article_snippet: Frederick Mena, 25, was arrested earlier this month in connection to the sickening incident that allegedly took place March 5 at Silver Bluff Elementary School in Coconut Grove.
article_snippet: According to an arrest report, '
  Mena was teaching math to a kindergarten class when the victim, a young girl, became stymied by the material.
article_snippet: The reports states that '
  Mena later admitted to the sickening incident that allegedly took place March 5 at Silver Bluff Elementary School in Coconut Grove in a letter penned to the principal of Silver Bluff Elementary School in Coconut Grove.
article_snippet: Mena added that the child in question was too ‘sensitive,’ and A kindergarten teacher from Miami thought that inflicting pain on the victim might ‘toughen’ her up.
article_snippet: Place of learning: On March 5, '
  Mena was teaching math to a kindergarten class at Silver Bluff Elementary School in Coconut Grove, Florida, when A kindergarten teacher from Miami became frustrated that one of the students was not grasping the material .
article_snippet: When questioned by police, '
  Mena allegedly admitted that the 25-year-old educator wanted to take advantage of the kindergartner while the victim was at the victim lowest, and that the 25-year-old educator desired to 'punish the victim' and 'put the victim down further.'
article_snippet: The Miami-Dade School District released a statement saying that '
  Mena has been removed from the classroom, terminated and banned from ever working for The Miami-Dade School District again.
article_snippet: '
  Mena confessed in a letter that he got the uncontrollable urge to see the child cry and put the child down . '
  
article_snippet: Mena has been charged with felony aggravated child abuse with great bodily harm. '
  
article_snippet: Mena is being held on $10,000 bond.
article_snippet: In a social media post from 2014, '
  Mena was described as a first-year teacher.
article_snippet: According to '
  Mena online presence, '
  Mena has been splitting '
  Mena time between teaching kindergarten and pursuing a career in hip hop.
highlights_snippet: Miami teacher Frederick Mena, 25, charged with aggravated child abuse .
  
highlights_snippet: Mena claimed '
  Mena thought hurting the child would 'toughen' the victim up and later felt no regret .