Douche of the Day

Bernal Smith II is our Douche of the Day for today! And boy did he earn it!

Just a quick aside before the rest of this story, but I really wish we could as a society stop getting caught up in erratic emotional responses that are literally ruining kids lives every day. For really heartbreaking stories check out DetentionSlip.org. Girls getting suspended/expelled for taking a birth control pill, 5th graders being criminally charged for looking at porn on school computers, these parent are simply out of control. Maybe Parents themselves deserve DOTD status. It's a thought. Rant ending.

"Bernal Smith II oversees the Memphis Academy of Health Sciences(a publicly funded charter school) that publicly whips and paddles students every Friday in the "Chapel" ritual."
-http://www.detentionslip.org/2009/04/heavy-hitter-of-weak-bernal-smith-ii_03.html

Original story here
http://www.wreg.com/wreg-charterdiscipline-story,0,3557529.story

This guy is a real jackass, in the DetentionSlip.org email interaction, he claims to take evidence from both sides of the Corporal Punishment argument, but the only argument that he cites as informing his pro-CP stance is that he believes it works. Then he challenges his questioner to look up for themselves the evidence which he claims supports his position, because he can't show any. Oh, and never mind the fact that this is his justification for PUBLICLY FLOGGING CHILDREN!!! This guy should be in jail.

OK. I know that was confusing. Here's an example.

I say the sky is made of marshmallows. MMMMM.
You say the sky is not made of marshmallows and there are like 300000000 specific scientific sources stating that the sky is not marshmallows, and cite a few specifics for good measure.
Then you ask me for proof that the sky is marshmallows, to which I respond that I can't cite any sources, but you are very resourceful, so you should do it.
You shake your head and I walk away convinced that I won that debate.

Given the above example, just based on that, would you let me within 5000 miles of your childs education?

If you answered yes to above, you may very well qualify for tomorrows DOTD!