The strong impact of hearing what appears to be inappropriate words in a classroom context can be closely replicated by the shock of seeing these words or their euphemisms in print: sheet/shit, beach/bitch, thanks/sex, vacuum/f—k. Some of us may be taken aback by reading these inappropriate or “bad” words. It is exactly this reaction that illustrates why four teachers imposed punishment before proving their students’ alleged guilt. In short, four children were punished not for what they had said, but for what their teachers had heard.