We are reviewing the impact of this disruption and the student grading policy. He said: 'The teacher believed that students were dramatically sneezing and responding in repetitive fashion 'Bless you'. School district superintendent Dr John Niederkorn said that Cuckovich thought the students were sneezing in dramatic fashion with the intent of disrupting class. We don't condone that type of punishment.' Principal Cliff DeGraw said: 'He realises there's better ways to do that. It's got to do with an interruption of class time.'Ĭuckovich was forced to stop deducting points from student's grades after parents complained.īut he said he would find another form of punishment for his pupils. Some believed that sneezing is a sign that God will answer your prayers.īut Cuckovich responded telling FOX40: 'It's not got anything to do with religion. There are legends that the heart stops beating and the phrase 'bless you' is meant to encourage the heart to continue beating. It is widely believed that the phrase began with Pope Gregory VII in the 11th century and the story of 'ring around the rosy' being connected to the plague. At the time sneezing was thought to be an early symptom of the plague so the blessing 'God bless you' was commonly used. One early explanation is that when Gregory I became Pope in AD 590 there was an outbreak of the bubonic plague in Rome. There are many theories where the saying 'Bless you', or 'God bless you', after someone sneezes comes from.
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