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Horse riding teen suspended from school
MyFoxBoston.com ^ | 10-31-10

Posted on 11/01/2010 10:22:01 AM PDT by rawhide

HAMILTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A teen's spirit week stunt has landed him in hot water.

Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Senior Dan Depaolis, dressed in medieval garb, rode a horse into the school's parking lot as part of spirit week.

What he, and his parents, thought was a good-natured stunt, the school deemed dangerous. Depaolis was suspended from school for two days.

The vice principal allegedly suspended the 17-year-old even after the boy’s father explained that the horse was brought in on a trailer and that no one was in danger.

The father tells FOX25 the school compared the stunt to bringing a “loaded firearm” to school and that he and his wife were shocked to hear about the suspension, saying that the 1100-pound horse, named Pierre, would never hurt a fly.

The school would not comment, saying that they do not talk about any aspect of a student discipline.

The family says they plan to contest the suspension.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: arth; horse; napl; school; teen
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To: OldMissileer

She was still asleep at the time, couldn’t think of anything “bad” she would want to do, and decided that if there were “no consequences”, then nobody would actually die, so it would be fun to try to commit the perfect murder spree if nobody got hurt by it.

Which is funny, because on Bones last week the forensic wiz was bragging about how she could get away with murder if she wanted, and frankly I would love to see if I could outwit the smartest minds in the world — if nobody got hurt. So it made perfect sense to me.


101 posted on 11/01/2010 1:55:33 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: rawhide; SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows; JRios1968; Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim

Gratuitous "Lady Godiva" by John Collier post.

102 posted on 11/01/2010 1:56:55 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

That was a “trick” question, the answer they were looking for was “blow up the school, kill teachers,students etc.”


103 posted on 11/01/2010 1:57:18 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

Maybe they would weed out some of those pesky,
“I’d vote republican if I could get away with it”
voters.


104 posted on 11/01/2010 1:59:03 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: martin_fierro

The horse’s joints look a little peculiar, as if the artist didn’t have an actual horse nearby. Maybe it wasn’t Spirit Week at his school.


105 posted on 11/01/2010 2:13:28 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I love the smell of napalm in November. Go Sharron! Go Christine!)
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To: rawhide

How lame. I was expecting to read that he galloped up and down the hallways. Those so-called educators are little more than worms; manure-eating worms.


106 posted on 11/01/2010 2:20:09 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: rawhide

IT was “spirit week” so the kid did something positive for “school spirit”.

The school is obviously run by a bunch of A-holes.

They need to learn that having a little fun is not such a bad thing.

In our school, during Homecoming week one of the “theme days” is “Hick Day” where the kids dress as farmers and such. (Which is kind of funny because a good number of then ARE! LOL) Any-who: Parked in the parking lot on hick day you will always find a row of farm tractors that the kids drove to school.

It’s called having fun. That is why the liberal scumbags don’t like it.


107 posted on 11/01/2010 2:24:11 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Tax-chick
The horse’s joints look a little peculiar

Oh yes, I noticed that immediately. Yep.

108 posted on 11/01/2010 2:46:35 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: PLMerite

Which still means that the horse is smarter than the children, because they haven’t learned how not to piss off a horse.

The original point, though, was the issue of whether horses are dumb. Have you ever owned a horse?


109 posted on 11/01/2010 2:54:50 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: martin_fierro

Want to hear about the historical errors in the harnessing?


110 posted on 11/01/2010 3:00:57 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I love the smell of napalm in November. Go Sharron! Go Christine!)
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To: TexasRepublic
I was expecting to read that he galloped up and down the hallways.

So was I.

111 posted on 11/01/2010 3:02:34 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I love the smell of napalm in November. Go Sharron! Go Christine!)
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To: rawhide

The horse had a thirty round magazine, bayonet lug, and a folding stock, I just know it!


112 posted on 11/01/2010 3:24:26 PM PDT by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: martin_fierro

Godiva couple of minutes alone with her?


113 posted on 11/01/2010 5:29:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: TalonDJ

OH yeah thanks for reminding me. :)


114 posted on 11/01/2010 7:01:36 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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To: TexasRepublic
Those so-called educators are little more than worms; manure-eating worms.
Worms contribute to the biosphere. Manure-eating worms contribute to the global ecology.

Those so-called educators don't contribute anything to anyone. They are parasites sucking it up at the taxpayer trough.

Please take back your slander against manure-eating worms.

115 posted on 11/02/2010 7:44:24 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: rawhide
The school would not comment, saying that they do not talk about any aspect of a student discipline.

So much for accountability and transparency in government.

116 posted on 11/02/2010 7:46:43 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: GeronL
It is high time to abolish government schools
That dump an army of shiftless vagabonds on the the welfare system. (But it would be worth it!)
117 posted on 11/02/2010 7:48:32 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: samtheman

“Please take back your slander against manure-eating worms.”

I’m sorry. It was a rash thing to say. :-(


118 posted on 11/02/2010 9:06:56 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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