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I can't imagine this happening at my high school yet this writer publicly boasts about it. As far as I am concerned this is more disgusting than the video of the teacher attacking the student. Could a teacher do this at your high school and leave the classroom let alone leave feeling accomplished?
Here's what the teacher wrote:
{...Anyway, even though I tried not to come on as a disciplinarian, I had, physically, to make my position known <span style="font-weight: bold">on two occasions: I 'boxed' two students</span> who were showing utter disrespect.
As circumstances would have it, around six to seven years later, I was walking on Half-Way Tree Road when I heard a voice coming from slightly behind me: "Sir, you remember me?" I turned around and was about to say no when I remembered. <span style="font-weight: bold">It dawned on me that this was one of the students I had boxed</span>. I replied "Yes" while thinking, rather apprehensively, "What now?". He said "Sir, I appreciate what you tried to teach us ... because I am now a teacher."
The encounter was very brief and I have often wondered which of them he meant, mathematics, or the way of life and discipline I tried to inculcate. Of course, I prefer to think that he meant the more important aspect, that is, the way of life and discipline. <span style="font-weight: bold">It was the most rewarding 10 seconds of my life.</span>}
It was printed in the Gleaner.
You can read the entire article here: Lessons from St. Georges
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