A math teacher in Mezhdurechensk has been suspended after a fight with a sixth-grader.
In Mezhdurechensk, Kuzbass, a mathematics teacher at School No. 26 was suspended after a conflict with a sixth-grader that escalated into a fight. The incident occurred in late April and was captured on video. A criminal case has already been opened.
How the conflict began
According to schoolchildren, there is a conflict between a teacher and a student has begun After a teenager insulted a teacher, the teacher stopped allowing him to attend classes. On the day of the incident, the sixth-grader showed up for class, but the teacher pushed him out of the room. A fight ensued between them.
Other students recorded the fight and posted it on local social media. The prosecutor's office and investigative authorities became interested in the video, leading to a criminal investigation.
This was not the first incident.
Later in local communities appeared A video from two years ago shows the same teacher throwing away a student's belongings and roughly leading him out of the classroom.
According to the Kuzbass Ministry of Education, the teacher had previously received a complaint from the mother of another student, but the conflict was resolved. The mathematician has 11 years of teaching experience, and, according to local media, he has no previous history of conflicts with students.
For what period of time is the teacher suspended Officials from the Kuzbass Ministry of Education did not specify the details of their work.
Most commentators sided with the teacher.
Reactions on the web divided — and, according to local journalists, unexpectedly. Commentators who consider the use of non-pedagogical methods unacceptable are in the minority. The majority supported the teachers, and some demanded punish parents and expel the student.
Video: "Kuzbass Incident"
