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School Uses Controversial Gladiator-Inspired Conflict Resolution

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School Uses Controversial Gladiator-Inspired Conflict Resolution
 Published: Mar 20, 09
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Principals are supposed to break up fights, but records show that South Oak Cliff High School actually sent troubled students into a steel utility cage in an athletic locker room to battle it out with bare fists and no head protection.

The alleged cage fights took place between 2003 and 2005, but the principal David Moten has denied any wrongdoing.

“It was gladiator-style entertainment for the staff,” said Frank Hammond, a middle school counselor in Cedar Hill, who was fired from South Oak Cliff High School and has filed a whistleblower lawsuit.

Investigator Michael Hinojosa confirmed that there were “some things that happened inside of a cage” but criminal charges were not filed.

Wow, I thought my school was rough, but this takes it to a completely new level!

References:  dallasnews

Filed In:  education,  life,  life,  lifestyle,  social,  youth






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Sandra Winn on Mar 20, 09  423 Trends   1,249 Comments
Grrr...I read this a couple of days ago, unfreakin' believable!
Sandra Winn on Mar 20, 09  423 Trends   1,249 Comments 0
Patrick Henry on Mar 20, 09  0 Trends   10 Comments
Look what political correctness has done to this generation. My junior high school in Las Vegas had Friday Afternoon Fights after school, refereed by the biggest PE teacher in the school. We signed up for each week's fights and agreed that we would fight clean, no kicking, and we could only strike our opponent with our bare fists. As soon as one kid said he had enough, or was really getting beaten in the judgement of the PE teacher referee, the fight was stopped. Granted, there were no cages, and the fights were held just on the other side of the school boundary in an open field, so they were not on school property, but NOBODY WENT TO THE NEWSPAPERS to cry about the brutality! Nobody whined about losing, or told their parents they were having organized fights at school. It was none of their business. And nothing ever happened to the PE teacher because nobody saw anything wrong with our fights. We resolved our differences honorably and without the danger of getting really beaten severely, which can occur in unsupervised school fights. Today, everything is so shocking, so wrong, and so immoral! I'm really happy that I'm not growing up in this generation and this world. There's just too much whining, and way too many do-gooders trying to watch out for all the rest of us! We'd all be better off if people would just mind their own business and not worry about everyone elses. We can all take care of ourselves if we just try. PH
Patrick Henry on Mar 20, 09  0 Trends   10 Comments 0
Sandra Winn on Mar 20, 09  423 Trends   1,249 Comments
Patrick Henry, your school did not represent the majority of schools back in your day, and I'm sure you're aware of that fact.
Sandra Winn on Mar 20, 09  423 Trends   1,249 Comments 0
jodie anderson on Mar 20, 09  64 Trends   25 Comments
I don't think it's OK for an educational system to encourage kids to "fight out their disputes" - What about the skills of negotiation and diplomacy? Teaching kids these types of skills is going to get them much further in life ... oh yeah, and what about respect for each other?
jodie anderson on Mar 20, 09  64 Trends   25 Comments 0
Going Like Sixty on Mar 22, 09  2,882 Trends   1,499 Comments
First rule of Fight Club...
Going Like Sixty on Mar 22, 09  2,882 Trends   1,499 Comments 0
Marissa Brassfield on Mar 22, 09  3,529 Trends   4,143 Comments
...is not to talk about Fight Club. :)
Marissa Brassfield on Mar 22, 09  3,529 Trends   4,143 Comments 0


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