What if she had a pair of scissors?
And, these are the idiots we're counting on to educate our children.
Now she gets to answer "yes" to the question "Have you ever been arrested for a felony?" on employment and school applications for the rest of her life.
Nice going, system.
"Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence"
http://www.zerointelligence.net/archives/000697.php
When butter knives are banned, only chefs will have butter knives.
I used to go nuts making sure my youngest kids had nothing in their backpacks that could be construed as weapons, or controlled substances. Cough drops can fall under that category, if the teacher has his/her head far enough up their ass.
" charged with the possession of a weapon on school property,"
I have a folder I keep in my car's change tray between the seats and drive through the my son's school campus every morning and eve.
I guess they could nail me if the wanted to?
The administration of this school should be cuffed and taken to jail for sheer stupidity. I know, there's probably some law or reg that says they MUST report butter knives.
The police are idiots too. How is an 11 year old girl going to be a treat to them.
If one of these people ever put my 10 year old in handcuffs for a butterknife, I would be the one with a felony on his record because I would not be able to control myself when I saw the school officials or the arresting police officer.
I'll bet the school has baseball bats for gym class. More baseball bats have been used as weapons than butter knives!
As ridiculous as this whole thing sounds, methinks there's a little more to this story....
Mike
Been there, done that. Our kid took one in his lunch pail when he was 12; got in big trouble. When he was even younger he was selling half his candy bar to another kid for 25 cents and got sent to the principal on drug charges. I'm not entirely unsympathetic to the teacher's situation. Trading candy and drugs could look a lot alike. Butter knives? I don't know, guess I'd have to walk in their shoes to fully understand.
-Cliff
A butterknife ain't a weapon.
Next thing you know they will arrest someone for bringing a glue gun to school.
So when do the politically correct police start checking fingers?
intolerable intolerance ping
I've also heard of a child being suspended for drawing a picture of a gun at school.
I wonder if someone would be suspended for writing the words knife or gun on anything at school. What's the difference between words, illustrations and photos of potential weapons in a zero-tolerance environment?
A bat could be used as a weapon. Should baseball be banned at school? Barbells could be used to "whack" someone. They shouldn't allow the football players to have weight rooms.
Wait. I read a HS soccer goalie was killed a week ago from a ball hitting him in the throat. Ban soccer. Never know who can kick accurately.
A pencil or pen could be used as a weapon. Shouldn't students ONLY be allowed to write with soft pastel crayons or chalk? All cafeteria utensils should be replaced with soft plastic ones. I could go on ALL DAY with this. I wish I was on a zero tolerance committee who makes the rules. I'd make their heads SPIN!
These folks have LOST THEIR FRIGGING MINDS!!!! What a bunch of MAROONS!!!