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Pupils who shared photos of packed corridor of maskless Georgia students suspended:
At least two high school students in Georgia have allegedly been suspended after sharing a video of school hallway crowded with largely maskless students, according to reports.
North Paulding High School in Dallas went viral after it reopened on Monday when two students shared photos of the school corridors with apparently no social distancing and barely any wearing masks.
Paulding County Schools Superintendent Brian Otott reportedly released a statement saying that the images were taken out of context, that masks were a personal choice for students and reopening was in line with Georgia Department of Education's health recommendations.
[...] "Students are in this hallway environment for just a brief period as they move to their next class. ... There is no question that the photo does not look good," Mr Otott said according to CNN.
"Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them."
Following the alleged suspension 15-year-old Hannah Watters who posted one of the photos and a video on Twitter told Buzzfeed News she received a five-day, out-of-school suspension for posting one photo and one video on Twitter.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2020, @07:10PM (1 child)
Lots of states still have corporal punishment as being perfectly fine in public schools... It's the PTA that will have your ass. I don't think many teachers favor it either
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Monday August 10 2020, @03:54PM
Depends on the teacher. When I was in 5th grade, they were experimenting with a revival of corporate punishment. Each teacher was issued a paddle, like a 2x scaled up ping pong paddle, to use on students' behinds. Some teachers displayed it prominently, while others tucked it away, out of sight. Was a great "suck meter", so to speak. The good teachers already knew it was a bad idea, or if good but inexperienced, they very quickly learned so. The more prominently the paddle was displayed, the worse the teacher was.
It figures that, as usual, the law is way behind scientific understanding. But the law is madly progressive compared to the backwardness of social conservative thought, much of which is still stuck in the Iron Age. They particularly go for the quote "Spare the rod, spoil the child" as all the sanction they need to beat their kids. Their hypocrisy is on full display when they screw up and wrongly beat an innocent kid, and afterwards refuse to admit error because that's weak, and anyway, the kid probably did something else deserving of a beating, so it's all good, so they like to think.