milk or blood?
a couple weeks ago, we learned that drinking milk (to excess) is punishable by dismissal in american high schools.
A North Carolina science teacher whose milk experiment brought complaints after some students drank milk until they threw up has been dismissed.
The Johnston County, N.C., school board voted 5-1 Tuesday to end Jeff Ferguson’s contract seven months after he was suspended over the experiment. Ferguson had taught chemistry and physics at Smithfield-Selma Senior High School for three years
on the other hand (and on the other side of the world), it’s ok to have students write apology letters in their own blood – as long as you apologize.
A Japanese teenager was forced by his teacher to write an apology in blood after dozing in the classroom, the school’s principal said on Monday.
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He said the boy was back in school, and neither he nor his parents had asked to switch teachers. The teacher involved is expected to resume classes in a few days, Dan said.
hmmmm. i wonder what would happen if i had some kids test some oobleck armor in class….
[half of this from boingboing]