School 'officials' are dumber than the students. This is patently ridiculous!
Zero tolerance means school officials check their brain at the door. I hate these liberal idiots.
Yeah, but they and their pensions are expensive and dumb.
( why was this kind of stuff handled in 20 seconds by Nuns? )
Thy’re going to send a Cub Scout to Reform School with little bastards?
They’re sending a perfectly well-behaved, smart kid to reform school? Where he will learn nothing and be horribly abused by his classmates? Talk about counter-educational...
Children should be private schooled or home schooled.
Public school is child abuse.
basically it’s a jack knife with attachments a la “swiss army”. the kid shouldn’t have taken it to school.
that sadi, the admin should have behaved with wisdom and told the six year old that these type things are not permitted in school, confiscated it ultil after school, and let the matter drop.
ever notice how the zero-tolerance folks never, ever hassle the real thugs and only seem to harrass the honor students?
A question about public schools: What do the kids use to eat lunch? Twigs and sea shells? I hope these people can find a nice parochial school for their child, or figure out a way to keep him at home, because at school is he surrounded by cretins, idiots and barbarians.
God help us in our day in Jesus name, amen.
The fault lies with the folks who elected the school board. The board is just following the will of their bosses.
all common sense is lost. The damage being done to this child is immense and for that, the administrators should be held accountable. And just for grins and giggles, a raid on the teachers lounge might be instructive.
Good Lord, It’s time to clean the schools and get back some common sense.
She had been suffering since a baby with severe stomach problems...(pain after meals...following a bout of rota-virus.
However, years of specialist and tests, from Florida to Canada to Texas (Military) could not pinpoint the problem.
My daughter, researching on her own, suggested to the 'experts' that it might be "leaky gut syndrome" - She was ridiculed.
The only relief for my little granddaughter was Tums, taken after eating. She was 'found' to have one in school, brought to the principals office and grilled like a criminal before her parents were notified and, who, when they got to school, found her shaking and crying. No amount of common sense prevailed and she was assigned to the detention class for real problem kids - and no amount of supporting testimony from her teachers, who knew and loved her, prevailed.
My daughter and husband showed up at the 'hearing' the next day WITH a lawyer - the school officials were furious: "There is no need to have a lawyer!" However, having the lawyer changed the outcome quickly.
My little granddaughter was returned to her regular class - but traumatized and afraid of school.
Fast forward one year - and more useless tests with specialists - a move to Florida and a chance encounter with a Natureopath at a health fair who was offering free blood diagnoses tests.
He offered to do one on my daughter - she asked him to do her little girl instead. He took a drop of blood, put it through his test, and knowing NOTHING about her history, asked her: "Does your tummy hurt after you eat?"
BINGO... Coeliac disease aka "leaky gut"
He prescribed a gluten free diet - which worked immediately.
When my daughter told her regular pediatrician, the reaction was a snooty: "Well, I guess if it's still working in a couple weeks, you'll know."
That was 9 months ago. My granddaughter is thriving and has no more pain. (If it had continued to go undiagnosed, it could have eventually killed her. And the kicker is that, with a history of having had rota-virus, which can be a precursor to Coeliac disease, there was NO DAMN EXCUSE for all those 'experts' to have missed it.)
Naturopathic doctors, in Florida and most states, must also have a regular medical degree. Any yet, insurances won't cover it not would the proposed gov't plan.
Why?
Well, let's see. Thousands and thousands of dollars were spent on the 'experts' and tests - without results - while one simple blood anyalsis was all it took to pinpoint the problem.
Follow the money?
This is totally ridiculous. Perhaps a new school board election is in order.
If it’s a choice between putting an innocent little boy in “reform school” or keeping him out to home school him, I hope the parents are able to find a way to do the latter. Screw those idiots.
Good thing he didn’t draw a picture of a gun or he would be facing prison.
IMHO:
Taking an average back pack that is taken to school on any given day and you will probably find at least5-10 items that can be made into a weapon. Rulers(wood/plastic/metal), compasses,pens,pencils,buckles and others.
Experiment by giving said back pack to a con in prison and see how many lethal things he can make.
While I do not agree with this zero tolerance crap I cant help wondering how this little guy left the house with the knife. I always made it clear to my kids (while they attended a public hell-hole) that x, y, and z were not permitted at school.