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.)
Yeah, the messed hair was a hoot.
I just got a call from a gal who said she was my “new aide.” I was LIVID! I bit it back, but as soon as she hung up and I had a chance to calm down (almost an hour) I called the company and told them how I felt.
First of all, I deserve to know why someone quits, (how can I change a specific thing if I don’t know what it is?) I deserve to know when I’m being assigned a new aide, (surprises and CFIDS don’t mix) and they have it in my records that I do NOT answer strange numbers, so they dropped the ball on all three counts.
GAH!!! If I had some Pink Drink, today would be a good day to contemplate my navel and consider the more diplomatic way I could have handled it. I don’t want to name the company, but one of the words in the name is “dignified.” A misnomer as far as I’m concerned.
Right now, I need to chill and try not to allow the BS to rule, as I’m still not quite over the anginal pain.
D-shearian coffee.
You’ll feel fine!
[The neighborhood, however, may feel a bit flattened and cratered.}
We're down to the Final Four in the 2014 Name of the Year Contest (and, by the way, I've discovered that Curvaceous pronounces her last name like the fish, not the musical instrument).
Here are the two semi-final rounds:
Curvaceous Bass v. Shamus Beaglehole.
Dr. Eve Gruntfest v. Chillie Poon
Shamus is a soccer player for the Chesterfield F.C. youth team. Dr. Gruntfest is a flash-flood researcher. Ms. Poon was runner-up in the Miss Hong Kong contest. I have no idea what Ms. Bass does.
I think I'm voting for a Curvaceous Bass v. Dr. Eve Gruntfest final.
Does anyone have any advice or input?
Only if Miss Poon marries Dr. Tang and hyphenates her name...
I’m putting you in time out for ten minutes.
That’s the TROOF!
ROTFL!!!
Needless to say, I miss you, Nully!
You’ll have a much bigger place after getting rid of a couple of large pieces of furniture. Too bad about the aide change again.
Found a pair of pants for James at The Salvation Army. His are all worn out again.
I agree with your choices. Dr. Gruntfest gets extra points for being in a useful line of work.
It is a public voting contest, but the names for the 2014 tournament were selected long ago. Send your 2015 nomination to nameoftheyear@gmail.com.
I’m going to cheat until my wife wins. Every year from this year forward, if necessary.
Ten minutes. Plenty of time to crack open a cold one...
The voting is online, and the winning names generally receive fewer than 4,000 votes. Vote, clear your cookies, and vote again. Vote, clear, lather, rinse, and repeat.
The voting is online, and the winning names generally receive fewer than 4,000 votes. Vote, clear your cookies, and vote again. Vote, clear, lather, rinse, and repeat.
Getting the table out of here is taking quite a bit of effort, but it will be worth it, I know. Since it’s solid oak, there is no way I can get it out the door, and the donation pick-up guys cannot cross the threshold. *sigh*
I will be faced with the same thing when I empty the hutch, too.
I was at the thrift store looking for forks and saw a decorative plate that I was going to get for my niece who was born in 1976. It was $10 so I had to put it back. She is my favorite niece, though all of the offspring of Ann are “special” to me. I felt bad, but hope to some day run across another one...it had the commemoration data and people in the center and the calendar months around the rim.
Her birthday was yesterday, so it would have been perfect.
LOL!
I’ll drink to that! ;o]
That seems nuts. Couldn’t you step out of the apartment, close your eyes, and act surprised after they used telekinesis to move the furniture out?
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