I Witnessed a Rural Teacher Pull a Gun on a Student

Walter Rhein Podcast · Aug 17, 2025 · 13m

Thanks in advance for your generous donations! You make this happen! Upgrade at 30% offJenny always sat in the front row. She was to be valedictorian. In the final months of school, she was under such stress that she frequently burst into tears in the hallway. The rest of us watched and didn’t understand.In farm communities, when you see somebody crying, you’re taught to walk by and pretend it never happened. That’s called, “Giving people their space.” It’s considered a cure-all.On the day of the gun incident, I remember thinking that there was something odd about Mr. Murphy’s mannerisms. He…