Posted on 03/20/2009 11:34:31 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Staff at a high school in the US state of Texas had students settle their differences by fighting inside a steel cage, a local newspaper has reported.
The Dallas Morning News says it has obtained a school board report that says two "cage fights" took place at South Oak Cliff High between 2003-2005.
The 2008 report says the principal and other employees knew of the practice.
No criminal charges were ever filed, and the principal at the time has denied any fights took place.
Donald Moten, who retired as principal last year, told the Morning News: "That's barbaric... It never did happen. I never put a stop to anything because it never happened."
'Unacceptable'
The alleged fights came to light during a grade-fixing investigation, after which the school was stripped of two basketball titles.
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In a school? Easy, every adult who knew - and didn’t turn them in - should be arrested.
Hey, at least they’re learning a skill.
The crap being taught at US high schools is remedial, in most cases.
My Jr. High vice-principal, Mr. Rossi, used to keep two pairs of boxing gloves and headgear in his office. If a fight broke out, he’d break it up and schedule a supervised boxing match between the two antagonists after school. The boys got to work out their differences safely.
Yep, this was a long time ago.
This has already been posted in News.
Ah yes, the good old days of rational thought. Now, teachers have no power to control their classroom, lawyers dictate policy, and school boards seem to prefer students settle differences with drive-bys. Oh how we've progressed...
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