keep digging, Watson

At Eminence High School in Morgan County, Indiana, they like their crap piled higher and deeper. Twelve students are suspected of dumping manure all over school grounds, enough that a front loader had to be brought in to carry it all away. From Morgan County's resident Sherlock Holmeses:

Eminence High School has a 40-member senior class. Because "2004" was painted on the grass and parking lot, officials believed they could narrow the field of suspects.

In the grand tradition of "punish everyone, not just the guilty," which is often modus operandi* for school administrators, the senior trip (to the Indianapolis Zoo) has been canceled.

This is hardly creative, or smart, punishment. As a teacher, I try as much as possible to discipline according to "natural consequences"--i.e., you clean up your own mess-- which in this case wasn't possible due to immediate health concerns.

My suggestion: don't cancel the trip to the zoo. Let all forty seniors go, and let the ten asses who trashed the place help clean up after Kubwa, Tombi, or any of the other elephants.

[hat tip to the obscure store]

*Whooee! More Latin!