Principal In Detention

 A few weeks ago, Marshfield High School was under a legal microscope after the principal publicly posted a list of the students who failed the first semester....Nice, huh? I was watching this broadcast at home and I almost fell out of my chair. Through many hallways of the school were multiple copies of a list of students names, their grades (freshman, sophomore, etc), the semester, and their average- all of which were below passing. The principle had claimed that he only did this to encourage the failing students to put in a better effort. Although...I think I might feel like bullying them into getting better grades isn't the right teaching method. Instead of understanding the importance of their education and the long-term effects of their grades, the kids are actually learning how to not be humiliated. It was a breach of respect and another example of how shitty the authority of public schools can be. Not to mention the identified parents, who in "a fight for [their] kids" allow Fox 25 to interview them about their exploited children. Brilliant. To stress how frightening it is to have your child put on blast for their bad grades, you, as a parent, go on national fucking television? So that now everyone (in school or not) who knows your child will know that they were one of the failing students. Our educational leaders are morons. Our journalists are morons. Our parents are morons. And they wonder why the seeds of this country can't figure their shit out?