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Only in America: US teacher charged after forcibly cutting student hair whilst sing “Star Spangled Banner”

Scopa

The Tribe Has Spoken
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A US teacher is facing criminal charges after footage showed her forcibly cutting a student's hair during class while singing the national anthem.
Margaret Gieszinger, 52, has also lost her job at University Preparatory High School in Visalia, California.
Prosecutors say she has pleaded not guilty to the six charges, including child cruelty and battery, and faces up to three-and-a-half years in prison.
Ms Gieszinger was released on a $100,000 (£78,500) bail late on Friday.
In mobile phone video posted to Reddit, the science teacher is seen calling a male student to sit at the front of the class. She then cuts chunks of his hair while singing an incorrect version of the Star Spangled Banner.
A lawyer for the student told CNN his client was "absolutely terrified" before he managed to get away.
Ms Gieszinger is then seen holding the scissors above her head, saying "Next!" before threatening to cut a female student's hair.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46500375







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olimariOA

Banned
Total mental breakdown.
We had a couple cases like this in my high school.
One lady went on a tirade threatening to kill students in different ways.

To be fair, our class wasn't very nice and we probably deserved it.
 

Greedings

Member
Hahaha my wife and I have been re-watching Mr. Bean lately and this gif is from an episode we watched last week called "Mr. Bean in Room 426". Same episode as this, which I guess would be problematic these days:

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Everything before 2014 is "problematic." The heat on that stuff got turned from like 3-11 in about 365 days.
 

haxan7

Banned
my hands keep going to the keyboard to type something then they either draw back immediately or I delete it right away
 

cr0w

Old Member
Mental breakdown? I'd say drugs or booze fucked her up that morning.

I don't see how anyone can have a mental breakdown and decide yelling an anthem and cutting a kids hair is a natural response to stress.

It's almost as if logic and reason can't really be applied to someone having a total mental breakdown.
 
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SLoWMoTIoN

Unconfirmed Member
She's had a previous incident that got her in trouble before. Guess they are low on teachers.
 
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