10 Answers

The cane would work better, a little discipline dosn't go astray.

Spare the rod and spoil the child?

i can't see a problem with it,the kid probably was hurling abuse ,being disruptive etc.

Class...Class........Class............  SHUT UP!!!

Yes they can as long as they can not touch the student by force.

Theacher can say it, but its rude, guess she was fed up that day. <y teacher never told me to Shut up, just used cane,  I know which would of been better.

I think " Shut your mouth" is better than Shut Up.  I bet Dollybird is right, she was probably just fed up that day. 

I know a teacher who said, "if you keep tearing at that book, i'm going to kill you." she said this to a 6th grade boy whose grandfather  had just commited suicide.

I'm sorry but i don't know how it was resolved. nobody would tell me... or anybody else. 

"shut your mouth" is a terrible thing to say. i'm inclined to think that teacher has no business working with kids.

what do YOU think? I know you asked .... 

I can say this much  about teacher saying to shup my  mouth    I did  or else   wham!

MOST OF US THINK WE CAN SAY ANYTHING WE WANT AND DO ANYTHING WE WANT NOWADAYS.  PEOPLE ARE GETTING BEATEN INTO COMAS AT PROFESSIONAL SPORTS EVENTS. DIVORCES ARE RAMPANT IN THE US.  POP MUSIC ADVOCATES PROMISCUITY, CRIME, AND SELF-CENTERED BEHAVIOR.  PREGNANT PRE-TEEN AND TEENAGE GIRLS THINK THEY DESERVE SPECIAL TREATMENT IN SCHOOL AND EVERYWHERE ELSE (NO SHAME). AUTHORITY FIGURES (SUCH AS PARENTS AND TEACHERS) ARE ALLOCATED LITTLE RESPECT, IF ANY AT ALL. 

however,

A TEACHER SHOULD NOT EVER  SAY "SHUT YOUR MOUTH" TO ANYONE.  LIKEWISE, NEITHER SHOULD ANYBODY ELSE!  IT'S RUDE, OFFENSIVE, AND CONFRONTATIONAL.  IT IS UNPROFESSIONAL AND MOST LIKELY INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE OF ITS AGGRESSIVE NATURE.

when I was a junior in high school, there wa an "incident" in my ap english class.  the teacher ended up shouting "shut up", which was unthinkable in those days and silenced every one of us in shock.  the teacher looked a little sheepish after having shouted at us, and explained herself by adding that we were "acting like a bunch of butts".

to this day, i wonder what a "butt" acts like.  a - - hole i understand, but "BUTT"???