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TMC · 02-15-2011, 08:13 PM

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Mom Makes Son Wear Sign Announcing 1.22 GPA
Mom Says She's Tried Everything To Get Son To Shape Up

Posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
Updated: 8:18 am CST February 21, 2011

Tampa, Fla. -- A Tampa mother is defending her decision to stick her teenage son on a street corner with a sign that says, among other things, "GPA 1.22 ... honk if I need education." Ronda Holder says she and the boy's father have tried everything to get their 15-year-old to shape up academically. They've offered help, asked to see homework, grounded, lectured him and confiscated his cell phone. James Mond III's indifference at a school meeting last week was the final straw. The next day, Holder made the sign and made her son wear it for nearly four hours.

Experts criticized the move as humiliating and ineffective, and someone reported Holder to the Department of Children and Families. Holder insists she's fighting for her child's education.

Information from: St. Petersburg Times
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Family Ties Forever! · 02-21-2011, 09:09 PM

Wow. I wonder if the boy's grades will improve after this.

browneyes106 · 02-21-2011, 09:25 PM

The punishment was a bit extreme but I think it will make the boy shape up.

Marvo301 · 02-21-2011, 09:31 PM

I wonder if they've ever considered getting their son tested for a learning disorder?

Lee · 02-21-2011, 09:33 PM

I think what the mother did was a little extreme

Family Ties Forever! · 02-21-2011, 09:46 PM

I can only imagine how embarrassing it must have been.

old grouch · 02-22-2011, 02:10 PM

If she can make her son hold a sign for four hours, then she can make him study for four hours.

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02-21-2011, 09:25 PM	#3
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	The punishment was a bit extreme but I think it will make the boy shape up.

02-21-2011, 09:33 PM	#5
Lee veteran member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 23, 2001 Location: Pulaski, Tennessee Posts: 4,768	I think what the mother did was a little extreme

02-21-2011, 09:46 PM	#6
Family Ties Forever! Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 16, 2002 Location: Keaton residence Posts: 10,214	I can only imagine how embarrassing it must have been.

02-22-2011, 02:10 PM	#7
old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	If she can make her son hold a sign for four hours, then she can make him study for four hours.