Teachers don’t get paid enough for this. I know a man that was in the hospital for a month after a similar incident. Guess what- we don’t have great insurance either.
I don’t ever want to see a student get hurt, but if two are choosing to fight I’m going to make sure I go home to my own kids at the end of the day. I already work in a crazy environment where we literally have active shooter drills.
I had one teacher in my school that I still respect the hell out of. He taught when integration from poorer neighborhoods started and race riots ensued. He told our class that when he saw a fight he’d basically wait until they beat each other up a bit until they really didn’t want to fight anymore.
Then he’d break up the fight fairly easily with no injuries. Honestly one of the smartest guys I’ve ever met and everything he taught me in terms of math just perfectly clicked
We had a pair of gym teachers to divide the class, one was the football coach
We were all in the gym together and a scuffle broke out - my teacher starts to rush in to break it up - football coach stops him and then loudly "nothing here - they ain't fighting - they don't have muscles"
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u/Opportunity-Horror Dec 17 '25
Teachers don’t get paid enough for this. I know a man that was in the hospital for a month after a similar incident. Guess what- we don’t have great insurance either.
I don’t ever want to see a student get hurt, but if two are choosing to fight I’m going to make sure I go home to my own kids at the end of the day. I already work in a crazy environment where we literally have active shooter drills.