Mom forces son to stand on street for bad grades

[March 21, 2011]  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Wearing a sign around his neck that read, "Honk if I need an education," 15-year-old James Mond III stood for nearly four hours on a Tampa, Fla., street corner.

Fed up with his bad grades, his mother sent him there hoping to teach him a lesson about the importance of an education. Ronda Holder never finished high school and doesn't want the same for her son. So she sent him out Wednesday with a sign telling the world about his 1.22 GPA. His middle school has since enrolled him in after-school tutoring. The Department of Children and Families is investigating whether the incident might be a form of maltreatment. Holder says she doesn't care about the critics. She wants her son to have an education. Plenty of people honked. ___ Information from: St. Petersburg Times, http://tampabay.com/ [Associated Press] Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.