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Posted on 03/12/2008 12:12:14 PM PDT by LibWhacker
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Contraband candy has led to big trouble for an eighth-grade honors student.
Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president, barred from attending an honors student dinner and suspended for a day after buying a bag of Skittles from a classmate.
The New Haven school system banned candy sales in 2003 as part of a district-wide school wellness policy, said school spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo.
Shelli Sheridan, Michael's mother, said he is a top student with no previous disciplinary problems.
"It's too much. It's too unfair," she said. "He's never even had a detention."
Michael's suspension has been reduced from three days to one, but he has not been reinstated as class vice president.
He said he didn't realize his candy purchase was against the rules, but he did notice that the student selling the Skittles on Feb. 26 was being secretive.
An administrator busted Michael with the candy in his pocket. His mother says the student who sold him the Skittles out of a lunch box was also suspended.
Sullivan-DeCarlo said Sheridan Middle School principal Eleanor Turner repeatedly warned students that she did not want candy to be sold or money to change hands during school. Turner referred all questions to Sullivan-DeCarlo.
Aside from the nutrition issue, Sullivan-DeCarlo said, students create security problems when they carry money.
A copy of the district's policy states that "no candy or junk food fundraisers will be allowed on school grounds" and that only healthy snacks will be sold in vending machines.
The policy also prohibits bake sales and other food sales during school hours. The policy does not say anything about students sharing snacks when no money is exchanged.
My immediate thought was, “The kid thought the rules did not apply to him; now he knows they do.” You cannot learn that law of nature too young.
Had he been my kid I would have asked him if he knew that what he was doing was against school rules, and if he said yes, I would want to know if somehow I had brought him up to believe that the rules did not apply to him, and if not, where he got that idea.
I wish all schools were this tough on people who break rules. Then I would not have to deal with the stupid brats in our laundry room who, upon being caught helping themselves to my laundry soap, whine, “Well, I didn’t know it was yours!” “YOU KNEW IT WAS NOT YOURS, DIDN’T YOU?” I habitually shout at them. They look offended and mutter, “Well, sorry you feel that way!” and flounce away.
Yes, the rules do in fact apply to this kid and whether or not you think the rules are stupid, they are the rules. If you are teaching your kid that he doesn’t have to obey “stupid” rules, I hope you are also teaching him that he has to face the consequences, too.
And that was on the Rail platform at a small German town.
No, in MA. I think that is a universal father thing.
I remember my first episode with chew.
I was play hockey and I couldn’t keep it together and it was floating around. Then I swallowed some. I skated immediatly to the bench and hurled over the boards. My dad never said a word. He didn’t need to. never tried it again.
So in CT they illegally close legitimate businesses for staying open too late and kick kids out of school for buying candy. Which is worse? CT or MA?
I had to look at it twice because I was sure it was from Scrappleface.
Evidently, candy is still available at school despite the rules; common sense, however, is utterly unavailable.
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lol.. Sweet!
Incredible.. the school heads should be so proud. (pass the Milk Duds)
Did the classmate get suspended too or can students bring candy to school without violating the stupid rule?
I came to a similar conclusion many years ago. As you know, FR is littered with articles over the years like this that have come from all U.S. regions.
I'm a teacher. I work for those people, and it's nice to have sensible people in that job. It's also good for those kids who are subject to school board policies. Remember, on election day, vote early ... and if you're a democrat I guess you'll vote often too.
I searched the word “candy” and found 4 threads including this one.
Some of the girls at my HS decided to wear pajama tops as blouses. They were cute and modest, but they were PAJAMAS. The powers that be had a conniption, so we had a little girl powwow and next day, nearly every girl in school showed up in a pajama top for a blouse. Silly, I know. However, things like these are what makes relationships and a feeling of community.
Can you believe the world was so innocent in 1952 that we thought this was daring?
vaudine
No...they aren't simply non compos mentis...in fact...they quite get off on the control they can exert over others...
The left has given up trying to influence us and gone for our kids...
Notice this quote:
“Aside from the nutrition issue, Sullivan-DeCarlo said, students create security problems when they carry money.”
Ah yes....well...by logical extension...”people” create security problems when they carry money...
I'll say it again....Todays fascist wears a smiley face...
Mark Levin had a good rant on this at the start of his show this afternoon.
As C.S.Lewis once said:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
Nice to see the schools cracking down on serious crime.
Looks like it’s not the first time they “served” cookies.
All in all it’s just another brick in the Wall.
Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone!
I think this does fall under “Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom”.
I guess you weren’t invited to the Boston Tea Party.
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