TAMPA, United States (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, Florida, 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 last Wednesday with a sign telling the world about his low 1.22 Grade Point Average.
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.
