Bully Teacher Repents; Student Says She Didn’t Feel Harassed

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A Fayetteville, NC teacher says she regrets telling a student that her military dad would stay in Iraq “for another hundred years” if John McCain was elected president.

The student, Cathy Thompson, and her parents now say the teacher, Diantha Harris, 53, was only “messing around” as she always does with her students.

“I should not have said that,” said a tearful Harris as she sat between Cathy and her parents during an interview with WRAL News on Saturday. Cathy Thompson said she didn’t feel bullied by Harris, who claimed someone “doctored” the video before it hit the Internet.

But the Scandinavian paper responsible for uploading the video strongly disputes her claims.

Personally, I feel that if the child and her parents have forgiven the teacher, then the school board should drop the investigation.

Thanks to Zedi over at Dimewars.com for the link!