Philipsburg: --- A teacher from the St. Maarten Vocational School has reported to police that he was severely ill-treated by a student who was disturbing his class on Tuesday. According to a press release from police spokesman Ricardo Henson identified the teacher identified as J.O who told police that a student identified as J.C hit him at the school. According to the teacher the student in question, stood outside the classroom behind the door with a bottle of water and while hiding behind the door he would throw water on the other students in the class-room and in doing so interrupted the class.
The teacher further stated that to pull the attention of the person hiding behind the door he pounded on the door with a piece wood. It is then that he noticed that the person hiding behind the door was the student. The student J.C. who apparently became very angry attacked the teacher and started beating with his fist. He struck the teacher several times in his face and chest. The teacher did not want to file an official report, however he requested that the student be severely reprimanded with regards to his behavior and also that his parents be informed of the incident.