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An Ontario teacher who slapped a student and told another to “lick me where I fart” received a two-month licence suspension on Monday after pleading guilty to professional misconduct for the second time in two years.

Jennifer Elizabeth Green-Johnson admitted to a troubling history of inappropriate comments at a hearing before an Ontario College of Teachers disciplinary committee. Asked if she was pleading guilty, Green-Johnson nodded her head and mouthed “guilty.” She was forced to repeat herself so that the panel could actually hear her.

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The three-person committee followed the advice of Christine Wadsworth, the college’s lawyer, and suspended Green-Johnson’s teaching licence for the next two months. She will also receive an official reprimand in her file and must take courses on anger management and maintaining boundaries with students.

I’d be able to s—t for a week because of all that fibre

“It’s a serious consequence and because it’s a serious consequence… it sends a strong message to the profession,” Wadsworth said, suggesting that the penalty would be strong enough to deter Green-Johnson and other teachers from engaging in similar behaviour in the future. Both Wadsworth and Green-Johnson’s lawyer warned the committee against a stricter penalty.