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| 10 HARSHEST School Punishments In History |
School: some say it's the best time of a person's life. Others, especially people who are currently students, might not think so. When I think of school, I think of friends, learning, cafeteria food. Others think of homework, pop quizzes, or surprise dodgeball tournaments. Then there are some that immediately think of the seriously devastating punishments that they've received, and trust me, they're way worse than you're ready for. And some of them have even been documented.
So let's jump right into it! These are the 10 harshest school punishments in history.
Number one : holding hands
On November 28th, 2012, the principal at Westwood High in Mesa, Arizona, gave two 14-year-old male students a choice between two punishments for fighting in class.
Their choices were either face a suspension or hold hands for an hour in front of their classmates.
They both chose to hold hands and were publicly humiliated in front of their peers who mocked them, questioned their sexuality, and took photos and video on their phones.
The punishment was given by principal Tim Richards, who of course was later criticized by parents
for the punishment's degrading connotations towards homosexual students.
I would absolutely hold someone's hand for an hour and be like, yeah, at least I'm not getting suspended, and I still made my fart joke. Who's really laughing?
Number two : Permanent marker on the face
On November 5th 2012 in Declo, Idaho, Declo Elementary School teacher Summer Larsen decided to punish a group of fourth grade students who didn't achieve their required reading goals.
Nine students were given the choice between staying inside during recess or allowing their classmates to draw on their faces with markers. Three students chose to miss out on their recess, while six were drawn on with permanent ink. When students arrived home, their outraged parents reported the incident to the school board.
Summer Larsen was probably fired from teaching until September of 2013 when she was evaluated
and accepted back by the school.
Number three : Paddling
Paddling has been a punishment in schools throughout the United States for more than half a century
and is shockingly still legal in 19 states. Long and flat wooden panels or fiberglass paddles have been used to spank the misbehaving students' butts or the backs of their thighs in some cases, inflicting painful bruising.
In the 2006-2007 school year, believe it or not, a reported 517 students were paddled in public schools across the US.
A study done by ABC News estimated that an average of 20,000 students are treated at hospitals each year from injuries that they receive from paddling.
A study done by ABC News estimated that an average of 20,000 students are treated at hospitals each year from injuries that they receive from paddling.
What are we, barbarians? What is this, the Dark Ages? What are we hitting kids for with paddles? We save that for the bedroom, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? That's inappropriate, sorry.
Number four : strip searched
In 2003, 13-year-old Safford, Arizona student Savana Redding was accused by another girl of hiding two prescription strength ibuprofen on her person which were not allowed in the school without advance permission.
The assistant principal of Safford Middle School ordered Savana to be strip searched by the school nurse. The young teen endured an invasive search of her personal items and clothes, including her underwear.
Savana took her case to the Supreme Court in 2009 with an eight to one decision ruling in her favor. The ruling restricts invasive searches on students if the item is of no clear danger to other students.
I still feel like that's pretty broad, though. Why don't we just say, like, no strip searches. These are like kids, that's like some Jared Fogle stuff.Just, no.
Number five : kneeling on frozen peas
Kneeling for several hours on uncomfortable objects such as frozen peas, rice grains, corn kernels, gravel, and hot paved surfaces, is becoming a popular punishment in Asian schools.
The trend of this forced kneeling was discovered by people around the world when a female Chinese student took a photo of her own shins after such a punishment was posted online.
The photo went viral in November of 2014 and the student ended up getting expelled because of it. Then, in July of 2015, 10-year-old Indian student Kolipaka Ashrita died due to complications arising from kneeling for two hours as she was instructed to by her Grade 5 math teacher. Why, oh because she did a horrible thing. She just didn't finish her homework.
Let's do a little math here. These punishments, plus crazy Asian teachers, equals my kids will never ever do an exchange program in Asian countries, ever. Ever.
Number six : eating off the floor
In 2009, fifth grade students at Charles Sumner Elementary School in New Jersey were actually forced by school officials to eat lunch off of the cafeteria floor.
Given only a small piece of paper to place their food on, the students had to eat carefully to prevent it
from touching the dirty ground. The punishment started when one of the students spilled water while refilling a water cooler. The kids were threatened with more punishment if they ever told anyone what they endured. Eventually, seven of those students sued the school and received a half a million dollar settlement.
Yo, some of these teachers need to chill the hell out, man. Spilled a little bit of water, it's H2O, it evaporates, you're a teacher, you should know that, science!
Number seven : a fake prom
In April of 2010 Constance Mc Millan, a female student at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi was banned from her prom because she was a lesbian, and she wanted to bring her girlfriend to the dance.
Later ridiculed by other senior students when the school ended up cancelling prom, she sued the school board for discrimination and of course won the right to attend. But because, as you know, some of these schools are a little nuts, the school organized a fake prom for McMillan and her girlfriend while, 30 miles away, the real prom was happening for the rest of the students.
Five mentally challenged students were the only other people in attendance when McMillan arrived at the country club where the prom was supposedly happening. Later, McMillan received $35,000 from the school district for being the subject of the cruel and humiliating joke.
Number eight : being arrested
Several schools have resorted to locking up students for misdemeanors as punishment. In fact, in 2012, 17-year-old honor student Diane Tran spent 24 hours in a Willis, Texas jail for missing too much school. And she was absent because she was working two jobs to support her two siblings
after their parents suddenly divorced.
In 2011, a five-year-old student in Mississippi was arrested for not adhering to school dress code because he had come to school with the wrong colored shoes when his parents couldn't afford to purchase a black pair.
Some students arrested in Mississippi for minor offences like talking too much were also tormented with mace in a small cramped cell.
Number nine : locked in the closet
In May of 2012 pre-kindergarten students at Barnett Charter School in Houston, Texas were locked in a dark closet as punishment for acts as minor as laughing in class. Oh, and as if the small dark closet wasn't enough to traumatize the three and four-year-olds, they were told beforehand that the closet had a terrifying monster living in it.
The teacher and the teacher's aide would tell the children about the monster and then place them in the closet for five minutes while holding the door closed. It got so bad that one child actually vomited
from the stress and fear of the punishment. An investigation was launched into the matter and the teacher was promptly terminated.
They also should have been promptly forced to eat the barf. That's freaking rude, man.
Number ten : locked in an isolated room
Isolation cells, or screen rooms, are primarily used to calm mentally challenged students during violent fits so that they cannot hurt other students.
Well, these cells were reportedly used more than 110,000 times between 2011 and 2012 according to the US Department of Education and Civil Rights. And in one case, led to the suicide of 13-year-old Jonathan King who hung himself with a cord in a concrete cell of his Georgia elementary school in 2004.
In November of 2012, Mint Valley Elementary School in Longview, Washington was found to have used a padded isolation cell. The mother of one student, Anna Bates, took photos of the cell which she posted on Facebook in an outrage which caused the school to remove the chamber and reconsider its design and usage regulations.
There should never be a cell in a school. this is not jail time, my friends. This is a learning environment.
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