Another child bruised by school beating

In America's schools, count on hefty doses of corporal punishment. Stories like this emerge every few months, and little is being done to curtail this abuse.

At Fairlane Elementary School in Macon County, Tennessee, a 5-year-old girl was bruised heavily when she was paddled by her kindergarten teacher.

Bruises = abuse. End of story.

What "crime" did the little girl possibly commit beforehand? I'm warning you, dear readers, this is a real shocker: She made barking sounds at lunch.

That's all she did. Nothing more.

When I was in school, people thought there was something wrong with you if you didn't bark at lunch. The school expects a 5-year-old to display impeccable manners?

The girl was paddled once - then paddled again after allegedly saying the first paddling didn't hurt. This shows that the teacher is even more lacking in self-control than it first appeared.

The teacher was barely punished: She was suspended for 5 days, but not fired. She ought to be in jail.

And Disaster Daniels thinks schools are being sued too much?

(Source: http://www.wsmv.com/news/18952076/detail.html)