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Teacher develops 'phobia' of children
Published: 1/16/2013 1:05 PM
Last Modified: 1/16/2013 1:07 PM

Four years ago in Mariemont, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, officials transferred Maria Waltherr-Willard from the high school to a junior high, where she taught Spanish.

By 2011, apparently out of sheer desperation, the 61-year-old teacher retired early rather than face another semester of seventh- and eighth-graders.

Now she's suing, alleging that the school district discriminated against her because of her disability.

That crippling condition? "Pedophobia."

Waltherr-Willard apparently has a deep-seated fear of children.

But, seriously, who doesn't have a phobia of middle-school?

Read more details HERE.

Written by
Michael Overall
Staff Writer

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