Trouble at the School Where C'Pi Teaches
The Mighty Favog
Thu Oct 22, 3:16 pm ET
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Authorities in Taiwan said on Thursday they would
investigate a private training center after receiving testimony and
videos showing that children were made to swallow fire and step on
glass to build up their courage.
Given videos and testimony from parents of the Mai-teh International
Intelligence Research Institute, the city of Tainan in south Taiwan
said in a statement it would probe the training center for possible
violations of laws governing minors.
The center, licensed as a consultancy and about two years old, had
admitted more than 100 people of varied ages to build up their courage
via what parents said amounted to corporal punishment, a city
government news official said.
A Tainan city councilor and several parents brought the case to local
media, prompting the probe.
"My child was forced to split wood with his bare hands and wanted to
die," one mother said via local television.
Students paid T$30,000 ($932) per half year for the after school
courses, Taiwan's China Times newspaper reported.
"Because the company had always stressed that it was a confidence
training school and that only with a strong heart could children see
achievements, it had to do things to build up courage," the statement
said.
"If there were violations of rules covering minors, we will handle the
case according to law," it said.
The training center was closed on Thursday and phones went unanswered,
complicating the probe, the city said.
Extreme confidence-building courses are generally reserved for
military units, such as the U.S. Marine Corps, and involve challenging
exercises designed to overcome fear of accidents.
Pork Coffee
Sounds like one of the schools I went to.
Fire tastes like chicken.
Hanky Huckleberry
Seriously--WHOA!
C'Pi
My students wish they just had to eat fire and step on glass instead of
listening to me for an hour and a half.
From what I understand, about half the parents are happy about what happened
and the other half is unhappy. Bunch of wuss kids around here. They could
use some toughening up.
My youngest son asked if he could walk on fire the other day. Maybe I
should send him to the training center.
Pork Coffee
Your sons are awesome. Don't put them into balloons.
Hanky Huckleberry