No. At my daughters school I sure don’t want a kid bringing that to school. It is basically a shiv.
Maybe you live in a nice area with safe schools. In schools with gang fights and kids getting beat up by packs of kids, no thank you.
What is the purpose of bringing that knife to school? I did not read her explanation. And are you telling me her parents did not check her book bag each morning before she goes to school?
No, to answer your question. I am not being sarcastic.
“What is the purpose of bringing that knife to school? I did not read her explanation. And are you telling me her parents did not check her book bag each morning before she goes to school?”
From the article:
the girl’s parents explained that they gave her a set of utensils “made for children to learn how to eat properly.”
But despite this educational purpose behind the possession, school officials pounced when the girl brandished the short, dull, rounded utensil, cut a peach in half, and shared it with a hungry friend during lunch time in the school cafeteria.
If I had concerns over shivs at my kid’s school, I wouldn’t be sending them there away from my protection for 8 hours a day, 181 days a year.
I’m not meaning to be snide, as I know everyone’s financial situation is different. I was surprised at how much money we saved when we started homeschooling. There are so many fees for class activities that free education adds up. Being homeschooled also takes fewer outfits (well worn clothing is fine at home-no one makes fun of it) and you don’t need a second pair of tennis shoes for each kid for phy ed. I wish I would have known about the entire series of McGuffey readers available on CD-ROM for $159 when we started homeschooling. That’s the one time total cost for k-12 curriculum for all your children. It’s available at DollarHomeschool.com
I work evenings and weekends so I can be home during the day. My husband quite literally lost his job of twenty years due in large part to our decision to homeschool (he was a public school teacher). My older kids work to help pay for their music lessons, dance classes, etc. Being extremely frugal has been a part of our lives for many years. Most homeschool families I know make a financial sacrifice to do so.
You scare me.
Well, the issue then is leaving that school. Having children grow up in a screwed up society where they are prosecuted for bringing a butter knife to school is lunacy.
There is no reason why parents of good children have to worry about their little girl getting arrested, or their scout getting arrested, for doing something so innocent.
I’d rather have zero tolerance for the gang kids, and arrest them or send them to continuation school. And let the adorable tykes still do what normal children do, like bring a butter knife to school, or a penknife that can clean your fingernails.
Wow. Just ... wow.
“It’s basically a shiv”
A butter knife? Why not ban pencils, pens, rulers, tools etc.?
Get your kid into a safer school.