[kinoxi]

Three eighth-graders were given three days of in-school suspension

Not so bad. Don't bring things that are meant to look like guns to school anymore. I received more punishment for far less in my days.

[Pharmboy]

But this had to do with the Revolution (amazing enough that they were studying it at all, rather than teaching the kids that whales are as smart as humans). We didn't win the war by throwing Birkenstocks at the Brits...

[Ainast]

What ever happened to the classic swat? I remember i used to get 3 to 6 a day. (3 swats at a time.)

[Cobra64]

I feel sorry for you.

We played cops and robbers with cap guns during recess.

[TheCrusader]

"Not so bad. Don't bring things that are meant to look like guns to school anymore. I received more punishment for far less in my days."

They were doing a Revolutionary War project and were told to bring in props. So what other "war props" should they have brought in that would have been ok? Knives? Canon? Bayonettes? Gun powder? Axe? When you're working on a war project that requires props, you're kinda stuck between a rock and hard place if they won't allow toy weapons. It's like working on a bird project and telling the kids that feathers and beaks are not allowed. The world has truly gone insane.