Teacher Bans “Bless You” From Classroom

Would Gesundheit be better?

When covering parenting news, you get fairly used to hearing crazy and outlandish stories, and today’s story about a California teacher punishing a student for saying “Bless you” to a fellow classmate after she sneezed, surely ranks among the most idiotic things I’ve heard all week.

Taylor McGinley sneezed in her health class at Will C. Wood High School in Vacaville, CA a few weeks ago. When a student replied with “God, bless you,” teacher Steven Cuckovich was not happy and penalized the students.

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