Which is why most of the posters here didn't go into the educational field. I can condemn a cop for beating up a person on the street without being a cop. I can condemn what that teacher did and I'm not a teacher, well, not certified anyway. I have two special needs kids, one of them 22 and still in diapers 24/7 and I have never resorted to the type of behavior that teacher resorted to.
You can condemn anyone you want.
My point isn't that you cannot condemn the teacher, or a cop. My point is that you really don't know how you would react after being in a VERY UNUSUAL school like this one, and this makes it much easier to condemn this teacher.
That being said, I agree the woman should probably find another line of work.
However, I also think there needs to be a careful examination of the conditions at the school that would cause a certified teacher to go ape on a kid.
Are you a teacher's union rep or something? That teacher had no cause to do what she did. If she was attempting to restrain the kid then it may be different.
I suspect there's something fishy about this school, and I've explained why.
I've also repeatedly agreed that the teacher was wrong.
But if you want to believe that a certified professional college graduate just losses it one day, and decides to throw everything she knows, and has experienced out the window, for no reason, then you go right ahead. Its this attitude that makes administration happier.