A recent post by reason.com highlights the absolutely disgusting abuse committed by an Idaho teacher aginst her fourth-grade students.
From an AP account:
A teacher in the southern Idaho town of Declo is being criticized after she had her fourth-grade students use permanent markers to draw on the faces of children who failed to meet reading goals....Cindy Hurst told The Times-News that her 10-year-old son came home from school Nov. 5 with his entire face — including his eyelids — scribbled on with green, red and purple markers."He was humiliated, he hung his head and wanted to go wash his face," Hurst said. "He knows he's a slow reader. Now he thinks he should be punished for it."Larsen, who has taught at the school for six years, didn't respond to requests for comment. But District Superintendent Gaylen Smyer confirmed what took place in her classroom, though he didn't name Larsen.
Such abuse perpetrated by teachers will likely only become more commonplace now that Idaho has failed to approve reform measures that would have helped rein in the types of habitual abuse and maleficence that are highlighted in this story.
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