A teacher chastised a fifth-grade bully for behaving badly. Now, she's headed for the unemployment line-- the school fired her.

A student at Glen Oaks Elementary School in Delaware County, Ohio was notorious for acting up. She reportedly had a history of harassing other children and even pushed another child down to the ground. In the classroom that day, the student was using inappropriate language and blowing mucus on her classmates.

"Do you know how your actions and your words are hurting other students and your friends?” asked his teacher, Nicole LeMire.

The school put her on paid administrative leave and quickly began an investigation for 'public humiliation'. Thursday, the school board voted to terminate LeMire's contract.

LeMire plans to take legal action against the school for its decision. Parents came to the school board meeting to defend her. Beth Osterholt, the mother of a bullied student, says the bully-in-question had attacked her son.

“I know my son needed to be stood up for, and [LeMire] stood up for him,” Osterholt said.

Education is going to be in a sorry state when teachers are discouraged from controlling their classes.

Photo: Daily Telegraph