Miscellaneous

Maybe some children should be left behind

This is just fucking ridiculous. Last December, in Danbury, Connecticut, 15-year-old Vincios Robacher fell asleep in one of his high school classes. Teachers aren't generally so keen on that sort of business and Melissa Nadeau is such a teacher. So when she spotted him snoozing, she walked over to his desk and slammed her palm down to wake him up. Did the trick.

But now, of course, he's filed papers with the town clerk as a prelude to suing to suing the school for the "very severe injuries" to his eardum.

I mean, come on. When I was in high school, I watched a teacher huck an eraser at a kid who was sleeping -- I'd hate to see what damage dear Vincios would claim had an eraser been careened his way. Chump.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).