Boy Suspended for Pointing Finger Like Gun

Newser ^ | 3/4/14 | Kate Seamons

[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.)

[Tax-chick]

You have a text!

[NoCmpromiz]

is this a new freeper record

Gotta get to 65537 for the record. But your stack will explode...

;-)

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al baby was the very first FReeper to stune a beeber.

[Darksheare]

Ping -l 65510 [redacted IP]

[al baby]

That will be ten years old holy carp !!!

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Time flies like an arrow when you are having fun.

(Fruit flies like a banana, fun or no fun)...

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Time flies like an arrow when you are having fun.

(Fruit flies like a banana, fun or no fun)...

[Monkey Face]

No ptomaine tacos...It was Friday, in Lent, in a Catholic hospital! They served spinach and some asparagus, and I was also treated to some excellent rice pudding!

AND! I was in a private room!

[Monkey Face]

The bed wouldn’t let me get out. It was like I gained 50 pounds in my butt-ocks the instant I sat down.

[Monkey Face]

Mr. Bill is safely tucked in the driveway. He didn’t go on this excursion. I called the hotties at 911 to see how many I could drool on before they drew lots as to who would take me... ;o]

[Monkey Face]

Yes, Darks, the bed was quite noisy. During the night, it sounded almost like digestive sounds...

[Darksheare]

No ptomaine tacos eh?
I guess i lucked out earlier this month.
Taco of Doom.

[Darksheare]

Yikes.

[Monkey Face]

I survived! (BWAHAHAHAHAHA!)

[Darksheare]

Maybe the oversized Blgthrgth was in the hospital as well for some reason?

[Monkey Face]

If you ask me, it was having difficulty breathing...

[Darksheare]

An oversized Blgthrgth with respiratory issues?
Unheard of.

[Silentgypsy]

Yayyyy!!!!! Excellent decision! Thank The Creator for the 911 people!

[NicknamedBob]

"An oversized Blgthrgth with respiratory issues? Unheard of."

Actually, it's just an odd breathing pattern. Oversized Blgthrgths which have been trained to work in hospitals have learned to breathe with alternating lungs.

[Darksheare]

I didn’t know they could be trained.