Headache in the educational community of USA causes the new trend promoted through the application TikTok encouraging students to slap their teachers and then upload the relevant video showing their. achievement.
The new trend is coming to replace the theft of objects from school premises by bringing them up and down in US schools, according to the "Washington Post" newspaper.
Teachers are looking for ways to curb this unruly act of minors to the detriment of their teachers.
This trend inspired students after a similar incident in Missouri.
According to the American newspaper, teachers are on alert looking for the appropriate punishment that will prevent this new trend.
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The act "Slap a Teacher((Slapped a professor) should be considered a criminal act, according to an American professor.
According to the Missouri television station "KYTV", the application of TikTok encourages students to commit violence against their teachers and then upload the relevant video to the application showing that they are fearless…
So far, two school districts in Missouri have reported attacks on school workers.
Also, a teacher in Springfield was slapped by a student while in South Carolina, an elementary school student hit his teacher on the back of the head.
"Such behavior is not a joke. It is criminal behavior ", support in a relevant letter the school principals in California.
They themselves call on parents to more effectively control their children's activity on social media but also to let them understand the seriousness of their actions and the impact they will have.
"Watch out teachers!", writes the Teachers Association of California in a post on Facebook on Tuesday.
"As if the widespread vandalism in our schools last month was not enough, the same 'challenge' circulating on the social media networks TikTok and Twitter is now calling on students to slap a member of the school staff."
"Slapping a teacher, regardless of whether it results in injury, is an attack and is completely unacceptable.", the association adds in its message.
Source: Protothema