Offended teacher beats student

Offended teacher beats student

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Class activities abruptly turned
chaotic when Sarawiah Kalsum, an Indonesian language teacher at
Junior High School 6 beat her student, Suriana, on Thursday for
criticizing the poor performance of some teachers in the school.

The incident began when Suriana, one of the candidates to
chair the school's Student Association began to convey his vision
and mission on how to help the teachers improve their
performance.

"The quality of this school is far behind that of others due
to the poor performance of some of our teachers, so it is the
duty of the Student Association to think it over and help
the school solve it." he said.

Sarawiah, apparently offended by the criticism, suddenly lost
her temper and hit him repeatedly, causing him to faint.

Suriana was rushed to the hospital, while the teacher was
detained by the police for further investigation. --Antara