Patooey! New Caney band teacher comes up with creative punishment
We’ll admit we were band geeks in high school — trombone, specifically. So we know the gooey mass of saliva that can collect in those things. And so does the band teacher at a New Caney, Texas high school who decided to come up with a new way to punish a student for forgetting his trumpet — have the entire brass section empty their spit valves into his hand. All 21 of them. Eww!
“With the diseases going around nowadays, that’s very unsanitary for one thing and there are ways to correct a child without going to that extreme,” said parent Jimmie Mikel.
“That’s just totally wrong,” added parent Mary Sargent. “The teacher needs to be punished for that because the kid’s got to live with the embarrassment for the rest of his life. That just ain’t right.”
Keene says he was made aware of the January 4 incident after his son went to his school counselor asking to be transferred out of band class. The school district has since put the teacher on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.
We’re not sure what the new “diseases going around nowadays” are — seems a bit hyperbolic — but it’s still gross and inappropriate, nonetheless. We had a pretty nut job band teacher back in our day, and even he didn’t do anything as over-the-top as this. Perhaps the triangle player missing the beat AGAIN just put him over the edge.
And look at the bright side, Mr. Humiliated New Caney Student, the next homecoming game you’ll get to watch from the stands instead of on the field marching around in a dorky costume.
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1. Michelle
January 16, 2008 @ 5:32 am
As disgusting as this is, it’s true. As a member of the family that this happened to I know the details of the story and the article above is accurate. The band teacher is on paid leave (mini vacation on our tax dollars) until the school district can either accept his resignation or get the cahunas to fire him. Yeah, nice lesson you’re teaching the students there band teacher.
2. AnjellicT
January 25, 2008 @ 11:38 pm
LOL OMG never did I think I would find somthing on here from where I am from…..I went to this school…when I grad..in 2005 The band teacher was Mr. Akin….He was a trip…and pretty strict..but I never thought he was this bad..lol this is crazy.
3. Brittney
January 28, 2008 @ 1:16 am
i dont see the big deal going to band class with out an instrument is like going to school with out paper that student knew that he would need it for that class and as long as he dident lick his hand befor he washed nothing could be spred (assumeing that he dident have an open wound) now while i can see that this can be a little embarrassing everyone would eventually forget about it and move on….
4. Kim
October 29, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
I would just like to say that this did not happen at New Caney High School. It did happen in the district of New Caney, but not the high school.