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Article: Increasing student assaults on teachers trigger calls for tougher penalties<.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services)
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- March 17, 2000
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DALLAS _ Two years ago, a San Antonio high school teacher was doing what she did nearly every day, teaching class.
This day was different however. Instead of handing out homework and preparing her kids for the coming test, this was the day that one of her kids punched her in the face and then dragged her down the hall by her hair. The student continued to hit her as she crouched on the floor in fear and in pain. Needless to say, she no longer teaches at the high school.
This is, unfortunately, not an isolated incident. In communities all across this country, teachers are assaulted in their classrooms and in hallways by students and parents alike.
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