美8歲女生獲“災難獎” 因不完成作業理由最多

The mother of an 8-year-old Arizona girl who was presented with a "Catastrophe award" for apparently having the most excuses for not having homework believes her child was humiliated by her teacher.

Christina Valdez said her daughter, Cassandra Garcia, came home one day from class at Desert Springs Academy in Tucson, Ariz., with the paper award.

The document, which looks like a colorful card, contained the following message: "You're Tops! Catastrophe Award. Awarded to Cassandra Garcia. For Most Excuses for Not Having Homework."

The teacher signed the card "Ms. Plowman," added the date - May 18, 2012 - and even included a smiley face.

The teacher announced the award in front of the entire class, and the other students laughed at her daughter, Valdez said in a Thursday interview with ABC TV affiliate KGUN-TV in Tucson.

When she contacted the school to complain, the principal "blew me off," Valdez added. "She said it was a joke that was played and that the teachers joke around with the children."

But Valdez told KGUN that she didn't find any of it funny.

"I think it's cruel and no child should be given an award like this. It's disturbing," she said, adding that she was not aware her daughter had a problem with homework, and that the girl had been enrolled in an after-school homework assistance program.

Desert Springs Academy's principal declined to comment to a KGUN reporter, the affiliate reported.美國亞利桑那州一所學校的教師向一名8歲女生頒發“災難獎”，理由是這名學生不完成家庭作業的理由最多。學生的家長認爲孩子遭到了老師的羞辱。

克里斯蒂娜-瓦爾迪茲說，她的女兒卡桑德拉-加西亞有一天放學回家時帶回一張紙“獎狀”。女兒在亞利桑那州圖森的沙漠甘泉學校就讀。

“獎狀”看似彩色卡片，上面寫着：“你最棒！災難獎。獎給桑德拉-加西亞。獎勵你有最多不完成家庭作業的理由”。

老師在卡片上署名“普洛曼女士”，日期爲“2012年5月18日”，卡片上還畫着一個笑臉圖案。

瓦爾迪茲週四在接受美國廣播公司圖森KGUN-TV電視臺採訪時說，老師當着全班學生的面把“獎”頒給加西亞，女兒遭到了其他學生的嘲笑。

瓦爾迪茲後來聯繫學校投訴，稱校長的回答讓她很失望，“她說這只是玩笑，老師們經常和孩子們開玩笑”。

但瓦爾迪茲告訴這家電視臺，她覺得一點兒也不好笑。

瓦爾迪茲說：“我覺得這很殘酷，不應該給孩子發這樣的‘獎’。這很讓人心煩。”她還說自己的女兒在完成家庭作業方面沒有問題，還參加一個課後輔導班。

據報道，該校校長拒絕就此事接受電視臺採訪。