Posted on 03/04/2014 8:26:45 AM PST by Impala64ssa
America's kids have been suspended for pretending that pencils were guns, but an Ohio school may have topped that. A 10-year-old student at a Columbus elementary school was handed a three-day suspension for making a finger gun and pretending to shoot a classmate. The suspension letter more formally referred to his weapon as a "level 2 lookalike firearm," reports the Columbus Dispatch. Devonshire Alternative Elementary School's principal says students have been frequently told not to play pretend gun games, with a district rep saying kids were warned consequences would follow.
Those consequences hit hard last week for fifth-grader Nathan Entingh, who says he was "just playing around"; the rep said Nathan pretended to shoot another student "kind of execution style" in the head. And the "victim" didn't even see the mock execution, which was instead spotted by a teacher. Nathan's dad seems dumbfounded: "It would even make more sense maybe if he brought a plastic gun that looked like a real gun or something, but it was his finger." (Almost exactly a year ago, a Georgia teacher was suspended over a finger gun of his own.)
Wow! Four lovely serenades. I really like them all.
Pardon me while I email myself the links... ;-)
What fun that will be!
I've been lying down most of the day, because I think my body is trying to give me another heart attack. The stress test for tomorrow will just have to wait. I've already been tested for stress, and I've found plenty of it, which is why my body is reacting the way it is.
It seems I told you last week that I felt like I had forgotten something when I was paying bills, and sure enough, I had. So I've been stressing instead of trying to figure out how to overcome my own failings.
I decided I will forego the Scottish games on Saturday, in view of the last week with it's palpitations and heart-attack precursors, so I can go to the birthday party for my first GG-Baby...which was also an unexpected expense. How was I to know I would be included, this time?
Last evening, I got a call from a nephew who moved here several months ago, wanting to get together. They are moving back to San Jose, soon, and wanted to meet up with me.
So now they want to get together on Friday, and I just can't do all three things three days in a row.
Oh dear to all that. I hope you get everything together for the baby party, which seems like the most significant event.
Rushing out to Cub Scouts etc., my usual Monday. I wish it wasn’t!
I’m just not even going to bother with it all except the baby party.
Everything else will have to stay On Hold. Either that or I will have to pay St Rose Dominican a visit for a day or two, and I don’t relish THAT idea.
Anyway, I’m going to bed.
See you tomorrow!
Welcome!
The last one was particularly nice.
I’ll have to get Bryan to buy that album... uh... CD, I mean, for me.
We actually have a very nice turntable, and quite a bit of vinyl, but we mostly listen to CDs.
I haven’t heard too many songs by those bands.
So they may have a bunch of stinkers and I found the gem hidden in the bunch.
I'm in an earlier jocularity zone.
Plenty of albums (DANG!) CDs are like that. You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet the handsome prince.
Your selections were very nice. Thanks again.
Welcome, and thanks!
All too often you find that out of twelve to fourteen songs on an album, only two or three are worth noting.
It has ever been so.
It is a rare album where you like a good portion of the songs on it.
Sad, but true.
Wish it weren’t so.
Ping.
Morning. Second feeding. pax was wondering about the UT, hence the ping.
Here we are, bag and baggage.
We had a cat fight at 4:00, but I didn’t get up until a little after 5:00. The Offspring are very gripy this morning.
Good morning, ladies!
Second feedings and grumpy offspring!
Wonderful ways to start the day!
T-Rex was the only performer whose albums’ songs all pleased me.
I was devastated when Marc Bolan died. He was only 30.
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