Principal Accused of Making Boy Zap Himself With "Shocker Pen"

Want to bring a fake pen to school at Beaver Ridge Elementary School that gives off a mild, but not dangerous electrical shock? If you get caught with it, be prepared to have the principal turn it on yourself. And then, shortly thereafter, the parents and administration will turn on her. Good thing she didn't catch him with a bear trap! FYI: it's not the first time this principal has used some questionable disciplinary techniques: 10 years ago she allegedly took a kid who was biting other students and held him down while the other kids bit him back.

Here's more from the AJC:

A Gwinnett County elementary school principal is under fire for ordering a student to shock himself with a pen he carried to school that emits a low current.

Esther Adames-Jimenez, principal of Beaver Ridge Elementary School, apparently wanted to teach the student a lesson. So when the boy was summoned into her office to face discipline consequences for bringing the toy to class, she asked the student to turn the pen on himself. The student was not injured.

“Her actions reflect poor judgment,” said Sloan Roach, a spokeswoman for Gwinnett County Public Schools. “It clearly violates our discipline procedures.” This is not the first time the principal has come under scrutiny for discipline allegations.

In 1999, she was placed on paid administrative leave from East Boston Early Education Center amid allegations that she disciplined a 4-year-old who bit classmates by holding that student down so his victims could bite him back. Adames-Jimenez was reinstated without disciplinary action. However, the mother of the disciplined student filed a civil lawsuit against Adames-Jimenez and the school. The case later was settled for an undisclosed sum.