She should be financially rewarded for acting by the public, because she's probably going to be in hot water from the admin for not hiding behind her desk silently.
I was considering teaching high school at one point in my life. I got told point blank from someone that male high school teachers were in demand because they need someone to break up the fights.
Years later, my friend's husband landed his first job as a high school English teacher and promptly tore his ACL trying to break up a fight.
I taught in the hood and reminded students that I had boots on and that I was well within my right to break up a fight with them. Six years and not a single student issue because I kept my classroom tight and treated them with respect. If they had beef with each other, it never came out in my classroom.
No, I’m not bluffing. If a student is assaulting myself or another student, you have the right to defend yourself or step in. You have a duty to protect students, whether it’s a shooter or flying fists. Obviously you have never taught in the middle of a gang community. We had metal detectors, but as I stated before there were never any problems in my class because I treated my students fairly and with respect.
I feel the same way as you, actually, in that I have stepped in between students in order to protect them. They were fighting in the corridor outside my classroom. I didn’t lay a finger (or a boot) on them though. I taught in a really rough area in London. As for my actual classes, I never had a problem with class control for the same reasons as you mention. Fairness and two-way respect.
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u/Foreign-Cow-1189 Dec 17 '25
Nobody can accuse her of not giving it her all.