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Posted on 08/20/2014 5:05:34 PM PDT by bamahead
Now that summer is over and school is starting up again, it's time for the torrent of ridiculous "zero tolerance" suspensions and arrests to resume.
Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina, is wasting no time: A 16-year-old student was arrested and suspended for writing a story in which he used a gun to kill a dinosaur. The student, Alex Stone, was assigned by a teacher to write a story about himself. Stone chose to embellish his story with obviously fictional details, like dinosaurs. But the teacher saw the word "gun" and the rest is history, according to NBC-12:
Stone said in his "status" he wrote a fictional story that involved the words "gun" and "take care of business."
"I killed my neighbor's pet dinosaur, and, then, in the next status I said I bought the gun to take care of the business," Stone said.
Stone says his statements were taken completely out of context.
"I could understand if they made him re-write it because he did have "gun" in it. But a pet dinosaur?" said Alex's mother Karen Gray."I mean first of all, we don't have dinosaurs anymore. Second of all, he's not even old enough to buy a gun."
Investigators say the teacher contacted school officials after seeing the message containing the words "gun" and "take care of business," and police were then notified on Tuesday.
The police arrested Stone and charged him with disorderly conduct. He was also suspended from school for a week.
And just like that, the pop-tart gun suspension has been dethroned as the most absurd zero tolerance story. And it's not even September yet! Well done, Summerville.
Readers, welcome back to public school.
I’d be more likely to kick him out because he wrote “status” instead of “sentence”.
Why are we allowing these dumb POS to remain on the payrolls as educators?
We are doomed as a country and as a civilization in the USA.
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Awww Jeepus!
A reflection on this teacher, sadly way too many are imbeciles.
Yes...odd...I wonder if these stories were written on Facebook or something like it. There each entry is a “status” update. Otherwise, this kid has vocabulary problems.
everybody needs to wake up, he was not Arrested! He was the victim of FELONY KIDNAPPING by the TEACHER AND GESTAPO AGENT, the parents need to get a lawyer and PRESS FELONY KIDNAPPING CHARGES, then file a Federal Lawsuit for Deprivation of Rights and SUE THESE BASTARDS PERSONALLY. last time I looked Americans were free to publish any damned thing they want.
Really, about the thing one can do is shake their head in amazement that our educators have become complete and utter morons...
His teacher is a pervert and tried to take advantage of him.
When the kid said “No”, teacherror retaliated.
The only thing that these people understand if force. A federal title 18 section 1983 lawsuit needs to be filed against anyone and everyone who had a hand in this.
I’m with you, sue the hell out of them
Also on the police, who should have laughed in her face and left - not arrest the kid!
Hope these people and many more - wake up and home school
1) Recognize that public schools (ALL of them) are run by and for idiots, morons, and imbeciles.
2) Act accordingly: Quit feeding the beast. Put your children in private school or home-school.
What the hell is disorderly about writing a story? Every screen writer in Hollywood should be arrested today!
A patriotic cop would have said “Screw you. I’m not arresting this kid.” Remember, cops are not your friends.
Progressives have the inate ability to out-stupid anyone else ... it’s a challenge to them.
What if a kid writes a story that involves a gun for his home schooling assignment? He would be arrested.
Seriously, homeschooling is not the answer. Parents need to be down at the schools raising hell and electing intelligent people to the school boards.
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