Craig
12-24-2002, 10:20 AM
http://www.orange-today.co.uk/news/story/s...u=news.quirkies (http://www.orange-today.co.uk/news/story/sm_732708.html?menu=news.quirkies)
Teacher demoted for forcing class to eat tin foil
A Taiwanese teacher has been demoted for trying to make her pupils eat tiny pieces of aluminum foil as a punishment.
The teacher, identified only by her surname Liu, was angry after a student failed to follow her orders and crush empty milk containers before throwing them away.
Ms Liu cut it into 35 pieces and ordered each student to eat one piece, said Wu Lin-hui, an official in the city's Education Department.
The students, aged 11 and 12, were stunned and most just put the foil in their mouths without swallowing them, the China Times Express newspaper reports.
But Feng Ching-huang, principal at the Nan Hu Elementary school in Taipei, says four or five students swallowed the foil.
Mr Lin-hui says the teacher wasn't dismissed because she showed remorse over her conduct. None of the students suffered injuries.
Teacher demoted for forcing class to eat tin foil
A Taiwanese teacher has been demoted for trying to make her pupils eat tiny pieces of aluminum foil as a punishment.
The teacher, identified only by her surname Liu, was angry after a student failed to follow her orders and crush empty milk containers before throwing them away.
Ms Liu cut it into 35 pieces and ordered each student to eat one piece, said Wu Lin-hui, an official in the city's Education Department.
The students, aged 11 and 12, were stunned and most just put the foil in their mouths without swallowing them, the China Times Express newspaper reports.
But Feng Ching-huang, principal at the Nan Hu Elementary school in Taipei, says four or five students swallowed the foil.
Mr Lin-hui says the teacher wasn't dismissed because she showed remorse over her conduct. None of the students suffered injuries.