Humiliation for a seven-year-old who was playing with her hair, as teacher cuts it off...

Seven year old Lamya Cammon seems to be a confused, and not very happy little girl. According to the Message from Montie blog at Chicago Now, and in the report you can see above from the US, the little girl was playing with her hair in class, and that apparently frustrated her teacher. Fair enough, I suppose, as fidgeting and fiddling about can be irritating. Not so fair is what happened next - the teacher picked up a pair of classroom scissors and cut off one of Lamya's braids.
"I went to my desk and cried", the first grader tells the reporter in the news item above, and now the story has grown and grown. It's being loudly tweeted on Twitter, and has even been investigated by Milwaukee Police, who went into the school, Congress Elementary, to see if they should bring charges of physical or mental abuse of a child against the teacher (they decided not to).
The teacher in question, who's not been named, has, however, been issued with an $175 ticket for "disorderly conduct" and the school is said to be taking action as well. Lamya's mother, is, unsurprisingly, furious, and I have to say that I am siding with her. I realise that teachers are under a lot of pressure, but that doesn't excuse this behaviour. You can't wield scissors around with a seven-year-old and you certainly can't go around cutting off her hair. It's madness. Don't you think?

1. Summary
A 7-year old girl, Lamya Cammon, was playing with her hair at school. The next thing a teacher did was cut one of Lamya’s braids off, because it frustrated her. Now this story is spread on Twitter and has been investigated by Milwaukee Police. This story is also lengthy talked about on the news. Lamya’s mother is furious and the teacher has to pay $175 for treating Lamya in a disorganized way.

2. Why did you choose this text?
Of course Lamya’s mother’s reaction is understandable, but I think it’s a bit exaggerated to speak about this story on the news, on Twitter, etc. It’s abnormal to cut the hair off from a child, but teachers can get frustrated too.

3. Typical examples of vocabulary and style
Vocabulary
It’s an easy use of vocabulary. Nothing that really got my attention.
Style
This text, I think, is informal because the writer gives obvious his or her opinion, mainly in the last paragraph. The feelings of the writer are expressed there. The writer leaves you with the question: ‘Don’t you think?’ to get to know if the readers are sharing the same opinion. Well, I don’t agree with the writer. I think it’s madness to read these things lengthy on the internet.

4. Type of text
This text belongs to mass communication. It’s an news article, it’s read by many people on the website of the Times. In this article is partly factual information given, for example: the $175 ticket for the teacher. But in the last paragraph it’s mainly the opinion of the writer: ‘Lamya's mother, is, unsurprisingly, furious, and I have to say that I am siding with her. I realise that teachers are under a lot of pressure, but that doesn't excuse this behaviour. You can't wield scissors around with a seven-year-old and you certainly can't go around cutting off her hair. It's madness. Don't you think?’

http://timesonline.typepad.com/schoolgate/2009/12/humiliation-for-a-sevenyearold-who-was-playing-with-her-hair-as-teacher-cuts-it-off-.html