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Teacher threatens to rip student's eyeballs out



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A 34-year-old teacher, Travis Heckstall (pictured), in Clayton County, Georgia threatened to rip out a student's eye balls, urinate on him, and kill his family. Students that witnessed the incident reported that two students were "horsing around as usual" in the computer lab when the teacher made the threats. The students recorded the teacher's reaction on their cell phones. The teacher calmed down and apologized to the students. In the police report, he stated that he had to position himself in order to not lose control of the classroom.

Heckstall is the son of a Georgia state representative. He was charged and arrested for disorderly conduct.
amilli23

7 responses // Teacher threatens to rip student's eyeballs out

  • There are better ways to get a control of a classroom than making such serious threats.
    jubal
  • Though I believe he grossly mishandled the situation, this raises questions about teacher security (no, they shant pack heat...).

    I had the privilege of being in small gifted classes, but large elective classes filled with incredibly unsavory characters opened my eyes to how some classrooms have a "risk factor" to them.
    handshakeheartbreak
  • Hmmm ... I wonder where kids pick up bad attitudes and violent behaviour these days... could it be that they are influenced by people in authority?
    emmahill
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  • How can we expect students to be polite and orderly when authority figures can't even conduct a classroom in such a manner?
    Bood
  • yeah yeah yeah...teachers aren't suppose to threaten to rip out the eyeballs of their students. But! How long has he been teaching? Just how stressed out was he and why? Teachers as invincible fortresses of civility no matter how extreme the teaching conditions might be an unreasonable idea.
    24French
  • Haha! Great threat!
    I don't blame him, I've wanted to do the same to some of my fellow students sometimes.
    Dmitri_Molotov

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