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Last week, an Alabama second-grade Christian school “teacher of the year” was allegedly shown in a viral video hitting her son with a belt. She also allegedly verbally abused him, pulled his hair and berated him for failing to complete his chores, according to news reports. A family member secretly filmed the incident, and the teacher, Randi Nicole Staples, was arrested, charged with willful abuse of a child and fired.