Okay. Bypassing the racial argument entirely, why are suspensions and expulsions from preschool (short of seriously heinous behavior, rather than garden-variety acting out like what’s mentioned here) not absurd in the first place?
Throwing chairs and spitting are not normal behavior for that age. Four year olds know better, or should, and I wouldn’t have tolerated allowing my child to be around a kid like the ones in the mother’s column.
The school had to do something to protect the other children, and frankly, I’m surprised that these kids were allowed back a total of eight times. My daughter’s church-based, twice a week,half-day preschool would have and did expel kids for less.
I don’t know. I was kicked out of nursery school after one day. I was 3. My mother said I “wasn’t invited back” I never threw things. I guess I said something smart-assed. My middle child is like that, too.