Teacher Chops Off 1st Grader's Braid



Can you believe it?  Back in mid-December,
a Milwaukee teacher cut off the front braid of
first grader Lamya Cammon.  The teacher
claimed Lamya was making too much noise
playing with her beaded braids.

The malicious teacher calls her up to her desk,
tricks her in to asking if she wants candy;
and then takes a scissors and chops off
half Lamya's braid and throws it in the wastepaper
basket.

The class laughs and embarrassed Lamya
goes back to her desk and cries.

The teacher was fined $175 for disorderly
conduct and currently the Milwaukee Public
School District is going through a disciplinary
process with the teacher.

Somebody should cut one side of the teacher's
hair -- and show her what it feels like.

Lamya is now in another teacher's class.

 

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  • 1/3/2010 6:56 PM Teleica wrote:
    I'm sorry maybe this is an extreme reaction but if this was my child somebody would have to die!!
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  • 2/9/2010 8:20 PM gigi wrote:
    That was definitely malicious and that teacher should have also been suspended, arrested and served jail time. That was considered assault against a person. She wouldn't be teaching anymore if it happened to my daughter. Black parents should have also protested against her as well!
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    Lamya Cammon has a bad habit of absentmindedly playing with her few dozen braids. The teacher became angry when Lamya continued to play with the hair after she was asked to stop.

    The teacher then called Lamya to her desk and cut off one of her braids in front of her classmates.
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