Seven-year-old accuses teacher of shoving him, teacher is jailed and fired, a big lawsuit follows. But ten years later their lives once again intersect…. [Marc Fisher, Washington Post Magazine; Josh Kaplowitz; Raynard Ware; and particularly recommended, Fisher’s 2003 story (“He began his teaching stint with idealism. And ended it in jail”)]
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The student “apologizes ” but is still driving the BMW that he had purchased with some of the proceeds of the phony lawsuit? How cute!
No good deed goes unpunished. I’m glad he ditched his idealism and became a lawyer.
The 2003 story is super depressing. Apparently there were mothers who cared enough about their child’s education to come to school and berate the teacher over complete nonsense. And they didn’t want white people teaching their kids. Is there ANY hope in situations like that?