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Time magazine reports Dr. Frank Rybicki was teaching his law class at Valdosta State University in southern Georgia when one of the students decided it would be more fun to cruise the Web. Rybicki allegedly responded by slamming her laptop shut -- right on her fingers.
According to Time, the student went to the police and filed charges. University police promptly arrested Rybicki, who, once free on bail, found himself out of a job pending an investigation.
A Valdosta State spokeswoman tells Time professors have policies and procedures to follow as part of their employment, but did not specify penalties.
Some students have supported Rybicki on Facebook, Time reports, calling him "one of the best" and commenting, "It's a disgrace that we'll lose a great teacher."
Hopefully, none of these comments were posted during class.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
5-08-2011 @ 12:35PM
dean said...That girl is just the kind of whiney brat that America's lazy parents are raising now and unleashing on the world.
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6-08-2011 @ 2:13PM
Craig R said...So, by your reasoning then, the mother who killed her kids because she was tired of their "mouthing off" was justified?
Or is it only whyen yuou get annoyed at someone that you are justified in smaking them around?
If the student was being disruptive in class there *are* other remedies available. And if she was not bothering to pay attention she could either have been told to leave the class or simply would fail the course when she couldn't pass the tests on the material she decided to blow off/
5-08-2011 @ 1:29PM
gkmdb2 said...I would agree with Dean. I'm sure she deserved it. Young people have no respect for anything anymore. I would have done the same thing.
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5-18-2011 @ 6:48PM
M.A.Korman said...Great teachers do not physically hurt their students,good for the girl for going to the police. The teacher deserves to lose his job.
She should not have been using her laptop in class but the teacher could have simply told her to close it instead of slamming it down on her fingers.
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5-28-2011 @ 12:08PM
Kathy said...You are right. A good teacher does not hurt the pupil. He could have taken the laptop to the front of the room until class was over and given her a warning that if it happened again the laptop would be confiscated until the end of the school year.
That is what would and should happen in our school district in Illinois.
8-17-2011 @ 8:53AM
Laura Rogers said...He was just found not guilty!! Team Rybicki wins!!
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