For school teachers who interact with many, many horrible children on a daily basis, I am sure there is a level of frustration that can only be truly appreciated in the faculty staff room. That being said, I gotta say throwing poo at a child is an absolute no-no in any circumstance. It appears that a Toronto School Principal, Maria Pantalone, decided otherwise and let shit fly at a 12-year-old boy who was acting out.

"I couldn't take it anymore. It was total, total frustration," Pantalone testified, according to media reports.

The incident occurred on July 30, 2006. Unfortunately all details of the incident are to remain private in order to protect the child. I am curious how feces could even become a weapon of choice and available, and during summer school no less.

Seriously, monkeys throw poo. Principals aren't suppose to do that.

Fortunately for Maria Pantalone, the courts have ruled that she has paid her debt to society and to the embarrassed little child.

In his ruling, the judge said Pantalone was "publicly embarrassed, if not humiliated. She has suffered more than most."

Maria Pantalone was granted an absolute discharge on assault charges Monday after a judge said she "had already suffered enough," according to court documents.

Pantalone did not lose her job at the time of the incident but was given an alternate assignment from the school board which kept her out of contact with the students and far outside her throwing range. Now that a verdict has been reached in the assault case, the school board will meet to consider allowing Pantalone to resume her former position.

"The investigation won't take long," Bower said. "The fact that she admitted to the offense is certainly a factor."

"It's quite possible she'll end up back in her old position," said Grant Bowers, a lawyer for the Toronto District School Board.

Hopefully, the leniency here is because Pantalone only hit the boy in the shoulder with the poo and missed the face.

It probably has nothing to do with the fact that she is the sister of Toronto's Deputy Mayor.

st_even

Milwaukee, WI

September 2006

APR 04, 2007 10:08 PM

He shat in the urinal, I'm sure.

dholokov

Toronto, ON

April 2003

APR 04, 2007 10:13 PM

Everybody throws feces up here. It's just the thing to do.

el_duderino2

Trinidad And Tobago

April 2006

APR 04, 2007 10:27 PM

her name is a traditional character from the Italian Commedia dell'Arte - Pantalone would totally have thrown shit at Arlechinno. She's just following theatrical conventions that have been in place for a few hundred years.

punk

Phoenix, AZ

January 2004

APR 04, 2007 10:59 PM

st_even said:
He shat in the urinal, I'm sure.

Someone dropped their drawers...mkay...and deposited a huge, brown butt snake in the urinal! I want to know who did it!

scarekrow

Chicago, IL

December 2005

APR 04, 2007 11:28 PM

The fact that her name is Pantalone adds just a little bit more humor. Not much, but a little.

Flawedhero

Suwanee, GA

October 2006

APR 05, 2007 12:44 AM

What I want to know is where it came from...
I mean, did she just squeeze one out in class and throw it at the kid?

OpticNerve

Vancouver, BC

November 2003

APR 05, 2007 01:03 AM

You guys launch pre-emptive wars. We fling our shit at you. You tell me which is more harmful to the world.

xEsserx

Greenville, OH

September 2003

APR 05, 2007 01:09 AM

he probably shit on her desk while she was out of the room...i know kids who joked about shitting on the principals desk all the time.

Nea

Farmingdale, NY

October 2006

APR 05, 2007 05:07 AM

She should not get her job back...but it helps to have family in high places I guess...