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Is the student-beating teacher being used as scapegoat?

Without question, the shocking video footage of a Houston school teacher attacking and beating a cowering 13-year-old student shows something wrong and something that should never ever occur in the classroom. But recent revelations surrounding the events leading up to the incident, and the conditions at the school itself, seem to suggest that this teacher was pushed to the limit by a flawed school system, as well as her own lack of training to deal with the rigors of a stressful and provocative teaching environment.

On April 29^th Sheri Lynn Davis attacked a student in her class, the footage has now gone viral on the internet and shows an incident that seems to represent a complete breakdown of the system. In the video the 13-year-old student is seen backed into a corner of the room with Davis standing before him in a position indicative of an imminent attack, the boy cowers down at which point the beating begins. Read more

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