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Melanie Minnie, a teacher at the Rietfontein nursery school, stands beside her car after being fined by the Tshwane Metro Police for transporting 19 children in the vehicle on October 11, 2012 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Teacher fined for cramming 19 kids into small car on school trip

A teacher at a South African nursery school has been fined after police stopped her with 19 children packed into a small car.

Melanie Minnie was reported by a member of the public as she transported the pupils in her Renault Clio. Cops in the city of Pretoria issued her with a fine of 1,500 rand, just under $175.

"It was the first and the last time that we'll go on an outing... we're actually a very cute school," Minnie said, according to a report in South Africa's Citizen newspaper.

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Wow... just wow...

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Reply#1 - Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:38 AM EDT

"we're actually a very cute school," That stuffs your kids into compact cars...

geez, really people? really?

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Reply#2 - Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:30 PM EDT

"we're actually a very cute school,"

No wonder people are becoming dumber every day...who is this "teacher"? Paris "Airhead" Hilton?

    Reply#3 - Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:30 PM EDT

    "We're actually a very cute school", not exactly what you expect to protect your children. If it's such a "cute school" why no bus to transport the children or volunteers to drive?

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    Reply#4 - Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:57 PM EDT

    It's entirely possible that whatever she said was not in English, and so "we're actually a very cute school" was the result of a bad translation rather than her actually trying to say that her school was "cute".

    Perhaps she was trying to say it's a good school instead?

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