You can't make this stuff up

This came in via e-mail from my friend Tori, who works over at Failing School here in The District.

From a student who is a parent: “And they can be frustrating but you can’t just be beatin’ on ‘em. You gotta talk to them while you beatin’ on ‘em. say *slapping motions* ‘Boy, what you did? Why you doin’ it?’”