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Students marked good or bad with stamps

A primary school in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province apologized for the misconduct of a young teacher who stamped blue and red marks on the faces of her students according to their performance.

Good students received red marks on their foreheads while the naughty ones were given blue marks. They had to wear the marks until the school was over, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported today.

"It's like tattooing an inmate in ancient times to show the man was a criminal," a parent said.

"I felt humiliated and my classmates all laughed at me," said a child with a blue mark on his forehead. "I begged my teacher to stamp it on my arm but she refused."

The Shangfen Primary School said a young teacher used the method on grade-three students to motivate them to perform well in school, but it didn't say whether the teacher would be punished.








 

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