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Fifth grader charged after bus fight over snack cake [9 yr old beaten to unconsciousness]
AP ^ | April 2, 2004 | Staff writer

Posted on 04/02/2004 5:34:30 AM PST by TaxRelief

For discussion and education purposes only.

Greensboro, North Carolina-AP -- A North Carolina fifth-grader has been charged with assault for knocking out a boy in a school bus fight over a snack cake.

(snip) ...According to the principal, when the boy sitting next to him asked for a bite, Kevin said no and was smacked in the face with a stuffed Tweety Bird. Kevin hit back, but was slammed against a window and hit in the back.

Then he fell in the aisle and was stomped.

School officials say when the bus driver pulled the aggressor off him, Kevin was unconscious.

(Excerpt) Read more at whnt19.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: bullies; bullying; cakecrime; educationplan; littledebbie; movieviolence; nccrime; schoolbus; schoolviolence; schoolyard; socialdecay; tvviolence; videogames; zebracakes
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To: Aquinasfan
School isn't about learning. It never has been. For parents, it's about free babysitting. For the elites, it's about molding society.

Well, that's a nice, inflammatory sentiment, that has a comfortably anti-NEA flavor to it. And it's even correct, in some cases. But it's not universally true, and it's probably not even generally true.

For example, my experience was different, as is my kids'. I know a lot of kids from different states and places who are learning in schools that are about learning -- and yes, some of them are even public schools.

(FWIW, my brother's daughter is in a private school, and while it has a good reputation, he's dissatisfied with the education she's getting.... He says the school seems to be more about the elites, molding society.)

If you're really interested in fixing what's broke, you need to take an honest look at what's not broke. It's a lot more helpful than posting complaints to the FR choir.

61 posted on 04/02/2004 8:28:18 AM PST by r9etb
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To: Gerasimov
A fifty cent zebra cake and a fifty cent chocolate milk every day meant a net $5.00 gain in pocket money by weeks end.

Now THAT'S a healthy lunch...

62 posted on 04/02/2004 8:30:46 AM PST by William Martel
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To: TaxRelief

Yes, home schoolers are missing out on all this social interaction with young thugs and future criminals.
63 posted on 04/02/2004 8:33:56 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: Buffettbassman
I'm with you on that. This was the real story of Columbine, before it got hijacked by the left - a system so perverted that kids sincerely felt their only opportunity for justice was to kill their tormentors themselves.

When I was a kid, I learned to fight off the bullies by sheer savagery - dirty fighting. I really had no choice, I was a late bloomer and very small in school. I would bite, attack eyes and genitals, emit piercing screams directly into ears... lemme tell you, it stopped that BS right quick.
64 posted on 04/02/2004 8:35:10 AM PST by thoughtomator (Voting Bush because there is no reasonable alternative)
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To: new cruelty
WOW. Are those cakes really that good?

I was putting Little Debbie Snacks in the goodies boxes for the troops, they were like gold.
65 posted on 04/02/2004 8:38:09 AM PST by boxerblues
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To: billbears
No child left behind.
66 posted on 04/02/2004 8:41:47 AM PST by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: TaxRelief
Read a thread yesterday, or heard on the radio that the military won't take anyone who has been on Ritalin. Seems former users have a potential for unpredictable outbursts. Sounds kinda like the behavior of that kid. I wonder.
67 posted on 04/02/2004 8:47:14 AM PST by ampat (to)
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To: TaxRelief
Reason to homeschool number (fill in the blank with an appropriately high number)
68 posted on 04/02/2004 8:51:25 AM PST by BSunday (Become a monthly donor. Every little bit helps. Even as little as 3 bucks.)
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To: Esther Ruth
Seriously??? A $9 tax??
69 posted on 04/02/2004 8:55:36 AM PST by Nataku X
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To: r9etb
If you're really interested in fixing what's broke, you need to take an honest look at what's not broke. It's a lot more helpful than posting complaints to the FR choir.

It doesn't make sense to repair the brakes on a car that has a rotted body with an engine that doesn't run. You go out and get a different car, abandoning the junker. In other words, we homeschool versus trying to fix what we consider an "unsalvagable" educational system, for the good of our children.

70 posted on 04/02/2004 8:56:43 AM PST by power2 (JMJ)
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To: All
Can you remember the day or days when you realized that there were people that would hurt you? Or not like you? Or would take your belongings? Some of the first lessons I learned in school. (Innocence lost) One of the hardest things a parent gets to explain to a child.
71 posted on 04/02/2004 9:16:45 AM PST by TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa (Foe Hammer!)
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To: Nakatu X
Yes Seareeowsly - a $9 Tax, and you must be weighed first before making the purchase to see if you are within the weight range for purchasing. I've seen the scales in most stores but some still don't have them. People are starting to smuggle the Little Debbie Snack Cakes over from Indiana so Daley is proposing Snack Cake Border Patrol Police.
72 posted on 04/02/2004 9:24:56 AM PST by Esther Ruth (George W. Bush - My Kids Newest Bestest Super Hero of ALL TIME)
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To: Esther Ruth
Are you sure you're not pulling my leg... if not, do you have a link to a news story????
73 posted on 04/02/2004 9:35:44 AM PST by Nataku X
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To: Puppage
Snake cakes-sold everywhere except in Ireland. Beware of the poisionous brands, especially the Australian Tiger Snake Cake.
74 posted on 04/02/2004 9:38:15 AM PST by RightWingAtheist
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To: Tijeras_Slim
LMAO..........What makes ya think theres just "one" father in that household ?............:o)

Stay safe Slim !!

75 posted on 04/02/2004 9:40:25 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Wolfie
But stuffed Tweety Birds will still be allowed. Dontcha know that bullies only act that way because they've been disenfranchised; we don't want to deprive them further, would we?
76 posted on 04/02/2004 9:40:47 AM PST by RightWingAtheist
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To: TankerKC
---Pretty soon, dad won’t want to see you pulling into the driveway and get control of his family. ---

Either that or he'll shoot you through the head with a 357...
77 posted on 04/02/2004 10:00:08 AM PST by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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To: Buffettbassman
Yeah, that'll fix it - more laws! If only we had more laws, society would be perfect.

Ever hear from your kid about the assaults? Where's the primary line of communication here - bureaucrat-to-mom or kid-to-mom?

78 posted on 04/02/2004 10:03:39 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Is Fallujah gone yet?)
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To: Aquinasfan
Today's public school students are being pressured to pull the fat from the fire (NCLB high-stakes testing) so that highly paid school officials can keep their jobs and property values don't plummet. Kids are on edge, under pressure, and becoming more difficult to deal with in the schools. Many parents are starting to realize that it's not worth the grief, hence the steady growth in homeschooling or private schools that aren't governed by NCLB.

Then, of couse, you add to all that pressure the asinine zero-tolerance policies schools have adopted over the years. I predict that by the end of this decade, public schools will become the educational venue of last resort.
79 posted on 04/02/2004 10:04:59 AM PST by ladylib
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To: Nakatu X
Of course this is not true - yet. But back to the boy on the bus - there will always be bullies and they will always look for the weakest to pick on, we should have never let our sons watch Sesame Street and Barney - it has all been down hill from there. These boys just need to spend some time watching some good old fashion John Wayne, Roy Rodger and Lone Ranger movies.
80 posted on 04/02/2004 10:15:22 AM PST by Esther Ruth (George W. Bush - My Kids Newest Bestest Super Hero of ALL TIME)
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