In Indiana a person who knowingly or intentionally touches another person in a rude, insolent, or angry manner commits the offense of battery which is a Class B misdemeanor. Under certain circumstances the offense can become a Class A misdemeanor or even a felony. Being in a student-teacher relationship does not excuse such conduct if in fact an offense occurred; neither does the fact that the student is an adult above the age of majority rather than a minor child, change whether the conduct is an offense. While you can consult an attorney to explore legal remedies, you may want to consider first approaching a neutral third party that both the teacher and you respect in order to simply air your differences in a mediated setting. What you describe sounds like the culmination of a misunderstanding that can probably best be worked out between the teacher and you without court intervention.
