Brickbat: That Burns

Mother Wendy Alvarez says her own 12-year-old son suffered second-degree burns on his hands after being forced to do bear crawls on a hot track at Anthony Aguirre Junior High School in Texas. The boy and other students were being punished, she said, after they tried to get out of running by hiding in the shade during a physical education class. A spokesperson with the Channelview School District confirmed four students received "non-life-threatening heat-related injuries." The spokesperson said the teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation of the incident.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

In my day…

[John F. Carr]

…we crawled to school on lava…

[Dace Highlander]

…uphill both ways…

[SQRLSY One]

…and twice on Sundays, returning home to our shoebox in the middle of the road, for a gourmet Sunday dinner of cockroach stew, which we ate in our Sunday’s finest rat-fur coats…

[Jerry B.]

…in the snow…

[Moonrocks]

…the only burns we got were on our genitals.

[mad.casual]

The honorable way to get out of practice.

[mad.casual]

If you live in Texas, you should be used to the heat.

[Longtobefree]

I am not fully fluent in newspeak; does “administrative leave” still mean the same as “paid vacation”?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

How big is your union?

[SQRLSY One]

If’n ya can’t stand the heat…

…stay out of the pubic schools!

[Idaho Bob]

Where are the dads? This “teacher” would also be suffering from non-life threatening injuries.

Fuck your administrative leave.

[Dillinger]

I can’t even with the hiding in the shade part

[Bubba Jones]

Temperatures in the Houston area ranged from the low to mid 90s with heat indexes in the 100s.

[Brandybuck]

In my school it would have been wind sprints. Knee high sprinting up and down the bleachers. It’s one reason I didn’t go out for sports, because that was common practice. Also, my school used to get 115 degrees in summer, lingering into the start of the school year. I do recall a heat stroke incident during football practice.

And by the way, I did get burns on my bare feet walking home from the pool in summer. Taught me not to forget my flipflops.