Schoolgirl ordered to dig ditch as punishment (by Seventh Day Adventist School)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: SF Gate.com/AP

A 10th grade student was told to dig a ditch as a form of punishment, raising the ire of at least one local resident.

Art Montejano, 67, of Calexico, said he spotted the girl digging Wednesday outside Calexico Mission School, a private school operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

"Here was a little girl dressed in her school uniform digging a hole," Montejano said. "It's a form of corporal punishment that is not acceptable as far as I am concerned."

Principal Susan Smith said the girl's parents had approved the punishment. She was being disciplined along with another student for an unspecified deed. The other girl was made to sweep the campus.

Read more: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/08/state/n123808D71.DTL&tsp=1

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BTW temps at the time were 88-94. And I thought Catholic schools in my day were tough. :sarcasm: