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Ichingcarpenter

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 05:27 AM Jun 2012

Florida Teacher Teaches Kids How to Read and Also Cut Themselves to Expel Demons

A Florida literacy specialist was arrested for child abuse Tuesday after expanding her repertoire to include hands-on demonology instruction.

Does anybody else feel like this about Florida, always?

The Miami Herald reports that, last weekend, Danielle Harkins told seven of her former students to cut their skin to allow evil spirits to escape from their bodies, and then taught them how to cauterize the wounds with heated up house keys, lest the spirits return.

It was comprehensive instruction.

Harkins, demonstrating a great flair for the dramatic, staged the ritual around dusk Saturday evening. She built a small fire near the St. Petersburg Pier for the teenagers to stand around as they self-exorcised.

At the moment, police are having a hard time getting the kids to open up about the specifics. The few details they have accumulated are bizarre and gruesome.

For example: when the wind coming off the water blew out the flame from a cigarette lighter Harkins was using as part of the cauterization stage, she poured perfume on one boy's hand, then set it on fire. He suffered second degree burns.

More:http://gawker.com/5918636/florida-teacher-teaches-kids-how-to-read-and-also-cut-themselves-to-expel-demons


The Purge is working.....opps, I guess she votes republican.

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Florida Teacher Teaches Kids How to Read and Also Cut Themselves to Expel Demons (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jun 2012 OP
Another day, another WTF is going on in America story LonePirate Jun 2012 #1
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