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Bruce_Somali
12/09/18 10:52:30 PM
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/08/us/california-haircut-teacher/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

(CNN) A California high school teacher has lost her job and is facing multiple criminal charges after cellphone video emerged showing her forcibly cutting a student's hair while belting out an incorrect rendition of the National Anthem.
Margaret Gieszinger, 52, a former teacher at University Preparatory High School in Visalia, faces six criminal misdemeanor charges -- one count of false imprisonment, two counts of cruelty to a child, two counts of battery, and one count of assault. She could serve up to three and a half years in prison if she is convicted on all charges, according to the Tulare County district attorney's office.
Cellphone video posted to Reddit on Wednesday shows Gieszinger call a male student student to the front of the class. She makes him sit, then cuts chunks of his hair while singing "The Star-Spangled Banner," transposing verses as she sings.
The student moves away, and Gieszinger holds the scissors above her head, demanding that another student come to the front of the class. She can be heard telling students that someone will be chosen if no one volunteers. Gieszinger begins to sing again and darts between desks, lunging at a female student. Gieszinger pulls the female student's long hair to the side as she attempts to cut it. The student yells at her to stop, then joins others fleeing the room.

This still image from the cellphone video shows Gieszinger in the classroom.
This still image from the cellphone video shows Gieszinger in the classroom.
"He couldn't believe what was happening," said Mark Vogt, an attorney for the male student whose hair was cut by Gieszinger. "He, frankly, didn't know what to do. He thought to himself 'me or anybody else, she's coming for someone else.' And in the video, of course, we see that later. But he was absolutely terrified."
Witnesses told CNN affiliate KFSN that Gieszinger showed up to her first period chemistry class brandishing a pair of scissors and saying it was haircut day. As events unfolded, one student reportedly ran to the main office to ask for help.
The Tulare County Sheriff's Office released Gieszinger's mugshot.
The Tulare County Sheriff's Office released Gieszinger's mugshot.
Students also told KFSN that this was not the first strange episode involving the teacher.
The Tulare County Office of Education has made counselors from their mental health services program available to any students who need to talk. University Preparatory High School promises that Gieszinger will never return to its classrooms.
"We take very seriously the safety of the students in classrooms," the Office of Education said in a statement. "We are reviewing all available information and will take the most severe employment action appropriate."
Gieszinger was released from jail in Tulare County on Friday evening after posting $100,000 bail, according to KFSN. She has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from University Preparatory High School.

Gieszinger's husband told KFSN that the behavior shown in the cellphone video was completely out of character for his wife.
"She doesn't do stuff like that," he told KFSN reporter Brian Johnson. "It's not her. It's not who she is. So I don't know what was going on with her. I don't have any clue as to why she did that."

What the literal fuck, sounds like the beginning of a horror movie
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FartyMcFartface
12/09/18 10:54:17 PM
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Sounds like she needs a good-ass farting on.
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Bruce_Somali
12/09/18 10:56:32 PM
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FartyMcFartface posted...
Sounds like she needs a good-ass farting on.


Certainly couldn't hurt
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haloiscoolisbak
12/09/18 10:59:59 PM
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I'm sure they'd been tormenting her for months and she snapped. My teachers were treated horribly
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_MorningStar
12/09/18 11:10:09 PM
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haloiscoolisbak posted...
I'm sure they'd been tormenting her for months and she snapped. My teachers were treated horribly

This is the world we live in. It's always someone else's fault.
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TheOrgyPorgy
12/09/18 11:12:05 PM
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I hope that one day she finds the peace of God.
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Anteaterking
12/09/18 11:13:18 PM
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KainWind
12/09/18 11:13:39 PM
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Back in my day we weren't allowed to have cell phones in class.
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fuzzylittlbunny
12/09/18 11:15:25 PM
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WTF her cutting her students hair and tossing it up like that, along with her crazy singing...She had to have been on a shitload of drugs <_<
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Dragonblade01
12/09/18 11:21:22 PM
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haloiscoolisbak posted...
I'm sure they'd been tormenting her for months and she snapped. My teachers were treated horribly

It's the age-old adage. If you want to teach, don't become a teacher.
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Rika_Furude
12/09/18 11:23:10 PM
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Dragonblade01 posted...
haloiscoolisbak posted...
I'm sure they'd been tormenting her for months and she snapped. My teachers were treated horribly

It's the age-old adage. If you want to teach, don't become a teacher.

Or rather, teach only tertiary students, or at the very most upper highschool
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Bruce_Somali
12/09/18 11:33:39 PM
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KainWind posted...
Back in my day we weren't allowed to have cell phones in class.


Given that not making it home one day is a real possibility now more than ever, I'm ok with kids having cellphones in class.
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CADE FOSTER
12/09/18 11:53:40 PM
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This is why arming teachers is a super bad idea it only takes one to go crazy
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Zerocide
12/09/18 11:57:22 PM
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And there are ppl who think it's a good idea to give teachers guns in school.

EDIT:^ Damn beat me to it
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CasualGuy
12/09/18 11:57:37 PM
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There is a spot at the bottom of the page for relevant articles and there is one titled "Thinning hair?" Lmao
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OctilIery
12/09/18 11:57:50 PM
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I'm really curious if some mental issues were in play here, because from what I've read, most students thought she was pretty normal but this isn't her first similar issue.
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monkeysRfunny
12/10/18 12:01:08 AM
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Well that's just creepy.
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kingdrake2
12/10/18 1:37:33 AM
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fuzzylittlbunny posted...
WTF her cutting her students hair and tossing it up like that, along with her crazy singing...She had to have been on a shitload of drugs <_<


or we could look at another conspiracy theory... a mental breakdown.
problem came up and it was the final straw, she saw the object of her stress and proceeded to release the kraken. everyone got scared and ran away.
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haloiscoolisbak
12/10/18 3:11:36 PM
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_MorningStar posted...
haloiscoolisbak posted...
I'm sure they'd been tormenting her for months and she snapped. My teachers were treated horribly

This is the world we live in. It's always someone else's fault.


Were you home schooled lol
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