Ok I don't think the teacher should have done this & i don't think she should be fired suspended yes. But my biggest gripe is how the mother did not know her daughter was having trouble with homework. Its a darn shame parents are not what they used to be, i know everything about my childs school work, how well they are or not doing & there are consequences for not putting forth effort. If you are not doing your best, messing around getting garbage grades when you know you can do better you get NO privileges until the grades are where they should be! My kids don't have to be honor roll but you better be at least a B-C & C better be in a hard class. Parents are so weak & uninterested nowadays.

http://gma.yahoo.com/blog...ories.html

Christina Valdez said her daughter, Cassandra Garcia, came home one day from class at Desert Springs Academy in Tucson, Ariz., with the paper award.

The document, which looks like a colorful card, contained the following message: "You're Tops! Catastrophe Award. Awarded to Cassandra Garcia. For Most Excuses for Not Having Homework."

The teacher signed the card "Ms. Plowman," added the date - May 18, 2012 - and even included a smiley face.

The teacher announced the award in front of the entire class, and the other students laughed at her daughter, Valdez said in a Thursday... in Tucson.

When she contacted the school to complain, the principal "blew me off," Valdez added. "She said it was a joke that was played and that the teachers joke around with the children."

But Valdez told KGUN that she didn't find any of it funny.

"I think it's cruel and no child should be given an award like this. It's disturbing," she said, adding that she was not aware her daughter had a problem with homework, and that the girl had been enrolled in an after-school homework assistance program.

Desert Springs Academy's principal declined to comment to a KGUN reporter, the affiliate reported.

[Edited 5/30/12 16:52pm]

the teacher should not ever humiliate a child in front of the other hcildren, imo.

the 'catastrophe award' seems not very well thought out, and probably wouldn't really help motivate a child to turn in homework assignments.