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Scott Grigoletto: Illinois teacher calls student 'piece of sh*t' over mask protocol

Scott Grigoletto, a teacher at Glenbard North High School in Illinois, called a student a "piece of sh-t" for taking his mask off in the viral video

A teacher at Glenbard North High School in Illinois has caused quite the stir online after practically shouting at a student for not wearing the mask properly. The teacher at the high school, who has been identified as Scott Grigoletto, saw that a student was wearing a mask wrong (under his nose) and scolded him for taking his mask off. But Grigoletto is not under fire for that but rather the language he used. In a video recorded of the confrontation, he is seen calling the errant student a "piece of sh-t" for taking his mask off. Recorded by another student who was watching, the video has gone viral. 

To make matters worse for himself, the teacher also threatened to call the police on the teenager because of the mask protocol was not being followed. When this video was posted on Twitter by the very popular account Libs of Tik Tok, it went viral on social media. Many users shared and retweeted the clip as a prime example of how teachers should not behave with many calling for his firing. 

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The text on the viral video says, "My friend had his mask under his nose, and this Karen went crazy, got up in his face and cuzed at him" (sic). "Teacher calls student “piece of s***” and threatens to call the cops for taking his mask off:" the Twitter account shared with an accompanying video of the confrontation with the teacher. You can watch the whole clip here"

Who is Scott Grigoletto?

As soon as the video was shared on the social media site, it went viral. Many users wanted to know more about the teacher. The Twitter account first revealed that the incident took place at "Glenbard North high school in Carol Stream, IL" and then tagged the school's account to bring their notice to the video saying, "@GBNPanthers this is a teacher in your school calling a student a piece of s***". 

After some time, the Twitter user said,"I believe I identified the teacher. Working on confirming 100% before I share his name." Then finally, the identity was revealed, "Scott Grigiletto". Shortly afterwards, a confirmation of the last name, "*Grigoletto". 

While this identification has not been officially verified, a YouTube video was also shared with this name. 

Any more information about Scott Grigoletto is unavailable. Even his official website seems to have been taken down. 

However, another tweet describes him as, "Meet Scott Grigoletto, Director of Percussion at Glenbard North High School"

As it turns out, "The kid who recorded it is getting punished. He should get an award, not a punishment."

Many felt the teacher should be fired for this behaviour. "I would be pissed if I was that students Dad. I hope the parents don’t let this go. No teacher should EVER abuse there students. NEVER. Get rid of that teacher. Doesn’t belong teaching," one user wrote. Another added, "Wow! Sounds like this teacher needs anger management classes after he’s FIRED!"

Another user wrote, "If Karen's mask worked and he was secure in its effectiveness he would not be so afraid of other people and their mask usage."

If you think this is not chaotic enough, consider that the Twitter account Libs of Tik Tok has been exposing bad teachers across the country for a while now. Take the case of another teacher exposed by the account. She was recently placed on administrative leave after telling students to pledge allegiance to the pride flag. "During third period, we have announcements and they do the Pledge of Allegiance. I always tell my class, stand if you feel like it, don’t stand if you feel like it, say the words if you want, you don’t have to say the words So, my class decided to stand but not say the words. Totally fine,” the teacher can be seen saying in the video. She then explained that there actually isn’t an American flag in the classroom because she took it down during the pandemic since it made her “uncomfortable.” When a student commented to her that it was weird they were pledging allegiance without an actual flag, she jokingly suggested they pledge to the flag they did have in the classroom.

Newport Mesa Unified School District reportedly told the parents that "showing respect for our nation’s flag is a value that we instill in our students and an expectation of our employees. The teacher is no longer in the classroom".