Bhelliom
07-28-2005, 10:30 AM
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A high school student convicted of battery for vomiting on his Spanish teacher has been ordered to spend the next four months cleaning up after people who throw up in police cars.
A judge said he considered the boy's actions "an assault upon the dignity of all teachers." The teen, now 17, vomited on his teacher as he turned in his textbook on the last day of classes.
His attorney said the student vomited because he was nervous about his final exams.
But two other students testified that the teen said he threw up intentionally.
The teacher said the student, who was failing his class, made no effort to avoid throwing up on him.
A judge said he considered the boy's actions "an assault upon the dignity of all teachers." The teen, now 17, vomited on his teacher as he turned in his textbook on the last day of classes.
His attorney said the student vomited because he was nervous about his final exams.
But two other students testified that the teen said he threw up intentionally.
The teacher said the student, who was failing his class, made no effort to avoid throwing up on him.