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JUNE 22, 2004 at 10:46 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: Reuters
A reader sent in this disturbing news from Reuters:
Couldn't believe it when I read this article about a Japanese teacher forcing a student to write an apology in his own blood. It is way too much like one of the most shocking scenes in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This real-life teacher had to lend the student a decidedly nonmagical box cutter to draw the blood to be used as ink.
From the article
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A Japanese teenager was forced by his teacher to write an apology in blood after dozing in the classroom, the school's principal said on Monday.
He said the boy was taken to the staff room of the school in Fukuoka City, southern Japan, after being caught asleep during a lesson. The 40-year-old male teacher handed the boy a box-cutter and paper and told him to write an apology in blood.
The teacher left the student, who then cut his finger and began to write an apology using his own blood.
The teacher is expected to return to work in a few days and neither the student nor his parents have requested a change in classes.
Fans of the Harry Potter novels will recall that the decidedly evil character Dolores Umbridge from the fifth installment forced Harry to use an enchanted quill to scribe various apologies and promises that scratched themselves into his hand as he wrote.
Thanks to Arlee for pointing out this shocking story and its coincidental relationship to Potter.
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The Labyrinthine Brain
Points: 3337
DevilsSnare says:
Yeah first post. I did indeed read that story yesterday and I can say I was rather disgusted by it. Why on earth would a teacher make a student do that for such a minor offense. I don't know...I just hope it doesn't happen anywhere else. Its too Umbridge-ish. *Shudder*
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 10:50 PM EST
Student
Points: 288
Phoenix~gurl says:
That teacher was really sick in the mind. I can't believe that a teacher would be that mad to make any student cut themselves and write lines in their own blood. That story was just too weird.
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 10:53 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 26
Hippogriff87 says:
That is just really disgusting. who would do that to a student, apart from Umbridge. I would sue the teacher if it was my child.
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 10:54 PM EST
Squib
Points: 100
Lonely Boggart says:
Oh, that is just appalling!! How inappropriate! And to think that the teacher is actually coming back to work! All that for dozing in the classroom. Poor thing probably just had too much schoolwork piled up on him.
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 10:55 PM EST
Old Chortlebones
Points: 2601
Newt Scamander says:
What a silly person to waste do something like that. He ought to be ashamed!
Horrific, indeed.
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:06 PM EST
Witch
Points: 771
joeni orange says:
Wow that is harsh!!!And I cant believe the teacher wasnt fired or taken to jail!But I guess things are really different in Japan,to them falling in asleep in class must be a major offence.And whats really weird is the parents didnt change the kid`s class.Poor kid.
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:08 PM EST
Student
Points: 294
xoSiLvErDrAgOn says:
That is just plain wrong ... I'm suprised that the teacher didn't get fired
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:09 PM EST
Witch
Points: 696
quidditch_seeker says:
That is seriously wrong...How could someone do that to another person??? They should be put in an institution. That's so gross!
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:18 PM EST
Slytherin's Ferret
Points: 11875
Miss Azn Malfoy says:
OH. MY. GAWD. That's freaky and scary! How could a teacher make a student DO THAT? That's horrible!! I mean, it would be okay if it was for a book but not in real life!
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:21 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2308
QuidditchChickie says:
That stinks!
Can you say ouch? Wow...not cool!
That stinks!
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:22 PM EST
Headmaster
(Moderator)
Cheeser says:
If it were in the U.S., chances are the teacher would be out the door and criminally charged as well as sued. It astounds me that the teacher is returning to work and the student and his parents aren't doing anything about it.
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:22 PM EST
Witch
Points: 518
tonks06 says:
Yeah, that would not have went over to well in the good old U.S. Those Japanese are psycho about school!! They would all be in Ravenclaw;)! Haha. I've heard they have like the hightest suicidal rate probably because they are all so stressed out about the pressure put on them!!
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:35 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 434
gwenlister says:
Thats sick... thats effing sick..... God, the people who become teachers.... and that the parents haven't asked for a change in the class!!
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:39 PM EST
Ginny's Twin
Points: 3764
~Marie Antoinette~ says:
That is just disgusting and 100 percent wrong. That teacher needs to have their head checked for even thinking of doing something like that let alone going about it. There are some things in the books that should not or even would not be carried out and that is one of them. I mean I do not think (well I hope not anyway) that people cut off their hand after reading GoF. It is just ludacris.
Posted Jun 22, 2004 at 11:40 PM EST
Points: 568
ab2421 says:
Dolores Umbridge's detention... The Order of the Phoenix... Has it really been a year?
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 12:03 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1782
Juno Puddifoot says:
Urgh, how awful, imagine going to a school like that, those poor kids. I hope someone comes to their senses. What a teacher!
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 12:08 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1021
Peitouche says:
Urgh, that's not right. Not right at all. Different cultures sure, but it's... yikes.
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 12:12 AM EST
Student
Points: 239
D.A.and Dobby says:
That is a little freeky. I mean if i were forced to write an aplogy i would just write not draw blood from my hand.
Are they sure that this guy isent realated to Umbridge?
Peace,
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 12:12 AM EST
Unspeakable
Points: 3920
stocco says:
*gasp*
Oh my God, that's terrible. I'm going to Japan in the fall. I hope they don't do that to me. I think I'd die.
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 12:13 AM EST
Witch
Points: 817
HermioneSparkles says:
Ugh that is down right nasty! Who in their right mind would do that to children? I mean if a kid falls asleep in class make him stand up in the back of the room like my teacher did in high school. That is absoutly nasty that he was told to do that and of course the 5th book is going to get dragged into it. They always find a way.
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 12:23 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 408
miss potter says:
thats totally dISgraceful!!!!!!! who does the teacher think he is? the teen didn't even get a change i classes that not on what kind of law do they have in china!!! thats just not on!
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 12:42 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1825
Veela_gurl says:
That's to horrible for words really. The fact that the teacher even let a thought like that enter his mind. It's just sick. I wish the student's parents would take him out of the situation. The teacher should be ashamed.
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 12:49 AM EST
Crookshanks Caretaker
Points: 3837
hermionefan1 says:
Ok thats just really disturbing. I mean i'm surprised the teacher still has a job. The student shouldn't have done it, i mean thats just wrong. I feel sorry for the kid!
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 1:02 AM EST
Auror
Points: 4247
gryfgirl says:
I appreciate there are different standards in different cultures, but that is just... repulsive. The fact that the school isn't taking much disciplinary action nor are the parents objecting (I can understand the kid not requesting, he'd just get more trouble & his parents clearly aren't going to stick up for his basic human rights) - that's almost more appalling than the act itself.
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 1:06 AM EST
Animagus
Points: 19544
Sirius-Ella says:
OH my gosh.. that is freaky!! *shudders* an apology in his own blood? Oh my GAWD that's .... horrible!! He so should be put behind bars.
-sirius-ella-
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 1:07 AM EST
Witch
Points: 645
Stage Violence says:
That is absolutely sick. I can't believe he was not fired. If this happened in America, people would get sued.
Posted Jun 23, 2004 at 1:40 AM EST
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