Fight Club 4th grade style

NY POST- The first rule of fourth grade - no talking about fight club.

A Queens teacher turned his classroom into a boxing arena for two feuding students, telling the boys to settle their beef with their fists as their stunned classmates watched the bizarre spectacle, authorities said yesterday.

And to make sure no one found out his twisted teaching technique, the instructor, Joseph Gullotta, 29, allegedly supplied the kids with excuses for the nurse to explain away any injuries.

In one corner was a 10-year-old. His opponent was a year younger. The Post is withholding the kids' names.

Before beginning the match at the impromptu fight club at PS 65 in Ozone Park, Gullotta instructed a girl to close the classroom door. He ordered the rest of his pupils to back up and make way for the battle, Queens DA Richard Brown said.

The two combatants came out swinging and then began wrestling.

During the bout, the older boy's head rammed into the younger one's mouth. The younger boy suffered a cut lip; the older one, a bruised head.

"When two fourth-graders became involved in a verbal dispute, their teacher allegedly told one of the students that he should 'take it out' on another student," Brown said.

"When parents send their children off to school, their teachers have an obligation to provide a safe environment for them."



Now this is what I’m talking about. I know everyone is going to read this and think oh my god that’s terrible. It's not that bad, the kids need to learn at a young age, if you have a difference, settle it like a man. This teacher was just giving them a chance to do it in the classroom where they wouldn’t get in trouble like they would out on the jungle gym. I know it wasn’t the smartest idea of the teacher to let the other kids stay there and watch but still, its life. My old catchers coach in college was a gym teacher at a school in queens. He used to always tell us stories about their students. He taught middle school kids so probably ages 11-13. He said kids would be getting into scuffles all the time during the classes. What would he do as a teacher? He told them to go back into the locker room together, he would shut the door behind them, and he wouldn’t let them come out until they solved their differences. They would go in there, beat the shit out of each other for 5 minutes, and then come out best friends at the end. Let me tell you, Coach Mo was a straight G. But that’s what you have to do especially living in the City. Teach these kids the ropes of life don't have them growing up like pussies their entire life. Fight club should be a class.