Who knows? Kids can be unruly. But, this teacher admitted to losing his temper.
Fox News reports m a teacher who hit a 10-year-old boy in the face with a book during class at a Grand Junction elementary school has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports 66-year-old Harold Easton entered his plea Friday and will be sentenced Feb. 14. Prosecutors dismissed more serious charges of child abuse and third-degree assault.
Easton says he lost his temper with a group of disruptive students while he was substitute teaching Oct. 4 at Chatfield Elementary, and he smacked the fourth-grader with a teacher's instructional book.More here