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Bulldog1911 wrote:One more thing. You don't know what the boy said to her. What if he said "I'm going to rape you". What would you expect her to do then?

Be the adult.

People like this boy will do/say anything legal to provoke a response, My son(17) is like this boy and he does this with me all the time, when I called the police after he trashed my kitchen and raised his fist to me they would do nothing because he did not strike me. Now had I hit him I would be going to jail. We all have our breaking point she met hers and lost the battle even if it was a sweet satisfying loss.

In my view the boy was posturing to invoke the reaction he got, so then he would be able to be respond "in defense" of himself. I am not saying the teacher was wrong in her actions but when she swung she lost the battle she did just what he wanted, she lowered herself from the "adult" role and fell into the parent or child role. People like this boy push and push to get YOU to respond in a violent manner so then they are the poor victim.

From what I see the boys hands never left his side. Is being a teenage butt(being nice) grounds fot getting punched? Now I don't think teachers should be defenseless but here it appears she punched in fear not because he touched her.