Substitute teacher pulls knife on student after being hit in the head with a calculator
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[quote]Being a substitute teacher is very hard; I can attest to that from my personal experience as one during the year before I started teaching full time.
The students can smell your fear/uncertainty like a pack of rabid wolves stalking a lost and wounded moose. This in turn can lead to some of them attempting to establish dominance in the classroom by acting out in much worse ways than they ever would if their "real" teacher was present.
So when 64-year old substitute teacher Stanley Covington stepped into Normandy Middle School on Wednesday, November 7 of 2012, just about anyone could sympathize with him having trouble keeping control of a classroom (especially considering the fact that this middle school requires its students to go through metal detectors before entering the building).
Unfortunately, things got out of hand very quickly, for him as well as the students.
It all started when someone was late to class. As anyone who has been a teacher knows, students never believe that they are late to class, even if they arrive to your class 10 minutes after the bell rings.
Instead of writing the kid up or making a note of it for the teacher, however, Mr. Covington began to argue with him. At this point, the class (predictably) went crazy.
During the ensuing chaos, someone used their calculator for something besides spelling "HELLO" when you turn it upside down...by throwing it and nailing Mr. Covington in the head.
At this point, the narrative takes two very different paths depending upon who you talk to.
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[u]According to Stanley Covington[/u]
After being on the receiving end of a TI-85 head shot, Covington left the room to get help from a security guard. When he returned, a knife that he carried with him had been taken out of his bag by another student and placed on his desk to intimidate him.
Why Covington had a large knife with a brass knuckle shaped handle at a middle school is still a concern (he claimed it was for another job), but at least no one got hurt or was threatened with a blade...
...unless you listen to the students' version of the events.
[u]According to the students[/u]
After being hit in the head by a calculator, Covington went into his bag, dug out the knife, and went towards the student that had thrown it at him. He held the knife inches from the 8th grader's chest and threatened to cut him.
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Whichever version of the story you believe, a large knife is something that should not be brought into a classroom, especially one that you may have to leave to obtain assistance from a security guard.
To make matters worse, the incident (which happened in the morning) was not reported to police until hours later (near the end of the school day). This means at best, a substitute teacher left an unruly classroom with an easily obtainable weapon.
At worst, a teacher that physically threatened a student with a knife (and was ticked off at the beginning of school) continued to teach the rest of the day.
Embedded below is a local news report on the matter, complete with a photograph of the knife (and a completely unnecessary slow motion close up of Mr. Stanley's surprisingly pleasant looking mugshot).
[img]http://i.imgur.com/xRL4v.jpg[/img]
Stanley Covington was charged with unlawful use of a weapon. He is currently being held on $10,000 bond in the St. Louis County Jail. [/quote]
[url=http://www.ramblingbeachcat.com/2012/11/weird-crime-dont-bring-knife-to.html]SOURCE & VIDEO REPORT[/url]
Don't bring a calculator to a knife fight, people.
I guess he miscalculated the teachers response.. :v:
The Calculator is mightier than the knife...
Huurr duurrr self defence.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;38421638]I guess he miscalculated the teachers response.. :v:[/QUOTE]
How could he have miscalculated it? It doesn't add up!
[QUOTE=Stockers678;38421647]How could he have miscalculated it? It doesn't add up![/QUOTE]
He was obviously on math at the time..
Math: Not. Even. Once.
[QUOTE=ultra_bright;38421640]Huurr duurrr self defence.[/QUOTE]
Have you ever had a TI-85 thrown at your head? Thank god I haven't, those things are the nokia's of calculators.
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;38421675]Have you ever had a TI-85 thrown at your head? Thank god I haven't, those things are the nokia's of calculators.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/TI85_graphing_calculator.jpg/353px-TI85_graphing_calculator.jpg[/img]
my school forced us to use nSpire CAS
while the hi-res display is nice... the first model had a horribad alphanumeric keyboard.
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;38421706][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/TI85_graphing_calculator.jpg/353px-TI85_graphing_calculator.jpg[/img]
my school forced us to use nSpire CAS
while the hi-res display is nice... the first model had a horribad alphanumeric keyboard.[/QUOTE]
We had to use one of those during chemistry.
You might as well try to type with your nostrils.
TI-86 forever
TI-83 Silver Edition masterrace
The teacher's version of events sound more realistic. Every substitute teacher I ever had was treated like human garbage, to the point where I felt sorry for them.
after using it for a while the nSpire CAS isn't all bad... it actually makes matricies readable.
what kind of teacher brings a knife to school
[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;38422358]what kind of teacher brings a knife to school[/QUOTE]
The smart kind.
TI-34 superiority
I feel really bad for the teacher, he looks like a friendly person and I always feel sorry for substitute teachers who have to deal with troublesome classes :smith:
The title is misleading, a bunch of kids who think they're something said that he pulled a knife on him. That isn't a very reliable source to be honest.
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;38421639]The Calculator is mightier than the knife...[/QUOTE]
no it isn't it's dull and flimsy sheesh
What kind of student is prickish enough to THROW a calculator at the teacher's face? The teacher is trying to help them, the student is trying to look cool.
He has some good nerves if he didn't lose his shit and stab the kid 500 times.
[QUOTE]Why Covington had a large knife with a brass knuckle shaped handle at a middle school is still a concern (he claimed it was for [I]another job[/I])[/QUOTE]
Hitman?
[QUOTE=Liem;38422613]Hitman?[/QUOTE]
Hey its a well paying job compared to substitute teacher, can you blame him?
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;38421706][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/TI85_graphing_calculator.jpg/353px-TI85_graphing_calculator.jpg[/img]
my school forced us to use nSpire CAS
while the hi-res display is nice... the first model had a horribad alphanumeric keyboard.[/QUOTE]
I like my TI-83+ <3
[img]http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Yawmwen/102_2417-1.jpg[/img]
So either the students took it out of the bag and left it on his desk, or he took it out of the bag, threatened a student with it and then just left it on the desk.
Huh, both stories sound pretty dumb.
Well, the student's ego has probably been damaged after this, at least he'll learn not to fuck around with people older than them.
how would he acquire a trench knife?
[QUOTE=laserguided;38422506]The title is misleading, a bunch of kids who think they're something said that he pulled a knife on him. That isn't a very reliable source to be honest.[/QUOTE]
A court believed them..
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;38422875]A court believed them..[/QUOTE]
What a stupid court.
"If your heart is five inches deep in your chest cavity and my knife blade is four inches long, how hard to I need to stab you in order to kill your ass? Show your work."
While the trench knife in school is a bad idea, it wouldn't surprise me if they took it out of his bag to fuck him up. Sometimes I wish that teachers had the right to beat up the stupid fucks that go to school because sometimes they think they're the shit and they can do whatever they want.
Also he reminds me of my history teacher, nobody listens to him and is constantly being laughed at, that's sad.
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