Thursday, March 19, 2009
Big D, as in Dumbass
As you older readers may remember, before the Plowboys came along and screwed up the city's image, Dallas was known as Big D. Given the brilliance of one high school administration, it is easy to see how the Plowboys pushed that image aside.
Some schools have counsellors to settle disputes between students. But South Oak Cliff high school in Dallas preferred another, more direct method: bare-knuckle fighting inside a steel cage.At least on was smart enough not to mix students and staff.
According to a 2008 report obtained by the Dallas Morning News, staff at the school sanctioned the use of "the cage" - a section of the boys' changing room barricaded by wire mesh and steel lockers - to settle disputes and bring unruly students under control.
In one incident, according to the report compiled by the local school district, the school principal at the time, Donald Moten, told staff to place two fighting pupils, "in the cage and let 'em duke it out".
On another occasion, according to the report, a member of the school's security staff tried to fight a student in the cage, but the principal intervened.
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