Holding Hands While Being Laughed At

In Westwood high school, Arizona, two students got into a fight and they were punished

By holding hands in the courtyard for 15 minutes

While other students pointed, laughed, and took pictures of them

Eating Food off the Floor

In 2009, fifth graders at Charles Sumner elementary school in New Jersey

Were forced to eat their lunch off the floor

As a punishment for a student spilling a jug of water while refilling a cooler

The punishment continued for 10 days, and included students that were absent the day that the water was spilled

Chopping off Hair

A teacher in Wisconsin punished a 7 year-old girl by cutting off a braid of her hair

The teacher later claimed that she was "frustrated"

Because the girl kept playing with her braids

Being Told That You Are Hated

Alex, an undiagnosed high-functioning autistic

Was made to sit and listen while the class discussed his flaws and called him names

At one point, his teacher told him that she hates him

Then preceded by forcing him out of the class for the rest of the day

Being Locked in a Closet

A pre-kindergarten teacher punished a four-year-old boy

And several of his classmates in Houston, Texas

By locking them in a pitch black custodial closet

Needless to say, the kid was so frightened that he ended up vomiting

Getting Stuffed in A Bag

A schoolteacher in Kentucky, used a bag to stuff a nine-year-old autistic boy

When his mom arrived, she found him tied up tight in the bag

For not doing his homework