Do you think coaches and teachers should be disciplined for biting another student although it is to defend themselves. What do you think?





March 20, 2007

State regulators have reprimanded a Woodburn teacher for biting a high school wrestler on the inside of the thigh, leaving teeth marks.

Assistant wrestling coach Peter Porath was defending himself against a “wedgie” attack, according to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.

During the Dec. 12, 2005 incident at a wrestling practice, “At least six wrestlers, weighing between 180 and 215 pounds each, came up to Mr. Porath from behind in an attempt to give him a ‘wedgie’. In the process of getting the boys off of him, Mr. Porath bit the inside of a wrestler’s leg leaving distinct teeth marks,” the commission’s order states.

Commissioners said the act constituted “gross neglect of duty.” In addition to the reprimand, they ordered a two-year probation period, during which Porath must complete a class on appropriate behavior. Porath also was ordered to pen a public apology to the bitten student.

Porath, 36, has been licensed to teach in Oregon since 2000. In August 2000 he began working as an elementary school teacher in the Woodburn School District. Beginning in 2004-05 he also served as assistant wrestling coach at Woodburn High School.

Porath also was reprimanded by the Woodburn School District, where he currently is a high school social studies teacher. Porath no longer coaches for the district. He could not be reached for comment.

I dunno, he shouldn't bite them inside the thigh, but the boys shouldn't have been doing that to their teacher anyway. I don't think he shouldn't be disciplined..

The ultimate prank-gone-wrong:
Prankster 1 "Hey man, you know what would be funny?!"
Prankster 2 "What man??"
Prankster 1 "If we like gave Mr. Porath a WEDGIE!!!"
Prankster 2 "SWEET LET'S DO IT!!"
Prankster 1 "Yeah! This is gonna be BADASS!!"

15 mins later after recruiting some buddies to help, the pranksters run up on the coach....

Prankster 1 "SH*T THIS F***ER JUST BIT ME IN THE LEG!!!"
Coach "Thought you were going to give me a wedgie did you...."


Judge "You bit this kid in the leg?! What the f**k were you thinking??!!!"
Coach "It was self-defense, they were gonna give me a wedgie."
Judge "Wedgie-shmedgie, you're getting 2 monthes probation and going to a behavior class.
Oh yeah, and we're going to need to get a public apology from you to this kid!"


Classic...

The dude clearly just thought he was getting jumped... but who bites people? Come on now....

I'd bite someone if I was being attacked by 6 guys.

Although I can't quite work out in my mind how he had an inner thigh near his mouth in this wedgie situation, the guy was obviously defending himself.

that's exactly what i thought when i first read this too.

i was just like, "umm, something doesn't quite add up here..." i don't know, it happened and there's nothing this guy can do about it except remember not to bite someone next time they "jump" him. especially a student in his school. i would have bugged out too though, can't say i'd think 'you know what? i think i'm going to bite this kid right now on his inner thigh. that'll do the trick'. i probably would have started throwing punches though.

Yeah, this is called dirty fighting or more appropriately "dirty biting": biting below the belt.

I'd hate to get bitten in an act of self-defense because hey, the person doing the biting could have AIDS......yikes!

Did the six boys get discliplined too?

I read that the wrestlers were disciplined by the wrestling coach but did not receive academic penalties such as suspension.

This is wrong.....very wrong. I think it's not ok to touch anybody without their permission. The tradition of pouring beer or water over the coach of a winning team is one thing, but doing what they planned to do is totally unacceptable in my opinion.

I think the boys should have been disciplined too because of their lack of respect for the coach.

Ridiculous. You know... I know its like the classic rude joke type of thing, but wedgies can actually cause physical harm.

I agree, Purplos. And by doing this, what is the message they're trying to send? what is the difference between doing this and.......well, you can imagine? I just think it's very wrong, and I just don't think people do this to people they like and respect. A practical joke is one thing, but this???

rofl, that's awesome!

I'm suprised he didn't do anything more than bite them. I know I would've done more. Students or not. This is the reason that kids have no manners anymore. No one can disipline them when they need it.

After reading the article, first thing that came to my mind, is how long the "attempt" to give the coach a wedgie had been going on.......After a few seconds, those boys had to know that the joke had gone wrong and the coach verbally and with his actions told those boys to stop!

That the coach was able to bite the innter thigh tells you it had gone on too long and those boys were using wrestling moves in order to give the wedgie.

The boys were wrong, the coach should of bit harder!

That is exactly what I was thinking. These six "kids" (big wrestling kids) had the coach down. What was the guy supposed to do?

Seems to be turnabout is fair play. IF they're going to sanction him, he should should sue the school for violence in the workplace and get the state's attorney to prosecute the kids. How can you work somewhere that you can be attacked? A wedgie is not some harmless prank when it's six WRESTLERS on one. It's VIOLENCE. He was defending himself as best he could. I'm sure he doesn't want to do that but ... The school board are idiots. He probably doesn't want to work there.

idiot school board!!. those wrestler could do that to another teacher. they sould get more than suspension

I'm wondering what the student was thinking seconds before he was bit.......

'How what's the coach's head doing between my legs ??'

'WTF ?? Aaaahhhhhhh, he only bit me.....'

In all seriousness though, it was self-defense and the students should be punished........