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Parents of a fifth grader are concerned after their child was punished for referring to his teacher as "ma'am." Teretha Wilson said she noticed something was wrong Tuesday when her 10-year old son Tamarion got off the school bus from North East Carolina Preparatory School. "I asked him what happened. He said he got in trouble for saying 'yes ma'am'," explained Wilson. Confused by his response, Tamarion pulled out a sheet of paper with the word "ma'am" written on it four times per line on both sides. He says his teacher told him to write the word on the sheet...

FULL TITLE: Fifth-grade boy is made to write 'ma'am' repeatedly as punishment for calling his teacher by the term of respect after she asked him not to A fifth-grade boy has been punished for calling his teacher 'ma'am' after she asked him not to use the term of respect. Student Tamarion Wilson, 10, was made to write out the word 'ma'am' repeatedly during class on Tuesday at North East Carolina Preparatory School in Tarboro, North Carolina. His mother Teretha Wilson was shocked when he returned home from the public charter school with the sheet of paper, for her to sign...