I read this in a forum about parenting and just had to share.

Its with dismay I read the account below and wonder if this is a world wide phenomenon; inciting our innocent kids to turn bullies to proof themselves not be wimps!

A former San Antonio teacher accused of directing students to hit a schoolmate for being a bully has been convicted of official oppression.
Cynthia Ambrose, 44, was accused of telling her students at Salinas Elementary School to line up and hit a 6-year-old boy so he knows "how it feels to be bullied." She faces up to a year in jail after jurors convicted her Thursday, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
The May 2012 incident occurred when the boy was brought to Ambrose by his teacher, Barbara Ramirez, after he hit another student. The boy, now 7, told the jury this week he remembers getting hit by students and later telling his brothers, but they didn't believe him.
"It started out as a pat," Ramirez said. "Then she told the class, 'Come on, hit him harder.'"
Ramirez was granted immunity in exchange for her testimony. She said she reported the incident to the school principal two weeks later.
"I've never heard of anything like this in my 30 years," Salinas Elementary School Principal Jeffrey Large said. "I've heard of teachers using excessive force, but never putting students against other students."
Prosecutor Patrick Ballantyne said in court Thursday that the incident was "so far outside the bounds of classroom discipline to where it becomes criminal."
Ambrose's lawyer, James Scott Sullivan, questioned Ramirez's statements during closing arguments, saying her testimony was dubious.
Ambrose is scheduled to be sentenced July 29.
Sullivan said he will pursue probation for Ambrose, who said she was already "convicted" by the media when the episode first came to light

Well, she shouldn't have taught or forced other kids to hit people, that being said, if the child in question was truly a chronic mean bully, I don't think she deserves jail time. Discipline, yes, jail time, no.

She may even have saved someone's child from committing suicide in the future at the hands of this budding bully of a child.

^^ Or succeeded in creating budding bullies. I'm looking at this from the perspective of the innocent kids who had nothing to do with this in the first place, and the effect her actions will have on them?

Sure, the little thug probably 'deserved' it, but what about the other well brought up kids from decent homes being asked to hit another child? For something that they weren't involved in?

Efemena_xy: ^^ Or succeeded in creating budding bullies. I'm looking at this from the perspective of the innocent kids who had nothing to do with this in the first place, and the effect her actions will have on them?

Sure, the little thug probably 'deserved' it, but what about the other well brought up kids from decent homes being asked to hit another child? For something that they weren't involved in?

That's exactly why I made my first statement. You just broke down my reasons for saying that. Though I will add that the risk of the other kids becoming bullies might not be so high in this case because of the way it was presented.