This is one of those stories that if it's not true, it should be...A former Sergeant, having served his time with the Marine Corps, took a new job as a school teacher, but just before the school year started he injured his back. He was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn't noticeable.
On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school. The smart aleck punks, having already heard the new teacher was a former Marine, were leery of him and decided to see how tough he really was, before trying any pranks. Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the window wide and sat down at his desk.
When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest.
.....Dead silence... He had no trouble with discipline that year.
That is all.
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Well I can you the story that my Dad told me.
A substitute teacher arrived. (For my Dad as a kid. So think pre-wheel.) There were a couple of students that gave this guy trouble right off the bat.
He walked to the back of the room, drew a circle the size of his fist in chalk on the wall. Returned to his desk at the front of the room.
Pulled a large knife from his bag. Threw the knife - stuck it in the circle. The knife stayed there for the month that he stayed. He had no discipline problems.
(We need this now days.)
1) Get dictionary
2) Lookup "badass"
3) Sgt. Brad Kasal
The good Marine SGT recovered fully from having taken 7 rounds of AK fire, plus more than 40 grenade fragments. After losing more than 60% of his total blood volume from his wounds, he still had the presence of mind to call in assistance in order to protect his men.
Meh... I know some crazy Jarheads that would just staple it to their chests WITHOUT the cast... :-)
Had a substitute in HS who had folks laugh that his socks kept falling down....So one day, he STAPLED them to his leg....
It was years later that I discovered that he had lost a leg and was medically retired from the Army.
But all those young men (myself included) were greatly intimidated.
Brad_in_MA, not your fault, but the man was First Sergeant Bradley Kasal. The Marines are not called Sergeants when they have surpassed that rank. Just some info to keep you from getting split open by the wrong Sergeant Major some day. ;) However, I did not know of his story until you just told it to me!
Syntax error: there ain't no such thing as a 'former' Marine. Once you pass boot camp, you're a Marine for life.
That said .... I dunno of this story is true, but as you say, if it ain't it should be. FWIW, I did a quick websearch, and the oldest version of it I could find is last November.
Given a good friend of mine survived high school because she was wearing a similar cast when a ass tried to stab her in the stomach, entirely believable. If it ain't true yet, I'm sure some marine will happily make it so.
wv: disma ... yeah, I'm sure the toughs were dismayed.
I think it's true. I heard a first or second hand account of it, "My teacher..." or "My Dad's teacher" Now, take it for what it's worth, I can't remember which of my friends it was who told me, and it was ~4 years ago when I heard it, so I don't know if I'll be able to verify it, but I'll give it an effort.
Agreed, this should be true.
I had a teacher back in High School who was a Marine. First day of class, she walks up to the front of the classroom, stands at perfect Parade Rest, and says "Good Morning, Class. My name is Mrs. C. For those of you who don't know me, I served in the United States Marine Corps for [I forget how long]. During that time, I qualified on the M1911A1 handgun, the M9 handgun, the M16A1 and A2 assault rifles, the M60 machine gun, the M72 rocket launcher; I am quite skilled with the KA-BAR fighting knife, and I know six ways to kill a man with my bare hands." Long Pause. "Welcome to AP U.S. Government."
Never had any discipline problems, at least not after she made a kid get down and do 25 push-ups for throwing something across the room.
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