Teacher Accused of Choking 8-Year-Old for Drinking Out of Water Fountain

A Fort Worth, TX teacher has been accused of choking an 8-year-old student - he says, for drinking out of a water fountain.

"She said I'm an evil little boy," explained D'Vante Washington.

According to D'Vante, he was walking back from gym class when his teacher disciplined him for drinking out of a water fountain without her permission. "I got off the water fountain, she choked me. Then she did it harder, so when I was talking, my voice kept on getting smaller and smaller."

"I called CPS and they told me I need to call the police," said the boy's mother, Ronnica Washington. "And so I called the police and the police said I need to go to the school and recommend a conference with the teacher."

Fort Worth Independent School District spokesman Clint Bond told CBS 11 News, "The Fort Worth Independent School District investigates all incidents of this kind. Our understanding of the facts do not support the allegations."

This just reminds me why I will never become a teacher. While it's possible this is true, it's also possible this is a disgruntled student looking for revenge. After all, remember the murder plot by 3rd graders against their teacher reported earlier this week. While it may be doubtful that the students could have actually murdered the teacher, the fact that they plotted, in detail, such an act, is disturbing.

It's also true that false allegations have been made by students against teachers in the past.

This does not mean that I discount the accusations of the student. They may in fact be true. But past false accusations and murder plots just point out that in today's society, it seems that a) some students can be just as "evil" as an adult, b) teacher needs to be "shadowed" to prevent false accusations of any type.

Why would anyone want to be a teacher, in today's society?