Boy, 15, punches teacher in class

mancha SG

Provocation is a defence to assault.

Why did the student take a swing at the teacher?

ditzy SG

Provocation is a defence to assault.

Why did the student take a swing at the teacher?

Teacher was a WP supporter.

despondent SG

so is it jail for manslaughter or acquitted for self-defence??? wad can the law say abt tis?

despondent SG

the pt i am bringing across is this: often the actual situation could be like the one i cited...however, cos we often only noe one side of the story, we end up wif a judgement that may not be fair to both parties...if the judge jail the gal, then isnt he sending across the msg that women shld allow themselves to be raped and dun defend themselves lest they end up killing the guy and get jailed, tarnishing their clean record? if the judge acquit the gal, isnt he sending the msg across that its ok to kill out of self-defence?

we are all imperfect human beings...even the alw is imperfect as its laid down by imperfect humans...in classic cases like the one i cited, there can be no absolute fairness..somebody has to take the blame which sadly i believe will be the gal who will probably be jailed for a short term for manslaughter...however, looking from the gal's perspective, is it fair for her to be jailed???

cawca SG

Self-defence is a form of justifiable homicide not amounting to manslaughter or murder. In other words, the girl in your hypothesis will walk free.

despondent SG

so that gives ppl the rite to kill out of self-defence?

troublemaker2005 SG

our education system probably got flaw. i even begin to feel it. coz i cannot do jobs that a foreign talent can do. where they come from? where they from i bet they have a better education system than me. but sadly its a trend for the middle income and tiertary educated sgreans. they jobs usually are not filled by their equally educated foreign talents, but rather these 'talents' that replaces us are usually of higher education, but drawing a lesser pay. - to support their cheaper better faster motto. now is this fair for sgreans? against an opponent for the same level of job if gahmen allows them with higher education, but drawing cheaper pay to come here then we are all analled screwed!

cawca SG

so that gives ppl the rite to kill out of self-defence?

Well..... in some countries, you can literally get away with shooting an unarmed person if he trespasses on your property. But that's the law. The bigger question is, "What would you be willing to do if someone is about to hurt and kill your family"?

Anyway, we're completely off topic on this thread. The situation here might have more to do with provokation and possibly the state of education today.

despondent SG

its not exactly off topic...i quoted that case cos i wanted to drive hm a pt tat both sides of a story has to be heard b4 a fair enuff judgement can be passed...

Shorter ninja SG

Now is my turn to punch the father in the face but dont worry I will use only 5%

scared he might die with two eyes bulging out of the sockets

Fatum SG

Now is my turn to punch the father in the face but dont worry I will use only 5%

scared he might die with two eyes bulging out of the sockets

you commando leh .... your 5% will kill him or not ? ... -__-"

Shorter ninja SG

you commando leh .... your 5% will kill him or not ? ... -__-"

No lah I old man oreddy 95% power is from the baseball bat

cawca SG

its not exactly off topic...i quoted that case cos i wanted to drive hm a pt tat both sides of a story has to be heard b4 a fair enuff judgement can be passed...

When I was in Sec 2, there was a day when a classmate of mine started making quite a nuisance of himself. The teacher in class then was one who was known to be rather gentle and kind. He asked the boy to stop repeatedly, but the boy did not and started challenging and taunting the teacher. Suddenly, the teacher swung out and gave the boy a hard slap across his cheek. Everyone was shocked, but knew the boy deserved it. The teacher could have gotten into quite a bit of trouble, but the incident never left the classroom.

This case however, is of a student punching (not slapping) a teacher. In all probability, there won't be much of 'the other side of the story'. Besides, should there be 'the other side', his classmates would most likely have posted something online already. Students today are 'outspoken' and 'tech-savvy', and would not leave it as it is unless they know there classmate to be fully at fault like my class did in Sec 2.

deathmaster SG

20% strength.

lol.

He press the spacebar for too long and overshot the powerbar isit?

dragg SG

its all parents faults that students have deteriorated to such.

it is not wrong for teachers to punish student (not slap though). but it is definitely wrong for a student to hit a teacher.

but then nowaways teachers are powerless coz parents are overprotective.

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