[bleudevil]

I agree. What kind of thinking person would treat this situation this way? Sounds like she was a bright, imaginative kid, thinking of a Civil War game.

To look on the bright side, maybe this incident will cause the girl to view governmental authority with some skepticism and she'll become more of an independent thinker than she would have otherwise.

[pa_dweller]

What kind of thinking person

That's part of the problem, the thinking's been taken out of the equation. A committee draws up a procedure to handle such things and it is decided, apparently, that no deviation from the schedule will be allowed - It MUST be done THIS way, PERIOD. They say "it's for the children" but, IMO it's either laziness or unwillingness to take responsibility.