Pupil, made to swallow pencil shavings, dies

[bender]

From - ABS-CBNNEWS

A second grader died after allegedly being made to swallow pencil shavings by her teacher, The World Tonight reported Thursday.

The principal of the girl's school assured the matter will be investigated.

Diana Redota thought an ordinary infection caused her daughter Madel's week-long fever so she was shocked when the child died Wednesday.

The cause of the child's illness was not immediately known.

But Madel's throat was swollen and she had difficulty speaking.

If Madel's classmate had not told them that the child was made to swallow pencil shavings she would not have known what happened to her daughter.

Madel was a grade two pupil at the Silangan Elementary School. According to her classmates their teacher thought Madel was the one who had scattered pencil shaving and was punished for it.

Although there was no autopsy, acute tonsillitis and asphyxiation pneumonia due to the extreme swelling of throat were stated as the official cause of death.

Madel's parents complained to principal Thursday but the concerned teacher was absent and could not be reached.

The principal promised to conduct an investigation on the issue.

The education department said if the teacher did cause Madel's death then she could be held criminally and administratively liable.

For Madel's parents their daughter's death was too big a penalty for any offense she may have committed.


Is that the quality of teachers that we have nowadays? It might not be well publicized but graphite is poisonous. What a waste of a life. The teacher's reaction is the same as that of an uneducated truck driver - evading responsibility.

[Kanut]

i saw that on the news last night.the teacher should be jailed.or one of her kids be fed the same thing

[Ebony]

What a waste of a life. I don't know what I will do if the child was one of my family. The teacher would be running for her life, that's for sure.

[ts1n1ta]

Arujosko! In the first place teachers aren't allowed to punish these kids. Something like 'sit in the corner' or 'stand in the corner' would do as punishment.

[mcbry]

the teacher must be punished for what she did.

[1D4LV]

actually, both the teacher and the parent is at fault here.
we all know the fault of the teacher.
the fault of the parent is not giving medical care immediately. umangal na daw yung bata sa nanay eh, wala pang ginawa.

[empy]

manslaughter? negligent homicide?

[RedHotBlood]

hayup na teacher yun! mamamatay ng bata. But sana napatingin na din agad ng magulang yung anak nila kung tumagal yung lagnat, well maybe baka wala ding pang-gastos, kawawa naman. Ganun na lang ba tingin ng mga teachers sa estudyante, hirap na hirap mga magulang mag paaral tapos papatayin lang nila.

[fast69]

dapat ipakain din sa teacher ung boung pencil ,isama na rin ung sharpener

[city]

child abuse resulting to manslaughter!

do we have anti child abuse law? what are these teachers thinking>? don't they have a child?

any form of punishment to a child is child abuse. children shouldn't be punished!

[EC248M]

That's to much. The teacher should be jailed. May mga anak at kapatid kaya yang teacher na yan?

[cutedoc]

an eye for an eye... dapat ipakain din sa teacher yung pencil shaves, madami dapat kasi mas matanda para fair, negligence can also be judge in the case of the parents... end point poverty!!!

[XTO]

let the teacher pay for it. go to jail

[CLAVEL3699]

sa akin hindi jail aabutin nyan.

kung ano ginawa nya sa anak ko mas higit pa dun gagawin ko sa kanya

[Bogeyman]

I understand that we already have so few teachers in our schools, but strict standards must also be adopted to ensure that the teachers we do have are properly trained to handle children. Hindi yung kung sino-sino na lang yung nakakakuha ng teaching permit, tapos kinalaunan eh child abuser pala, child molester, etc.

[karlbo]

I understand that we already have so few teachers in our schools, but strict standards must also be adopted to ensure that the teachers we do have are properly trained to handle children. Hindi yung kung sino-sino na lang yung nakakakuha ng teaching permit, tapos kinalaunan eh child abuser pala, child molester, etc.

paminsan kasi yung mga kamaganak nalang nung mga deans or principal ang mga pinapasok nila at kunikuha... Some teachers or professors are not worthy to be in the school to teach...

poor child... another life has been wasted...

[roninblade]

although the teacher is mostly at fault for the cause, meron din fault yung parent for not seeking medical help. week long na pala yung fever eh. then swollen na yung throat and hirap magsalita. negligent din yung parent, dapat pinakita na agad sa doctor yung bata. baka naagapan pa kahit paano yung infection.

[flakez]

kulong na dapat yan! tapos pakainin ng isang kahon ng lapis!

[kiper]

gago ung mga ganong teacher..

noong grade2 ako pinakain ako ng papel ng science teacher ko..

pumasok sya sa klase namin.. mainit na ulo..

nahuli nya yata akong nagsusulat or nagdodrowing sa papel..

sayang maganda pa naman sana sya. kaso panget ugali nya!

[WeaponX]

Grabe!!! tsk tsk tsk

Saan na kaya nagtatago yung hinayupak na yon?

Sana mahuli kaagad at matasahan!!!