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A US teacher is facing criminal charges after footage showed her forcibly cutting a student's hair during class while singing the national anthem.

Margaret Gieszinger, 52, has also lost her job at University Preparatory High School in Visalia, California.
Prosecutors say she has pleaded not guilty to the six charges, including child cruelty and battery, and faces up to three-and-a-half years in prison.
Ms Gieszinger was released on a $100,000 (£78,500) bail late on Friday.

In mobile phone video posted to Reddit, the science teacher is seen calling a male student to sit at the front of the class. She then cuts chunks of his hair while singing an incorrect version of the Star Spangled Banner.

A lawyer for the student told CNN his client was "absolutely terrified" before he managed to get away.
Ms Gieszinger is then seen holding the scissors above her head, saying "Next!" before threatening to cut a female student's hair.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46500375

 

[Musky_Cheese]

 

[Wings 嫩翼翻せ]

Yo that video was wild.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

What is her problem?

 

[Deleted member 77995]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Look on bright side. He got a free haircut! lol

 

[way more]

I heard it was a lesson about the hair cut from Jews during the Holocaust.

So brave of her.

 

[Shifty]

I don't even... Why would you do such a thing?

 

[AutonomousEuphoria]

These actions are actually common in all colonial states. Heard of this happening in canada too

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

I heard it was a lesson about the hair cut from Jews during the Holocaust.

So brave of her.

I'm sure she was a liberal freaking out about something.

Some Trump tweet probably got her all fired up.

 

[Cunth]

Mental breakdown

 

[olimariOA]

Total mental breakdown.
We had a couple cases like this in my high school.
One lady went on a tirade threatening to kill students in different ways.

To be fair, our class wasn't very nice and we probably deserved it.

 

[888]

Not sure how she thought that was a teaching method. Oh wait, she didn’t think.

 

[Melon]

 

[bitbydeath]

Jail won't help her, she needs to be taken to an asylum.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Mental breakdown

Mental breakdown? I'd say drugs or booze fucked her up that morning.

I don't see how anyone can have a mental breakdown and decide yelling an anthem and cutting a kids hair is a natural response to stress.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I don't even... Why would you do such a thing?

Probably too much of this

 

[Blade2.0]

Damn... Although teaching does suck.

 

[Scopa]

Maybe she had her Falling Down moment?

 

[Papa]

Hahaha my wife and I have been re-watching Mr. Bean lately and this gif is from an episode we watched last week called "Mr. Bean in Room 426". Same episode as this, which I guess would be problematic these days:

 

[Greedings]

Hahaha my wife and I have been re-watching Mr. Bean lately and this gif is from an episode we watched last week called "Mr. Bean in Room 426". Same episode as this, which I guess would be problematic these days:

Everything before 2014 is "problematic." The heat on that stuff got turned from like 3-11 in about 365 days.

 

[kingwingin]

which resetera user is that?

 

[haxan7]

my hands keep going to the keyboard to type something then they either draw back immediately or I delete it right away

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Everything before 2014 is "problematic." The heat on that stuff got turned from like 3-11 in about 365 days.

Pretty weird how it all went so full force in 2014.

 

[Papa]

which resetera user is that?

Oh dear...

 

[mckmas8808]

I don't even... Why would you do such a thing?

Gotta be.....

Mental breakdown

Yep!

 

[Days like these...]

I'm sure she was a liberal freaking out about something.

Some Trump tweet probably got her all fired up.

You're either joking or ????

 

[cr0w]

Mental breakdown? I'd say drugs or booze fucked her up that morning.

I don't see how anyone can have a mental breakdown and decide yelling an anthem and cutting a kids hair is a natural response to stress.

It's almost as if logic and reason can't really be applied to someone having a total mental breakdown.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

what's with that mug shot? how come these assholes always look like stoned out idiots?

 

[bigedole]

Can someone provide any context?? Why was she doing this?

 

[Sub_Level]

#SnipThePatriarchy

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

You're either joking or ????

Yes, I was joking.

On the other hand there was someone recently who was triggered by Fiddler and The Roof and started yelling crazy stuff, the fact that she was singing The Star Spangled Banner makes me think it was something political.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

She's had a previous incident that got her in trouble before. Guess they are low on teachers.

 

[Soleil rouge]

Well at least she didn't fuck the student.

 

[Days like these...]

Can someone provide any context?? Why was she doing this?

Context? Drunk and or high + racist.

 

[SaviourMK2]

Avoiding a mid life crisis. Nailed it.

 

[Decontamination Silo]

What is the "Only in America" tag for?

 

[Scopa]

What is the "Only in America" tag for?

I was waiting for someone to zero in on that. It’s a harmless joke. As in “something this bizarre could only happen in America”.

Of course it’s not true but, you know, America’s tryin’.

 

[Decontamination Silo]

I was waiting for someone to zero in on that. It’s a harmless joke. As in “something this bizarre could only happen in America”.

Of course it’s not true but, you know, America’s tryin’.

Aw shucks. Good ol' Merica.

 

[J-Roderton]

Wtf

 

[cryptoadam]