High School Student Injured After Teacher Has ‘Sword Fight Day’
Few things in life are more fun than a duel. Watching shows like Game Of Thrones, I always think how much fun it looks like (dying and pain aside). It can be fun to pick up a fake little sword and duel with a friend. However, there’s a time and a place for that. Maybe doing it in class at school isn’t the best idea? Well, one high school student was injured after a teacher had a “Sword Fight Day.”
It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Then, it becomes a national story. Just like this one.
High School Student Injured After Teacher Has ‘Sword Fight Day’
NBC News reports that a teacher in New Mexico encouraged students to duel with swords in class, and it ended with an injury.
According to the report from NBC News, the student severed nerves and tendons from the sword fight at Volcano Vista High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Now, the school district, assistant principal Manuel Alzaga, and former chemistry teacher Loviata Mitchell are all listed as defendants in a lawsuit over this. NBC News reports that Mitchell “took katana and rapier-style swords to school that day, had students re-arrange desks to form a ring in the middle of class and had pairs of pupils square off.”
Woah! They were real swords? Can’t you just use wooden ones? Or like something found in the classroom? I’m sure there are no shortage of sword-shaped objects around that would be much safer than actual swords!
Well, during one of these duels, a student suffered a large and deep laceration across her hand and wrist, per the plaintiff’s attorney and NBC News. It didn’t take long for the teacher to know she was in trouble. According to NBC News, once she realized the student was injured she exclaimed, “I’m in trouble!” Yes, yes you are. She then ordered students to delete and videos they shot during the fight, according to the lawsuit.
To make things worse? NBC News reports she didn’t immediately call 911! Someone else had to roughly 30 minutes later!
Mitchell has since been fired, according to NBC News.
What makes you bring real swords into class for your students to duel with? What on earth did she think was going to happen? I’m baffled over this one. See more below!
5 of the Craziest Cringeworthy Crimes Ever Committed
While committing crimes may seem black and white (you either broke the law or you didn’t), there are certainly some crimes that are dumber than others. Sometimes it’s the crime itself that’s wild, other times, it’s the people committing said crimes. These are 5 of the craziest, cringeworthy crimes ever committed.
Crimes can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. However, it takes a very unique individual, a case study if you will, to commit some of these outrageously dumb crimes. Years ago, these criminals would have been featured on Spike TV or one of those America’s Dumbest Criminal shows. Today, I’m not sure if those shows are around…and I’m certain Spike TV isn’t around anymore. That’s a story for another time.
Someone being arrested. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Craziest Crimes
Crimes can happen for a number of reasons. They may happen out of necessity. They could also happen on accident. These crimes, however, do not fall into those categories. These crimes are different. None of these would accidentally happen. They also aren’t a matter of life or death. There’s no ethics quiz here, or any matters of ‘would you steal bread to support your family?’ These crimes, and criminals, aren’t straight up cringeworthy.
While all of these crimes are crazy and certainly cringeworthy, they also make for excellent conversation pieces. That’s why I’ve gone and found five examples of the wildest stories that Dave and Chuck the Freak have talked about and made a list highlighting the best of the best. Let’s be honest…what’s better than reading a story about one of the craziest crimes ever committed? Or, watching Dave and Chuck the Freak talk about some of the dumbest crimes ever committed? Personally, I’m going with the funny storytellers.
They add their own two cents and perspectives on these stories that nobody else could provide. Not even those talking heads on the dumbest criminal shows. Am I the only one who remembers those? I feel like they were a staple on TruTV or VH1, but now all I can find on TruTV is Impractical Jokers, which is awesome but…you get it. Let’s not delay! Here’s the list!
5 of the Dumbest Crimes Ever Committed
