And if those two kids take their argument outside of school and kill one another…what then?

      Then the problem is solved!
      I know……The guy must be a racist for yelling at black kids, right?

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    • greenherring
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 1:57pm

      We need more Teachers/Educators like this man.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 2:01pm

      I went to a private christian school until 5th grade. a student would not even imagine getting up during class, and walking around like he owned the place. You did not speak without permission.

      The mouth kid with the light colored shirt should have had his tail beat with a paddle. These kids think they own the school.

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    • briten821
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 2:06pm

      SMITHCLAR3NC3- YOU’RE RIGHT! We should just let them kill each other IN school so they don’t have to kill each other OUT of school!

      Stop believing you can sweet talk problems away and this society will be all love and acceptance. Time to take the school back for those who are there to learn. I’d love to save these fatherless gang bangers. But we‘ve been selling out the good kids for the sake of the hoodlums for decades and it doesn’t work! Let’s go back to asserting a bit of authority in the classroom and stop worrying about those who will walk out and get killed a drive-by. That’s the way to do the most good, because you can;t save those who don’t want to be saved!

      How many of your parents died from a spanking? How many of our kids have thrown their lives away because they were never disciplined? Nuff said.

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    • MASTER YODA
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 2:31pm

      Black teen kills teacher after school. Film at 11:00

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 2:36pm

      I opted not to watch the video because the transcript says all I need to know. He really has to talk to them on their level unfortunately but he should not have to. I can’t remember any of my teachers dropping down like this and actually makes threats on us. They called us to the front of the class, asked us to bend over and grab our ankles and wailed away with a yard stick or a wooden paddle made for the purpose. Some parents complained that doing this in front of the class was embarrassing, so they compromised and took the student out of class and into the hallway to administer the rights of passage. Then they compromised again saying maybe only the VP of the school should administer the punishment to make it even handed and fair as some teachers were either too soft on their swings and others to hard. Depending on what teacher you had determined the severity, so this was deemed not fair play either. So the schools said the heck with it, you discipline them at home like your supposed to do. Then the State said you can’t spank your kids. Now this should bring us full circle to this teacher.

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    • PEZ
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 2:40pm

      If these kids had to write the ten commandments 100 times each this teacher wouldn’t have had to deal with this.

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    • dpmeek71
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 3:31pm

      Love that guy! Finally adults acting like adults. The sad part is one of the parents will complain and the school will cut him loose.

       
    • UPSETVET
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 4:04pm

      Now this is a TEACHER that knows how to control his class. It reminds me of my High School days some 50 years ago. teachers didn’t take any bull s_ _ t, male or female, they stood their ground and demanded respect. Teachers shouldn’t leave any doubt about WHO is in charge in the classroom.

      Good for you teacher, you‘re what it’s about today, get envolved, the “buck stops here” kinda way. We need more teachers today in America like you. If it had been my son envolved in the incident I would hope that you would have handled him just like you did.

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    • junkmaninohio
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 4:19pm

      It’s the culture of the this community.

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    • WeDontNeedNoSteeenkinBadges
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 5:19pm

      I smell too much ******* in America. Black America, clean up yo self.

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    • nelbert
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 6:58pm

      That’s the way it used to be. Now days, I wouldn’t be shocked if he got fired.

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    • ZZBlueComet
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 8:11pm

      Bravo, we need more teachers like this, he’s there to help the kids who want to learn – good job sir!

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    • Theophilos
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 8:52pm

      Damn right–only problem is that at least in my district (West Coast of Florida) they’d probably call the guy in to administration an give him all kinds of trouble because he said “We could take this out on the grass right now…” They’re so screwed up! They’d persecute him because “an adult shouldn‘t let ’the child’ feel he was beind physically threatened” i.e., “going on the grass.” I know–I teach high school English and it happened to me in a similar situation. In my opinion, this kind of LEADERSHIP is what is needed in our sissified school system!

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    • Huguenot Descendant
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:48pm

      Awesome job indeed, you don’t see teachers like this anymore.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 12:17am

      Discipline should begin at home and continued in the class room at school…GET THE LAWYERS and LITIGATION OUT OF SCHOOL…The kids will be better with the BOARD OF EDUCATION

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    • alizabelle
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 1:52am

      Yes, Way to Go Teacher….. Teach….

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    • bobbiejean
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 4:56am

      I agree with the posters who said this is the way the teacher should act when things like this occur in
      the classroom. Also agree with those who say someone will object to the way he acted and he may
      find himself out of a job. PC run amok.

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    • louischekov
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 7:22am

      OMG! This teacher has probably ruined these two students’ self-esteem. What will they ever do now with the rest of their lives. Liberals will ask for reparations.

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 7:37am

      Good job, but I hope that your insurance is paid up. Thugs like this kid should be thrown out of school. He’s not going there to get an education in the first place, and he keeps those who are there for an education from getting one. Throw him and those like him out. Why do we put up with losers like this? Oh yeah, … the more students the school has on the rolls … the more taxpayers money the school is given. That’s also why so many kids are designated as need some level of “Special” Educatioin. There’s even more money poured into the school because of that designation. It’s all about your money … it is not about the kids or education. If it were, teachers would actually have to able to teach.

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    • Goodforall
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 7:38am

      Awesome teach! Way to go to control your classroom-I applaud you Sir!

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    • swright712
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 8:33am

      To the person that said “What if the two do take it out side and kill themselves?” I repeat some words from Josey Wales. Buzzards got to eat too, same as the worms.

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 8:46am

      That was like a breath of fresh air! Takes me back to a time when the TEACHER actually controlled the classroom, and if you didn’t listen(this is back when I was in school in the 60′s)you got A. chewed out and embarrassed in front of your friends and B. sent to the principle’s office, and that was no fun either(trust me, I know!)! We need more teachers of this man’s (or woman’s) ability in our schools, especially with the attitudes running through the schools nowadays. Good job, sir!!!

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    • karencole
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 8:50am

      Love it! He was a little confusing though…“sit down” “come back here”….but, these kids have probably nevr been talked to like this. He will either become adored by the students, or be beaten in the parking lot. I hope to God it’s not the latter.

      Way to go teach!

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    • N37BU6
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 9:23am

      @MIGUELITO:

      Yeah, because nobody ever fought over religion…

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    • Guardog44
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 12:56pm

      That is a true teacher of the year you rock. Let them take it out side. We need order in our class rooms.

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    • Spiritglogal
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 2:07pm

      And I’ll bet you the teacher gets fired or reprimanded/suspended for doing so – unless it’s in the south – maybe.

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    • Annette
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 2:32pm

      way to go teach!

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    • ThoughtfulConservative
      Posted on October 2, 2011 at 2:49am

      This man is my friggin’ hero…No Cussing…No “go to the office”…relatively calm and cool…This man is just awesome. Go Teach!

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    • cindyl541
      Posted on October 2, 2011 at 3:44am

      Too bad their parents will rush in and “save the day” by trying to have that big, mean teacher fired. God forbid the parents should actually side with the teacher to show the kid that authority must rule in the classroom. Sure, some teachers are jerks but this one is right on! Parents need to stop coddling their kids. Teachers hands are tied and this one may just get fired for saying shut up. Students will say, “You can’t say that to me!” I dream of saying, “Oh hell yes I can you little punk!” Of course I never would.

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    • elementalist
      Posted on October 2, 2011 at 3:43pm

      Yep!

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    • jnfomo
      Posted on October 3, 2011 at 5:04pm

      @smithclar3nc3
      “and if those two kids take their argument outside of school and kill one another…what then?”

      And how is that the teacher’s responsibility? I think you had better dump that one into the parent’s lap.

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    • Bucknutpete
      Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:25pm

      Good job Mr. Teacher! You are the Man. Good teaching lesson sir.

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    • arckangjell
      Posted on October 4, 2011 at 9:37am

      good teacher and the one that started that incident should be kicked out of the school system & put in reform school . But we all know that’s not going to happen.

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  • Belle1959
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:22am

    Nominate this guy for Teacher of the Year!

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  • christos
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:17am

    …May +GOD+ Bless this teacher the kids will thank him someday,remember Sidney Poitier,To Sir With Love, AMEN.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:29am

      Big Deal

      He is a black teacher. If a white teacher ever did this his career would be over. Those disruptive students have college seats with their name on them and do not have to do anything or lean anything to claim them. No one can see any of Obama’s college transcripts because there are not Obama transcripts. He went to Harvard but never completed any courses. No one person at Harvard can ever remember him in any class. The Black is beginning to turn into some kind of exotic form of American Royalty.

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    • Vickie Dhaene
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:26am

      I guess wwe are showing are ages. One of my all time favorite movies. Bravo to this Teacher. Life IS so very short and Love is all that matters.

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    • brothatothenight
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 1:51pm

      @teamarcheson That is a bunch of BS! Hill Harper was Barrack Obama’s class mate at Harvard cut the BS! Are you jealouse that your Harvard App was not accepted?

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    • christos
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 3:27pm

      @TEAMARCHESON–Wrong I never watched the video I only read the transcript I have know idea what color the teacher was,as for my reference of Sidney Poitier it was his T.V.character as a teacher that came to mind,,,Sorry no hard feelings,also a lot of younger people like old shows O.K.

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    • chips1
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:49pm

      Maybe the movie “Blackboard Jungle” with Glen Ford would make more sense to him.

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    • cindyl541
      Posted on October 2, 2011 at 3:55am

      To TEAMARCHESON…You shut up you racist ass! I’m so sick of you haters calling yourselves tea party members! You aren‘t crap and you don’t deserve to vote. I‘m an old white lady and you’re the kind of person people need to put in their place. If there’s one thing African Americans need today, it’s an education. You obviously missed out too but you can change if you try. Many black people are already as such a disadvantage and I encourage you black single mothers to use a firm hand with your kids. I don’t mean to sound so harsh but dude, you are so wrong.

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  • Stryker
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:17am

    Yep, he did threaten “violence” against those poor innocent children. I‘m sure he’ll be made out to be the bad guy in that situation.

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  • Echelon
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:15am

    I can’t tell you I much I dream of the day when teachers have the backbone to standup, and control kids since so many parents are not doing it. This teacher deserves a medal and should be teacher of the year. GOD BLESS HIM.

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    • tradexpertbuysell
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:31am

      I was a substitute teacher in a similar situation where I used the word “smart ass”. It was reported and they never called me again to sub.

      This instructor used the word “Piss me off..”. I’m all for it and would have done the same thing again even if it meant (and it did!) my career as a retired teacher.

      I therefore declare war on political correctness. My wife who is a more successful teacher in the sense of being a survivor thinks I am wrong while I maintain sometimes direct strong language such as the above is a very logical form of something we used to call fifty hears ago “communication”!

      What say you?

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    • Ethereal
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:52am

      @radexpertbuysell
      I agree. I had a science teacher by the name of Mr. McGuiness when I was in school that took a very direct, strong, and no nonsense approach. He wasnt afraid to get in your face when you deserved it and needed it. He was the most respected, liked, and “feared” teacher in that school and he was also the best teacher in that school who actually taught and didnt use the class as a political soap box like so many of them today. But that was back in the 70s. The more things change the more some things should have stayed the same.

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 12:53pm

      It has more to do with lawsuits than it does with backbone. In almost all of these cases the enabling parents will file a lawsuits against the school district and the teacher claiming that the teacher and by proxy the school were guilty of some abuse. If it involves a black student then JJ and his three ringed circus is almost guaranteed to make an appearance. The school boards usually simply give in to the pressure and agree to dicipline the teacher. The only losers in these situations are always the teachers.

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    • Doug - AF6YC
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 3:53pm

      TRADEXPERTBUYSELL — I agree. Political correctness has totally run amok and, as a result, is rapidly tearing down our country.

      I recall when I was in the 2nd grade reports/rumors that the principal had a fraternity type paddle hidden away somewhere in the old, three story brick school that I was attending that year. I never actually saw the aforementioned paddle, nor did I hear of its actually being used on anyone. It was said that if the boy (girls never got into the kind of trouble that would warrant a paddling) upon whom the paddle was scheduled to be used could find it before the principal, he would escape the paddling. I never quite figured out how that was supposed to work, as the principal had hidden the paddle in the first place, but hey, it was second grade.

      Later, in a 7th grade civics class, the teacher actually did pick a fellow up by his belt and collar and throw him out in the hall when he got totally out of hand. (This was the same teacher, a rather short, skinny fellow, who would demonstrate 1-armed pushups during breaks.) I think he did get talked to about this action; as in, “don’t ever do that again;” but definitely didn’t get fired.

      Do we, perhaps, need to get back to the philosophy that a good whack on the butt may actually be relatively effective in taming the “savage beasts?” Whatever we‘re doing now sure doesn’t seem to be working.

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  • Meyvn
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:14am

    Good job Teach! Show‘em who’s boss.

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  • Mike Benton
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:14am

    When I was teaching in an inter city technical school I shut things down immediately then I
    pointed out to the students that I had allies in that room…the students who wanted to learn, and if the nonsense didn’t stop I was going to turn my secret team loose on the trouble makers. It worked!

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  • NCTRUTH
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:11am

    Good job teach. But the little kid in the white was about to bite off more than he could chew.

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    • Stryker
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:21am

      Yes! And I have a feeling the little dude knew the teach would intervene.

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    • RavenGlenn
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 10:18am

      I don’t know about that. When I was in school, I remember a fight between a little guy and a guy at least twice his size. The little guy took the big guy out like he was nothing. You can’t always count the smaller folks out.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:09am

    I am laughing, heard these “converstions” before. My daughter is a title one tutor in Ohio. She can throw it back at these kids in a heartbeat. Funny part-she’s white, but speaks their language when she has to. Funnier part, almost without exception, her humor and love of teaching these kids, has made her very popular with them. Sometimes when we are out an older kid will come up to her to tell her now they are in college, or some other school, and I’ll put money this teacher is loved and respected, and will have a positive influence in a lot of kids lives. Kudos to the teachers in the trenches every day, God bless and keep them.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:08am

    As a REAL TEACHER, I LOVED IT!!!! Been there. Done that (maybe not in the same language). Once, I placed my thumb and finger on a real big kid’s voice box who was threatening me and in my face and all over my space and said to him, “_____, turn around and go sit down right now!” And, he did which was a GOD thing in my book. There just are days when you get enough. And, the students need to know that up front and real time.

    I think we AMERICANS need to do the same thing. We are fed up. We are standing up. You two-bit punks causing trouble in our country better back it up and take it down a notch real quick here. Right now.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 3:24pm

      Yo grandma:
      Workin with teenagers now. Can’t touch em. Notice how this teacher does not touch them. One reason they do what they want. No power… it has been takin away.

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    • MHP
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 6:19pm

      Right on for this teacher.

      I’m gonna show this article to a high school teacher friend of mine.
      Although I don’t think tim has had these type of problems in his class.
      Cody WY, is quite peaceful

      BTW Glenn Beck knows of our town, his sister lives here, and his nephew was taught by my old junior high teacher. Glenn, come see us.
      I can get you into Yellowstone Park for free. as I have a free lifetime pass.

      Granny, this song is for you
      Take your shoes off Moses. I’m gonna do this one in church

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYNnmrZC-Tk

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  • CanDan
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:07am

    That liitle guy looked like he was tryin to bully that big guy.

    See how fast he moved when that big guy stood up.

    Good job by the teacher, brave of him.

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  • JLGunner
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:07am

    Handled very well I must say. I would still call the parents and demand a conference. I would at least take up an hour of the parents time while we “discuss” my expectation as far as classroom behavior is concerned.

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    • Duck and cover
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 12:19pm

      What parents would those be, not to be racist, it’s bad most everywhere. Nobody “parents” anymore. I see the same 2 year old wandering the street of my small town, at the least she cpuld end up roadkill at dusk. I think she spends more time on my property (along with their two pit bulls) than they do at home.

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    • walkandtalk
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 2:05pm

      DuckandCover

      Report this. This toddler is not safe. The dogs cannot keep this little one from falling, putting something dangerous in his or her mouth or being bitten if a dog fight erupts with a different dog. Who knows what the adult who is supposed to be watching this child is doing. Is this little one eating? Doing nothing but observing does nothing to protect this little one. Take action. No one seems to care or something would have already been done. Make a phone call and stop this abuse.

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  • mankind7375
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:06am

    Nice

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  • Mark in SC
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:06am

    Good for that teacher! The one thing that is interesting here is that the scenario was recorded on someone’s phone cam. It’s like they were prepared for the kids to escalate.

    Just wonderin’

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  • HairRazor
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:06am

    Good job, sir.

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  • ddritter
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:06am

    He’ll be fired by Monday.

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  • marthaclanton
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:05am

    Well Done! I just hopes he receives acclaim instead of blame.

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  • drago
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:04am

    Funny, if you listen carefully, you can hear “sweet dreams are made of this” by the Eurythmics in the background, wtf is up with that? What, no rap?…….

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  • tbeachhead
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:03am

    Good thing he didn’t say, “God bless you…”

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  • Fantastic Four
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:02am

    another GREAT teacher on his way to get fired for teaching right and wrong. I love the liberal rules teach CRAP and get a job with O’bama, teach morals and respect your on the chopping block.

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    • GodblessGlennBeck
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:53am

      Sadly, you are probably right. As a former teacher, it wasn’t the kids (although they will push you as far as they think they can) who made me decide to stop teaching, it was the OTHER TEACHERS who almost uniformly treated the kids badly (and these were kindergarteners and first graders) with degrading speech, as opposed to solid guidance with direct language like this brave man did. They know you care about them, if not in the immediate instance, then years later. I have had children come up to me and hug me where I had even just filled in as a SUBSTITUTE teacher, because they could tell I genuinely enjoyed teaching and watching them grasp new concepts and treated them with the respect all people deserve until you prove to me otherwise. If you lose my respect through behavior, I’ll tell you about it, and why. I believe in teaching children HOW to THINK and choose the best OPTION for behavior, not just to tow the line like drones. I had a principal tell me they just need to say “how high?“ when I say ”jump.” I won’t be standing by them all of their lives, but I sure can teach them actions and consequences and I believe that’s way more important.

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  • Kara_ite
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:02am

    These guys needed to be thrown out of school forever. That will stop all the nonsense, get the trouble makers out!

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:11am

      Nope. Then, they’d be in the streets where the nbp trash would lure them in.

      They still have a chance so long as there are teachers like this man in the classroom.

      You go, SIR. I am some proud of you and moved by your stand.

      GOD BLESS YOU, Sir.

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    • Wes inTexas
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 8:27pm

      Teachers who DO NOT act this way should be thrown out of school!!!!

      Viedos like this give me hope that all is not lost…

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  • I_Hate_Libs
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 8:59am

    I like it solid teacher I think.

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    • Bloody Sam
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:05am

      Well…I know one thing for sure.
      This wasn’t an English 101 class.
      At least, I think not.

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  • PNATTMBTCurtain
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 8:56am

    Good for him. He can teach my kids any day! Sad part is he’ll probably get reprimanded for not showing respect to the kids.

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:03am

      Love it!!! Too bad there aren’t more teachers like this in all the schools.

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  • Mhockey1505
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 8:55am

    I saw this earlier from some of my teacher friends.

    Hope the guy doesn’t teach English, but good work

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  • capecodsully
    Posted on September 30, 2011 at 8:54am

    I hope the teacher didn‘t hurt anyone’s feelings. This teacher might need “sensitivity” training. A course in English couldn’t hurt.

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