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Report: Teacher botched experiment, caused student injury
Chemistry
In this Sept. 12 photo, Malachi McFadden, 16, who suffered serious burns during a chemistry class demonstration on Aug. 6, poses for a photo at his lawyer's office, in Atlanta. Lawyers for McFadden, a student who was burned during a chemistry class demonstration have released a report saying his teacher violated school district standards.
ATLANTA – A Georgia high school teacher presenting a flashy demonstration to get her students excited about chemistry made a mistake that caused a fire to burn "out of control" and seriously injure a teenager in the front row, a school district report says.
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