Tuesday, May 29, 2007

China Tops In Class Action Videos?!?

I report and link. You decide. - J :)

You Tube .com Video Link: the beijing student hit teacher (Hat tip - Drudge)

From a Breitbart .com AFP article, China aghast at video of students abusing teacher:

China aghast at video of students abusing teacher [/] May 29 03:21 AM US/Eastern

A video of two students abusing a 70-year-old teacher has created an Internet controversy in China and brought the morals of the nation's youths into question, state press said Tuesday.

The video, shot by a student at a Beijing school a week ago, shows a boy sporting an earring approach his teacher and slam the man's hat down over his face before returning to his seat, the Beijing News reported.

Later another boy threw a plastic bottle at the teacher as students in the classroom burst out laughing, it said.

The five-minute video was later posted on a blog and picked up by numerous websites, drawing angry outbursts from web surfers shocked at the audacity of the Chinese youths.

Some even went to the school to reprimand the students and express support for the professor, the paper said.

The professor, Sun Xingmao, who teaches history, politics and geography at the vocational school, did not want to discuss the incident, saying the students had already apologised and been excused, it said.

To many Chinese, the incident is likely to act as an uncomfortable reminder of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, which saw similar scenes of students humiliating and beating up their teachers. [My ellipses and emphasis]