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.)

[OwenKellogg]

What??! Who is going to keep up with your ping lists?

Congratulations, Nully.

[null and void]

I will. Poorly!

[Tax-chick]

Frank like it a lot. So did I!

[Monkey Face]

Good! Then I will fix it shortly after payday!

[NoCmpromiz]

If she was more inclined to allow strangers (that would be 'stranger than those humans I live with, and they're pretty strange') anywhere close to her I would have thought along those lines, but if someone wanted to keep her for her beauty they would have a hard time convincing her to get anywhere close enough to grab...

Not that it couldn't happen of course.

[Dead Corpse]

Awesomesauce...

[NicknamedBob]

Aren’t you getting a little old for such shenanigans?

Then again, the cat did all the work. Very well, proceed.

[Tax-chick]

[moose07]

Awesome!
Kitty has done that before ,me thinks. :)

[moose07]

Morning, TC.
Kitty needs Glasses, bad squint .
The rain is holding off at the moment. More later.
Even the heating has come back on, so much for Gorebull warming.

[GeronL]

Devilishly cute?

[Tax-chick]

We could use rain, too. DP has delegated garden-watering to various teenagers, with predictable results.

[GeronL]

Lol

[Monkey Face]

Awww.... floofy!

[Tax-chick]

Good morning. Back from Walmart already. Next I’ll suffer an Elen Driving Event to the bank and a couple of other errands.

[Monkey Face]

LOL! That’s too funny for so early in the morning!

[null and void]

[Tax-chick]

True.

However, I think he’s incorrect about one thing. There may not be “joy” in taking money from some people, claiming it’s to help others, but there’s obviously considerable satisfaction.

[Monkey Face]

I’m so stiff and sore this morning, I hate myself. I don’t know what I did to make my back hurt so much, but I’m truly walking like an old lady.

I will get dressed, soon, then go to Walmart at 0900 to get another prescription...this one is 1/20th the cost of the last one. Maybe the little excursion will loosen up the muscles a little. Today would be a good day to finally shampoo the rug, but we shall see...

It’s 80 degrees out, but it’s not supposed to get too warm today — in the low 90’s, I think.

Busdaddy took me to lunch yesterday at a place called “Firehouse Subs” which was started by firemen. It has SubWay beat seven ways from Sunday!

[Tax-chick]

There’s a Firehouse Subs in the center by our Walmart. I’ve never been there!

I guess I should find Elen and get this over with before it gets too hot.