Grime and Punishment
Associated Press
BEIJING —
A teacher in central China was sentenced to two years in jail for forcing his students to eat cow dung, according to an official news report.
The fourth-grade teacher forced his students to eat dung when they handed in assignments late, didn’t pay attention in class or fought. Of his class of 34, only two with good grades and five who were related to him escaped punishment, the report said.
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