That's right!!
I guarantee you that those kids respected him and whether they'd admit it or not, liked the idea that he was willing to step up. I think there are a lot of kids craving someone to say no to them.
and I do not think he went too far, he stopped swinging the minute they stopped fighting. short and sweet.
it was not that long ago that the media would have presented the story as 'out of control kids fighting in a classroom'...instead the headline on Yahoo was "Substitute teacher assaults students as they run screaming"
and Katherine (World Renown Expert on all things media...oh heck...ALL things period) pooh poohed the idea that the media spins things.