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Boy Suspended for Pointing Finger Like Gun
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| 3/4/14
| Kate Seamons
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.)
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: banglist; childhood; columbus; discipline; koalaoil; lvl2lookalike; molassessmiasma; monkeyfacerules; ntsa; psychology; stupidteachers; tiffanypoon; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere; waronboys; zerotolerance
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To: null and void
I loved Nearly Headless Nick!
LOL!
3,241
posted on
04/13/2014 5:16:40 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
To: no-to-illegals; Tax-chick
You can't vote for Tiffany Poon, no-to-illegals. She was in a previous year's Name of the Year Contest using her nickname, Poonie Poon.
If you want to vote for a woman in this year's final, you'll have to vote for Chillie Poon.
You'll cancel out my vote for Shamus Beaglehole, but that's all part of the contest. Others can vote, because I linked the Name of the Year Contest above. Voting is about to close.
3,242
posted on
04/13/2014 5:17:07 PM PDT
by
Scoutmaster
(Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?)
To: Scoutmaster
Thank You Scoutmaster ... Am looking forward to meeting you.
3,243
posted on
04/13/2014 5:29:37 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Tax-chick
I know how that works. Except when I was growing up and my dad was home, it was, “Get up and let Dad have his chair.” Somehow, that stuck with me!
Needless to say, I’m back from the birthday party, and it was worth going...I got lost going there, (it’s almost to Vegas, the long way around,) so I will have to watch my errands closely.
The little darling is just that! Absolutely stuning! She got quite a haul of toys and clothes, and the ones I gave her were as cute as any...though not as expensive, I’m sure.
Tomorrow, I will upload the photos to Photobucket and select a few to share.
The wind was blowing at about 40 MPH, and we were in a pavilion. GAH!! I’m wind-blown, my hair is UGly, I feel all dried out, and my right ankle is telling me who is boss.
But it was fun and it was good to see the kids and meet the out-laws to-be. Jared and Sara haven’t tied the knot yet, but it is in the works.
3,244
posted on
04/13/2014 5:31:39 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
To: Vendome; null and void
I love Nully! He doesn’t need to apologize for anything nor to be ashamed. As my mother would have said, “All man and a mile wide!” ;o])
And your assessment is accurate!
3,245
posted on
04/13/2014 5:34:10 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
To: Tax-chick
Maybe the implication is that we’re free to enjoy?
3,246
posted on
04/13/2014 5:35:40 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar.)
To: null and void
3,247
posted on
04/13/2014 5:37:13 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar.)
To: Scoutmaster
Inever have sage advice....
3,248
posted on
04/13/2014 5:38:34 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar.)
To: Silentgypsy
3,249
posted on
04/13/2014 5:38:58 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The British declared war on the Tea Party. The Tea Party won! (Thanks mom!))
To: null and void
3,250
posted on
04/13/2014 5:51:07 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Silentgypsy
Probably because you aren’t sage...
3,251
posted on
04/13/2014 5:57:52 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
To: Silentgypsy; Scoutmaster
"I never have sage advice...."That's perfectly fine. Most of us never use sage in our cooking anyway.
3,252
posted on
04/13/2014 6:18:14 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(The weekend is here! I have so much to do that I'm exhausted already.)
To: null and void; Scoutmaster
Shoulda gone to Scoutmaster. How do I do these things?
3,253
posted on
04/13/2014 6:32:32 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar.)
To: Silentgypsy
"How do I do these things?" Practice?
3,254
posted on
04/13/2014 6:36:41 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(The weekend is here! I have so much to do that I'm exhausted already.)
To: All; y'all; no one in particular; everyone
Get your kids
these for Easter...
3,255
posted on
04/13/2014 7:44:30 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The British declared war on the Tea Party. The Tea Party won! (Thanks mom!))
To: null and void
A bargain at $49...
But it does seem like a fix for a nonexistent jellybean dispensing problem that everyone I know solves by putting them in an open-mouthed jar and the kids self-dispense using their self-included manual appendages... ;-)
3,256
posted on
04/13/2014 9:01:55 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: null and void; NoCmpromiz
But it poops jellybeans! Wind it up and watch it go. Perfect for the child in all of us.
Fight the Free Sh☭t Nation
3,257
posted on
04/13/2014 9:15:45 PM PDT
by
Mycroft Holmes
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To: Mycroft Holmes
That would give me nightmares.
3,258
posted on
04/13/2014 9:16:38 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Impala64ssa
We need a ban on finger-like guns.
3,259
posted on
04/13/2014 9:17:41 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is)
To: Mycroft Holmes; null and void
Perfect for the child in all of us. While that may be true, the child in me being somewhat practical has determined that by the time I wind this thing up and let it go to get jelly beans, I would have already scarfed three handfuls of jelly beans from that open mouth jar... (and saved $50 ;-)
3,260
posted on
04/13/2014 9:52:34 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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