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Boy, 11, holds sign by road as punishment

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Published: March. 30, 2010 at 3:17 PM

SACRAMENTO, March 30 (UPI) -- A California mother said she had her 11-year-old son hold a sign on a street corner for three hours to apologize for being disrespectful to his teacher.

Cassandra Rollins of Sacramento said she and Ahmad Rollins' father decided to have the boy apologize to his fifth-grade teacher by holding a sign detailing his offense and remorse on the busy corner of Truxel Road and West El Camino Avenue, KCRA-TV, Sacramento, reported Tuesday.

Rollins said her son's worst offense was calling the teacher a "jackass."

"It's important to respect authority, and I hope parents agree with me," she said.

Ahmad Rollins said he learned his lesson from the punishment.

"I am not going to call my teacher any names, or call anyone any names anymore," the boy said. "Some kids from my class made fun of me, a girl from my class almost fell out the window laughing."

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