Posted on 05/21/2009 6:29:36 PM PDT by Gordon Greene
A Pittsburgh-area teenager has been suspended from middle school when a random search turned up an eyebrow shaver in her handbag. Officials at Linton Middle School in Penn Hills recommended at a Wednesday disciplinary hearing that 15-year-old be expelled for the rest of this year and 45 days next year.
The teen said she doesn't consider the eyebrow trimmer a weapon. She fears expulsion will hurt her chances of becoming a nurse-anesthetist. She's a Girl Scout and a member of the school's basketball team, choir and leadership team.
The school released a statement saying it has a standard disciplinary policy that addresses all students equally...
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Not really. My ex-wife used these, and at least hers had little nylon striations running perpendicular to, and around the blade (sort of like a clipper guard) which prevented it from making any kind of slashing cut whatsoever. They were made to shave eyebrows, and that's about the extent of their capabilities...trust me...I tried to clip coupons with them, and they weren't even up to that task.
At one time, people supported zero tolerance policies and supported their schools. Today, when I go to other sites, I read that people are very disatisfied with school policies and the public schools in general. One day, this is going to bite public school administrators on the butt. A whole generation of kids who were harmed by these policies are going to think twice about whether they want their kids in these schools.
There are dozens of designs. The example you posted is only one. We have no idea which kind she had.
It is true that shavers with blade guards would not be effective weapons. I was just pointing out that the school's decision might not have been as ridiculous as it sounds.
I basically agree with the posters here who object to paranoid zero-tolerance policies. A friend's son was recently expelled from high school because of one such policy.
Yes, we must treat the little gangbanger with a gun "equally" to the honor student with a nail/eyebrow clipper.
Blame the lawyers -
they’re the ones that make lawsuits at the drop of a hat possible and likely.
The “zero tolerance” standard allows the alcoholics and crack brains in school administration to impose their illformed, illconsidered hallucinations on other people.
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