A Florida teacher is facing a child abuse charge after she told a middle school student to slap another student in her class who would not stop talking.
Judith Clark, 64, a teacher at Lee Middle School in Manatee County, told a student to stop talking during a May 13 class, according toWTVT-TV.
The student did not do as ordered. Clark then asked the students if any of them wanted to slap him.
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The scenario repeated itself as the student began talking and the teacher asked for a volunteer to slap him.
This time, after getting no response, the teacher ordered the students to close the blinds on the classroom window.
Another student was then ordered to slap the talkative student.
The student did as he was told and gently hit the student with his open hand.
The 12-year-old told deputies he was afraid to disobey the teacher, according to theManatee County Sheriff’s Office.
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