There’s a very clear line marking the teacher-student relationship. Yes, it’s OK to care for students, show sympathy, and even joke with them from time to time, but an educator’s job is not to be a student’s friend or engage in any kind of physical play. In fact, physical contact is a major no-no, and being disrespectful or speaking inappropriately to students is right up there with it.
While this line is made very clear before entering the profession and reinforced while teaching, not everyone seems to fully understand it, like the member of administration who apparently body-slammed a student during what should have been a fun, innocent game of musical chairs. Yes, it really happened, and it was even captured by the student’s parent and later shared to, where else? TikTok! Here’s what went down, along with the injuries the parent claims their child suffered. Yikes!
A teacher body-slammed a student during a game of musical chairs.
It’s always nice to see schools host fun events to get students hyped, whether it’s for sports or academics. But at Westside High School in Jacksonville, Fla., things went a little too far during a pep rally in August 2025, all thanks to a game of musical chairs.
In a clip shared by @jojofine95 on TikTok, a member of the administration (or possibly a teacher as the TikToker identifies him as both in the caption) and a student made it to the final round…