South Florida teacher wields knife to shush students

[RagingInMiami]

It was a dramatic -- and wrong-headed -- way to get a class to behave, the Broward School District contends.

District officials say a science teacher at Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland was irate at two girls who were talking in the class. So the teacher, Lynn Deering, took an 11-inch knife and plunged it into one of their desks.

Students in the anatomy class notified school administrators, and Deering, a veteran teacher, was removed from class pending an investigation.

''She was trying to get their attention,'' said Joe Melita, the school district's chief investigator

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11056321.htm

[CubsFan1982]

1. Well, if they're not sexually assaulting them...

They're throwing knives around. Welcome to No Child Left Behind.

[Blue-Jay]

2. Florida?

That makes sense.

[Longgrain]

3. You should post this in GD

come on now...don't be afraid!

:hi:

[RagingInMiami]

7. I just posted it in GD

But I think they're all sleeping over there.

[Longgrain]

8. I know I'm just trying to get...

some of us Lizards to go post over there some more...

[ralps]

9. Wow Longgrain, your post in GD has about 148 responses

:toast: :yourock:

[Robeson]

4. Well, that'll certainly shush them up!

[Trillo]

5. What happens to a student who plunges a knife into a teacher's desk? nt

[Straight Shooter]

6. Take that teacher out of school and get her some counseling, pronto!

Good Lord :eyes: