Houston Teacher Beats Student And Gets Caught On Tape

When a teacher beats a student, it's not a joke – but that's what students first thought they were seeing in Houston. The teacher beating a student was caught on tape with a student’s cell phone, and it has caused outrage also as school district and police department investigations. Because she has been fired, the teacher will have to useinstallment loans for people with bad credit to pay for her defense. Either way, the “teacher beats student” question is raising blood pressures across the nation.

Teacher beating caught on tape

The so-called “teacher beating” caught on tape by a cell phone shows an incident where a teacher beats a student. In the video, the teacher beating shows a young adolescent being backed into a corner, then hit, slapped and kicked by an adult woman. The charter school in Houston where this beating took place employed Sherri Davis, the alleged aggressor, as a science teacher. When the victim started teasing a girl in the class, the teacher evidently "just snapped" and started beating him. Other students within the class admit that 13-year old Isaiah Johnson had been teasing a student, but this still can’t justify the teacher beating a student.

Charges to be filed in the teacher beating student incident

Sherri Davis was placed on administrative leave as soon as the district was informed of the teacher beating student incident. Sherri Davis has been fired now that the teacher beating video has been posted to YouTube. The teacher and student were not the only individuals within the room – there were multiple other school employees and students in the room. Teachers within the country, even in charter schools, are very overworked and underpaid, though even that is not a justification for a student being beaten by a teacher. Both the school and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department are looking to the allegations. The treatment of Isaiah Johnson may lead to Sherri Davis being charged with assault, among other possible crimes. The fine for assault, in Texas, can be as much as $ 10,000 – about 25% of the average teacher’s salary.

Resources

CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20004788-504083.html

L.A. Times

http://www.latimes.com/kiah-charter-school-student-beaten-story,0,6024071.story

UK Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7717790/US-teacher-sacked-after-being-filmed-beating-student.html