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"Shoot-'Em-Up" Facebook Post Gets Teacher Suspended

The semi-literate nature of the posts is actually more troubling than the content

Reason Staff | 10.29.2012 3:24 PM

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I don't know how kindergarten teachers put up with 5-year-olds screeching all day, but they do.

Well, mostly.

Some hit the bottle. And some hit Facebook.

Tameka Gatewood, who plies her trade at Rainshaven Elementary School in Memphis, Tenn., apparently chose the latter, more modern option.

As WMCTV reports, Gatewood was a tad frustrated when two of her little ones said unkind things to each other.

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