Less than a week after a Georgia teacher was captured on video in a fracas with one of her students, her friends are saying her leg and knee are so injured she will need to learn to walk again.
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help the educator with her rehabilitation and hospitalization fees associated with the beatdown.
Tiwana Turner, an English language arts instructor with over 27 years in public education, is recovering in a hospital bed and contemplating the long road to recovery ahead of her. Her friends are thinking about it, too, setting up a GoFundMe to raise money to assist with the many bills associated with her getting better. So far, it has garnered over $11,000 in donations.
The Rockdale County teacher made national headlines on Thursday, Jan. 26, after her fight with a female student in her class at the Heritage High School in the Atlanta suburb.
Cellphone video shot by another student in the class shows the altercation quickly escalating after the then-substituting teacher pulls out her phone to call someone to lend support in dealing with the young lady’s rising temper. As Turner pulls out her phone, the student knocks it out of her hand, prompting the teacher to shove her.
The argument moved from the front center of the classroom over to the door frame. When the teacher walks out of the door, the student attempts to slam the door. However, Turner returns, and the two start to tussle in the doorway.
“Don’t put your hands on me,” Turner says. But the teen is already seeing red and ready to match energy with authority. She says, “Get your hands off me, or I’m fixing to start swinging.”
Turner does not release the student’s hands until the student breaks free and starts hitting her. The two grab each other’s hair and, after a few seconds, are both on the floor. The student fell first, bringing her teacher down over her.
The video does not capture the rest of the fight but shows the teen…
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