Some say that people are over-reacting to this incident, but when you take a look at this clip you realize just how out-of-hand these 3rd graders could have gotten. Apparently, 10 or so students smuggled in a knife and handcuffs into the school and even had an elaborate plan to harm their teacher.
So what caused the revenge-plot? A little timeout.
After 9 year-old Tmanni Adams was allegedly caught standing in her chair, she was sentenced to time-out. Shortly after, numerous students had a plan to get back at the teacher. Some were instructed to cover the windows, while others were to lock the teacher in hand-cuffs.
Of course, the handcuffs were just a toy and the plan never went into action, but it easily could have gotten worse had these kids not been caught. Being a resident of the US and Georgia myself, I can say that the history of disrespect between students and teachers here is definitely hurting our education system.
