Child abuse legal in Alabama

If you like to beat children until they can't sit down, becoming a school administrator in Alabama might be a job that's open for you.

In Oxford, Alabama, a 12-year-old boy was beaten so severely by a school administrator that he had bruises a day later. After the paddling, he even had to go to the doctor for x-rays because waves of pain continued shooting down his legs.

But get this: When the boy's father went to police to file assault charges, he was told that state law exempts school personnel from prosecution for beating kids. In other words, it's legal in Alabama for school employees to leave bruises and nearly kill a student.

Can you believe that?

If it's legal for school faculty to abuse children, then it should also be legal for parents to march right down to the school and crack the paddle right over the school administrator's head in retaliation. I guarantee you I would, legal or not. And I'm sure most of you would too, so I challenge anyone to try to argue against this point.

(Source: http://teachers.net/mentors/discipline/topic1620/10.30.08.10.07.35.html)