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A Teacher Tried to Get Kids Interested in Science by Setting a Student’s Hands on Fire

A middle school teacher in Texas had to resign after using sanitizer to set kids’ hands on FIRE as part of a science experiment. One 12-year-old boy got burned badly…

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A middle school teacher in Texas had to resign after using sanitizer to set kids' hands on FIRE as part of a science experiment.

One 12-year-old boy got burned badly enough he had to go to the hospital.

He actually suffered 3rd degree burns, no other details have been revealed. The teacher could actually face charges from the child's injury.