18 Jun '12 19:35>
Originally posted by Metal BrainIt is truly a terrible idea. I cannot imagine that any lesson was learned other that violence is a good way to handle problems. As a former NYC public school teacher, I can tell you simply that teachers should not hit kids or encourage children to hit each other.
How do you all feel about bullies getting it back in an organized way?
http://theweek.com/article/index/229391/the-texas-teacher-who-made-kindergartners-beat-up-a-bully
It is also interesting to note that just like the initial article there is no description of the intial bullying and we are left to guess whether the response is worse than the initially incident. Here the response is inappropriate regardless of the initial incident.