Teacher gets 6 months for punching student in face
`A Hickory Middle School teacher showed poor judgment – and broke the law – when he punched a student in the face during a cafeteria argument, a juvenile-court judge ruled Thursday. He handed down a sentence of six months in jail and a $2,500 fine. [..]
“Teachers, like police officers, are generally expected to put up with things the rest of us wouldn’t put up with, and keep their cool,” Judge Larry D. Willis said. “Mr. Murphy lost his cool that day.”’
