Westwood High School principal Tim Richards had two Male high school students in Arizona hold hands as a punishment for fighting. 14-year-old Freshman Charles Crockett, and a sophomore only known as Julio got into a fight in their P.E. class at Westwood High School, in Mesa, Arizona, on Wednesday.
The two young men were offered a choice – either get suspended or face public humiliation for their fight. The boys wisely chose to stay in school and not miss time spent in class but at the price of public humiliation.
Now Principal Tim Richards is facing criticism over his handling of the punishment and public humiliation after the image of the two boys was posted to Facebook becoming a viral sensation.
ABC News reported some of the students in the crowd taunted the boys saying “are you gay?” Other students who are in the schools ROTC program believe the punishment is no different then the disciplinary action received in ROTC, saying that the humiliation actually works.
Some critics of the disciplinary action, said that it encouraged bullying and that it was inappropriate. Others said that gay male students may feel ashamed of the act of holding hands, looking at the act as shameful for two boys to hold hands.
What do you think? Was the principal out of line for offering the students the alternative of public humiliation, or do you think that the students learned a valuable lesson and the teasing will eventually cool off as the incident becomes old news? Good principal or bad principal?
source: American Live Wire
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