When a school in an American state often crticised for over-use of corporal punishment tries a different approach they seem to end up looking dafter than ever - I just happened across this report recently and assume nobody could have made it up:-
A Texas girl was overheard saying "are you trying to start shit" to another student. She was sent to the principals office, given lunch detention, and then the next day fined $637. She's taken on a waitressing job to pay the fine.
Is this what passes for progress?
1 comment:
How on earth is a school legally entitled to impose a fine of that size? Furthermore if she has to work to be able to pay it surely that will affect her school work? This is utter stupidity but then what can you expect from a state that imposes a death penalty then keeps a prisoner 10.6 years on average in solitary confinement before imposing it. (Texas Dept of Correction figures)
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