[jimt]

"Zero tolerance" and criminalizing pocket knives are obvious idiocies. That said, there's a little something on the side of discipline as well.

At my wife's school there are little delinquents classified as "developmentally disabled". That means they can do virtually ANYTHING with impunity, from assaulting other students, to assaulting teachers, to cussing teachers out, to refusing to do any work, yada, yada - and they can't be expelled.

The presence of "bad actors" in classes means the good kids can't get the education they deserve - and that we are all paying for.

Dump zero tolerance, repeal all these asinine laws, and then get administrators who'll enforce the rules and discipline the bad actors. My high school principal didn't hesitate to suspend me from school when I and a friend were caught off school grounds. Of course, he didn't have "zero tolerance" either. He appropriately exercised his judgement and authority.

Which is what we need today.

[E Rocc]

He appropriately exercised his judgement and authority.

Unionized public employees are about as enthusiastic about using "judgement" as vampires are about cooking with garlic. This is how "zero tolerance" was developed, to avoid the need to do so.

-Eric