Parents OUTRAGED their precious snow-flakes had to eat on the gym floor

[CrAz3D]

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080611_Camden_school_officials_apologize_for_punishment.html

How DARE that principal make them eat off the floor!!  That's disgusting!

Oh, wait, eat while SITTING on the floor?  WTF is the problem then!?

I've sat eating in dirtier places.  Hell, I've probably eaten OFF of dirtier places (exaggeration, but still).  Stupid over-reactive parents.

[Newby]

That's actually pretty digusting. Not only what they had to do, but your lack of sympathy towards them.

How is that an effective form of punishment whatsoever? All it does is increase their risk of getting sick, especially if it's in the gym.

If I sent my kid to a school I wouldn't expect them to end up eating food off the floor.

The parents have every right to be outraged. Perhaps they overreacted a bit, yes, but I'd be mad as hell too.

PS: Can you please give the topics objective names?

[Warrior]

looks like they just sat on the gym floor and ate
im with craz3d on this one

[Newby]

looks like they just sat on the gym floor and ate
im with craz3d on this one

The "without food trays" (meaning food comes off the floor) part is what makes me metaphorically squirm. If their gym floor is anything like my high school's gym floor... ick.

[rabbit]

The part that makes me queasiest is

Camden

[Warrior]

looks like they just sat on the gym floor and ate
im with craz3d on this one

The "without food trays" (meaning food comes off the floor) part is what makes me metaphorically squirm. If their gym floor is anything like my high school's gym floor... ick.

ew missed that detail

[deadly7]

PS: Can you please give the topics objective names?

No. He's Cr4z3d. And Republican.

[CrAz3D]

looks like they just sat on the gym floor and ate
im with craz3d on this one

The "without food trays" (meaning food comes off the floor) part is what makes me metaphorically squirm. If their gym floor is anything like my high school's gym floor... ick.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY HAD TO SET THEIR PLATE DOWN ON THE FLOOR!?  OMGZ0R!

They could still just keep their plate in their hand and place the drink cup on the ground ::).

[leet_muffin]

Seriously, one of the most fail articles I've ever read. No details as to what really happened. All the information in the article could have been summed up to "The school apologizes for punishing kids for breaking a chair and spilling water, and they don't accept the apology." It really doesn't say anything about how they were punished or why they feel that punishment is unjust.

[while1]

It would be different case if it wasn't used as a PUNISHMENT.  But the fact that it was used to punish the kids, makes it feel wrong.

[Blaze]

Wtf?  That's a punishment?  That's how my middle school (Grades 7-8) was normally.  :\

[Sidoh]

They seriously made you all eat on the floor with no trays?  Wouldn't that be against some sort of health code?

[Hdx]

It really doesn't say anything about how they were punished

There 'punishment' was being forced to eat on the gym floor w/o trays. Whoop de fucking do. I used to do the eqivelent all the time.

[Newby]

It would be different case if it wasn't used as a PUNISHMENT.  But the fact that it was used to punish the kids, makes it feel wrong.

We have a winner.

[Blaze]

They seriously made you all eat on the floor with no trays?  Wouldn't that be against some sort of health code?

There probably is.  I hated my middle school.  :(