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I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again a dozen times: Zero tolerance=zero thinking.
The schools are not teaching kids how to think, or how to make decisions. When you have to follow a certain formula for every type of "transgression," you might as well fire the principal and hire a robot.
Of course. The school has probably been overwhelmed with people from all over calling to hassle the principal.
A boy was pulled out of the cafeteria for playing with a forbidden item, given a talking-to by the principal and nearly suspended. As in ... not suspended. Oh no. Quick, call the media.
I agree. The kid was not suspended. He did take something to school that he shouldn't have had. The kid should go home, and the parent should look at him and basically say, "You dummy! What'd you go and do that for?"
I am sure their school is like ours, these rules are gone over EVERY year, and reviewed EVERY quarter.
As I understand it, school administrators have no leeway in applying "zero tolerance" policies. They're districtwide and are to be applied w/o exceptions. Any appeals would go to the superintendent and/or school board.
Of course this particular incident sounds silly.....but they have to draw the line somewhere and in this case it is NO GUNS in school....even if it is made out of clay dough. It may sound like a knee jerk reaction, but it is what it is. Until the rule is changed, and it probably shouldn't be, then no one should goof with it without expecting to be punished.
From what the article said, it was a "gun" that went with Lego figures. So if a kid can bring his Indiana Jones legos to school, they probably come with a sword of some sort. How about a pirate or vikings set? Those come with miniature guns, cannons, and swords. What if a child did a presentation about knights for a history class? Would his knights have to be shown without their weapons in order to satisfy the "no weapons" rule? A spork could be used as a weapon, as could a sharpened pencil. Those items are prevalent in schools, and pose more of a threat than a two-inch "gun" made out of flimsy plastic.
Seriously, do people really think that equating a miniature lego gun or a knight figurine's sword to a real gun or knife is reasonable?? Is there really NO common sense anywhere?
Let's not teach kids how to actually think things through...
From what the article said, it was a "gun" that went with Lego figures. So if a kid can bring his Indiana Jones legos to school, they probably come with a sword of some sort. How about a pirate or vikings set? Those come with miniature guns, cannons, and swords. What if a child did a presentation about knights for a history class? Would his knights have to be shown without their weapons in order to satisfy the "no weapons" rule? A spork could be used as a weapon, as could a sharpened pencil. Those items are prevalent in schools, and pose more of a threat than a two-inch "gun" made out of flimsy plastic.
Seriously, do people really think that equating a miniature lego gun or a knight figurine's sword to a real gun or knife is reasonable?? Is there really NO common sense anywhere?
Let's not teach kids how to actually think things through...
That sounds reasonable to me, but the principal surely has better things to do than argue with a bunch of parents about where that line is drawn. Little Jackson pointed his finger at little Madison and said "bang" and now Maddie is crying and her mommy is mad! And the principal is trying to explain that it's just a finger and not really a gun, but there are three other mommies waiting in the hallway because Kaitlyn was playing with a stick and somebody got hurt, and the phone is ringing because little Hayden's mommy called the local paper because she wasn't allowed to wear her "Mommy's Little Hooker" top to school.
The schools act like idiots because parents don't leave them alone to do their jobs.
The schools act like idiots because parents don't leave them alone to do their jobs.
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This!
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Zero Tolerance
