California High School Teacher Punishes Students For Saying "God Bless You" In Class!

" Northern California teacher says he doesn't want
to hear a common courtesy in his classroom.

He's even lowering students' grades if they say
"bless you" after someone sneezes.

Steve Cuckovich says the practice is disrespectful
and disruptive. He's banned saying "bless you" in
his high school health class in Vacaville.

He even knocked 25 points from one student's grade
for saying the phrase in class.

Cuckovich says the policy has nothing to do with
religion, but says the phrase is just a outdated
practice and disrupts class time.

"When you sneezed in the old days, they thought
you were dispelling evil spirits out of your
body," Cuckovich said. "So they were saying, 'God
bless you' for getting rid of evil spirits. But
today, I said what you're doing doesn't really
make any sense anymore."" - 30 News