Things sure are different today than when I was in school…

Teacher looks on during fight at Seagoville HS

Should a teacher intervene during a classroom fist fight?

Video taken inside a Seagoville classroom documents a student brawl and shows the teacher looking on.

For months, Michael Milczanowksi said he has felt targeted at Seagoville High School. “It was ever-constant, never changing, ongoing harassment — that’s all it was,” he said.

Last week, Milczanowksi said it escalated in geometry class after an argument suddenly got physical.

Another student was attacked, knocking over the sophomore and then punching him at least five times.

“This kid was actually trying to hurt me, and I could see it in his eyes,” Milczanowksi said, who is seen just standing there on the video.
More troubling, perhaps, is that his math teacher never physically tries to stop the conflict, although he is heard saying “quit” several times.

“I expected him to physically intervene to keep that from happening, but I guess I was wrong,” Milczanowksi said.

The incident ends when the 17-year-old eventually walks out.
Other students recorded the fight and posted the video online. It’s still sickening for Milczanowksi’s aunt, Christina Vrba, to watch.

“When I pulled up the video, I was speechless. I can’t even form words,” she said. “Teacher should have stepped in. To me, that is absolutely the worst thing — absolutely.”

Dallas ISD would only says it is investigating the incident, and that it has taken disciplinary action against the student who started it.
But the math teacher is getting support from his union.