Real threats and imaginary
One stark sign that public schools live in a reality all their own:
MESA, Arizona — Officials at an Arizona school suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates. ~foxnews.com
That’s right, the threat of sketching guns is real… and it’s serious. We will not tolerate threatening sketches!
Administrators of Payne Junior High in nearby Chandler suspended the boy on Monday for five days but later reduced it to three days. ~foxnews.com
If I had known that I could get out of school for five, or three days, by merely drawing a gun, well… on the other hand, I’m sure my dad would not have been pleased.
My question is why do public school officials seem to prefer dealing with imaginary threats rather than real ones? Talk about over reaction.
The boy’s father, Ben Mosteller, said that when he went to the school to discuss his son’s punishment, school officials mentioned the seriousness of the issue and talked about the 1999 massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School, where two teenagers shot and killed 12 students, a teacher and themselves. Mosteller said he was offended by the reference.
Chandler district spokesman Terry Locke said the crude sketch was “absolutely considered a threat,” and that threatening words or pictures are punishable. ~foxnews.com
Shoved into the internet 'tubes' on August 23, 2007, by Hegemonic Pundit,
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