In a demonstration of the fact that kids have about the same rights as your average "terror suspect," four teachers frisked an entire class of third graders when five dollars turned out to be missing from the classroom. When a substitute teacher discovered an envelope that had contained five bucks for a school function was empty and in the trash, she first told the students that if whoever took it came forward, there would be no punishment. When no one surrendered, she, a student teacher, and a teacher from another class and an aide searched the students' backpacks and desks. Then they told students to remove shoes and socks (why, just like going to the airport,) lined them up along the wall and patted them down, sticking hands into some students' pockets. The money was never found.

Many of the students and parents were upset, and one girl said she and many of her classmates cried, especially when one teacher dug through the pockets of her jeans and told her she'd go to prison if the money was found on her. Why, don't those kids know this is the U.S.A.? But the school just happened to have a rule prohibiting teachers from physical contact with students, so the teachers were reprimanded for the incident. The principal sent home a letter to the irate parents, but: "There is no apology in the letter. The note also lacks details such as that the search included students’ clothing or that disciplinary action was taken against the teachers." Hey, justice don't come easy here.