I have no problem with using public humiliation as
punishment to alter behavior. It used to
be standard practice in this country, and those generations were better behaved
compared to the juvenile delinquents of today.
Controversy has engulfed a high school in Arizona as two
students were punished for fighting by being forced to hold hands for an hour
in the middle of the campus.
Freshman Charles Crockett, 14, and a sophomore known onlyas Julio got into a scuffle in P.E. class at Westwood High, Mesa, on Wednesday.
School principal Tim Richards gave the boys a simple choice - be suspended or
face some public humiliation.
Both students chose the less serious but more
embarrassing option and sat with locked palms for over an hour in front of all
their class-mates. The principal's actions are now facing criticism.
Westwood student Brittney Smyers, who witnessed the
incident, told ABC News: 'Kids were laughing at them and calling
them names asking, "Are you gay?"'
Another pupil, Mickey Shull, said: 'I've been in ROTC and
it's no different than some of the stuff you have to do there. It works.'
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