A Florida teacher's job is in jeopardy after it was found that she had put a dog collar on several of her students as a form of punishment.
The collar sometimes called the "cone of shame" is intended to prevent dogs and cats from chewing on wounds or themselves after surgery. The teacher placed the cone on as many as eight different students after showing the Pixar movie "Up", where a dog wearing such a cone appears. That apparently is where the teacher got the idea.
A letter from the Pasco county Superintendent states, "...your actions show extremely poor judgment and concern me for several...