published Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Tennessee teacher resigns for student punching game played in class

A Mt. Juliet High School teacher has resigned after a video of her students punching one another during class was discovered on YouTube.

Kim Evans, who taught Spanish, was suspended Feb. 3 and resigned Feb. 6, according to Wilson County Schools human resources director Mary Ann Sparks.

During the incident, the group of students were voluntarily taking punches in a game school board member Vikki Adkins described as "Take It Like A Man" while other students shot video.

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