Posted on 06/17/2010 10:54:26 AM PDT by JoeProBono
CARROLLTON, Texas, - A Texas woman said her son was humiliated by a staged picture taken by school officials that depicted the 11-year-old boy with his head in a trash can.
Shamica Neal said the photo, taken around May 5 and displayed on a bulletin board at Blanton Elementary School in Carrollton, depicts her son, Ladarion, with his head in a trash can as if he is vomiting with the school nurse nearby with the caption: "I'd rather be reading," The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday.
Neal said the image caused her son to be teased by classmates and she has filed a grievance with the school district against the librarian, alleging her son suffered emotional damage as a result of the picture being displayed.
School officials said the picture was part of an "I'd rather be reading" campaign featuring images of students performing different tasks in different settings.
"That had nothing to do with reading," Neal said. "It was humiliating for him because kids were teasing him."
School officials confirmed a grievance was filed but would not comment further on the incident.
I don’t get this at all. Was he really hurling or did he willingly pose?
Maybe they were just teasing him because his name is Ladarion.
I would.
Can we tease him because his mother’s name is Shamica?
Who needs to grow up- the kid or the mom? There must be books out there on How Many Ways Can You Find To Be Offended. Probably goes with the These Are the Deep Pockets to Sue series.
Not only does the story make no sense, but the disputed picture makes no sense. Some quality schooling going on here.
How can anyone even tell who it is?
He probably gets more teasing from being named “Ladarion”.
Hey!
Doesn’t this, of all stories, simply cry out for the overused-on-FR “Barf Alert!”?
B I N G O !!!!
Talk about humiliating! Ladrion?
Mama lookin’ for a few quick $$$ from the school.
If it was a posed thing, I would think he could have a sense of humor about the whole thing.
The judge needs to tell the school that this picture was so stupid that everyone involved needs to find something else to do at their intellectual level. Perhaps custodial services like the woman in the picture (perhaps the only sane person in the story). The judge should tell the family the same thing. As Einstein said, stupidity is infinite.
Does it matter?
They are just looking for free money.
I’m sure this “humiliation” is nothing that can’t be cured by a check from the taxpayers, along with another check from the taxpayers for 3x that much for some connected scumbag lawyer.
(yawn) Everything is so easy to figure out anymore...
That’s cause the parents can’t spell
Guilty.
Shamica???
Ladarion???
Again with those silly names.
“...but the disputed picture makes no sense.”
Yeah - when I read the article I figured it was the boy “saying” “I’d rather be reading.” Then I could understand the teasing.
“Hey Ladarion - you too good to hang out with us homies now?”
“Yeah - he’s readin’ like a cracker now!”
“You think you’ll get a job just ‘cuz you can read? You just a dumb N****** to ol’ whitey”
“C’mon homie - you gotta hang with us instead. Or else.”
BTW - that also happens with the white boys too.
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