Bored of Education

Parents of students at a Williamsburg, Brooklyn school are up in arms over this teacher.

Her name is Stefanie O'Donnell and she's been teaching for twenty years. She has a documented history of grabbing and shoving students. She's also been accused of making a derogatory comment to a pupil about the child not being able to speak English. What has the Board of Ed done? Put disciplinary letters in her file.

This isn't enough for the parents in this ethnically diverse neighborhood. They want her fired.

Back when I was in school, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, teachers routinely beat the crap out of students. There were 45 kids in a classroom and no such thing as ADD. If you were 'slow,' chances were good you'd be humiliated in front of your peers. Tell the teacher you had to go to the bathroom and you'd be ignored, only to end up sitting in a puddle of urine.

Ah, those were the days! What the hell are these people complaining about?