DOVER — At least two Kent County-based school districts this week warned students and families about the latest TikTok challenge, called “Slap a Teacher.”
The Capital and Caesar Rodney school districts said Delaware State Police had contacted districts across the state regarding the trend, fueled by videos shared through the social media platform.
Those districts, as well as Appoquinimink and Milford, said Thursday that they have not had specific incidents against teachers but were aware of the concern. Capital School District described the challenge as “disturbing.”
- Capital and CR, no surprise. — Melissa Epperly
- Please explain in simple language what you’re saying. Both CR and Capital districts have put out a warning to their student bodies, and you’re saying what? — Kevin McCarthy
- Obviously, kids do stupid things. I work for a different district, and the staff was made aware, as well. It’s pretty bad that you have to tell kids it’s a bad idea to slap a teacher. Who in their right mind would do that? As a kid (I am 47), if you even talked back to a teacher, you were in deep trouble when mom/dad found out. Nowadays, kids can do whatever they want. — Melissa Epperly
- There are a lot of teachers on TikTok talking about and reacting to the “challenge,” but there aren’t any videos of students actually doing the “challenge.” Pretty sure this “challenge” isn’t a real thing. — Charmaine Duncans
