This story isn’t quite what it seems to be. The child put his own name on a sign above the cross. When the teacher asked the child what this meant he said it was a picture of himself, dead, hanging from a cross. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-722-Conservative-Politics-Examiner~y2009m12d16-Story-of-child-punished-for-drawing-Jesus-takes-troubling-turn.
So what should the teacher have done? What if the teacher did nothing, then three days later the kid hangs himself? I believe the teacher was only looking out for the child’s well-being. We need to be carefully with these kind of stories not to pass judgement before we have all the information. Sometimes shows like Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity get it wrong, so don’t believe everything you see on television or hear on the radio. -Merry CHRISTmas everyone, and God Bless America!!!
If you take a look at the ABC story linked in post #31, you will see the following:
According to Saunders, school officials began to quiz the boy about the meaning of the Xs on the eyes and about his understanding of death. At one point the boy said he was actually showing himself on a cross. They called his father.
"As soon as he said that that was him on this cross, red flag," said the elder Johnson. She ran with it. Touchdown. I'm going to have him evaluated. There's something wrong with this minority kid. We got to get in his mind," Johnson, who is black, said in a television interview.
And if you read the comments upthread, you will note that many have noted that, as well.