1st Grader Suspended

"The law was introduced after a third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother had sent a birthday cake to school, along with a knife to cut it. The teacher called the principal — but not before using the knife to cut and serve the cake."

What a hypocrite. Use the girls knife, then turn her in for having it. Didn't the teacher have scissors to cut that cake with.

I feel for the first grade boy in the story. It's a shame educators can't tell the difference between a troublemaker and an overly zealous kid who loves scouting and school.
 
People (the school officials) continue to opt to not use their brains. It is easier to read the rule and adhere to it than to think about the underlying reason for the rule, and in some circumstances, use discretion when the rule is not strictly followed. Of course, if you use discretion, then you do have to make your brain work. It has to work even harder if you have to use it more than once and be fair and equal in its application. :rolleyes:
 
on_the_edge said:
People (the school officials) continue to opt to not use their brains. It is easier to read the rule and adhere to it than to think about the underlying reason for the rule, and in some circumstances, use discretion when the rule is not strictly followed. Of course, if you use discretion, then you do have to make your brain work. It has to work even harder if you have to use it more than once and be fair and equal in its application. :rolleyes:
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They don't want to use their brains for anything more than brainwashing the kids into being Liberals.
 
Anybody recognize what knife the kid has? My initial thought was that it's a Ka-Bar Hobo, but it appears as though the spoon is opening from the opposite end.

Real shame he got suspended. Seems like that would make a perfect tool to carry everyday. I mean, it'd definitely reduce the use of disposable utensils.
 
6 (SIX), 2x3, 12/2, so - yep - 6 years old...! Having watched a few WWII documentary's recently, I can only sum up the strictness with which rules are applied here with three words.

Befehl ist Befehl. :grumpy:
 
That's some major bull. Why not give them pieces of paper and crayons while you're at it. Those pencils are mighty dangerous. You could poke your eye out!
 
I like how they kept saying they have a zero-tolerance policy....maybe if he had just come in with a zt 0350 they would have accepted it...lol.... but seriously what a shame....people can be so empty headed when it comes to knife issues...obviously the kid didnt mean any harm....whats he gonna do spoon somebody to death?
 
rwasham said:
I like how they kept saying they have a zero-tolerance policy....maybe if he had just come in with a zt 0350 they would have accepted it...lol.... but seriously what a shame....people can be so empty headed when it comes to knife issues...obviously the kid didnt mean any harm....whats he gonna do spoon somebody to death?
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You got to be careful of those metal spoons. If you slip and cut yourself with one of those you can get mighty hurt. They're all dull and everything.
 
School administrators are just getting rediculous. A couple of years ago, my son, who was nine at the time, brought a little cuticle tool/thing of my wife's, which isn't even sharp, but almost comes to a point, and was digging in the dirt with it at recess. A teacher "caught" him, and we had to have a parent-teacher conference over bringing "dangerous, pointy objects" to school. I'm pretty sure this thing would bruise you before it cut you, too, it was that dull. At least he didn't get suspended, but where is the common sense?

This story is just an example of the knee-jerk legislation that happens in this country. If all the students at Virginia tech had some sort of sharp, pointy object on them, Cho Sung Huy, or whatever his name was, probably would have had a harder time killing 35 people. He might have even decided it wasn't worth trying.

Hmmmmmmm...
 
It was not a spork I think. It was a functional knife (ho-bo knife??) spoon on one side, fork on the other with a slip joint blade in the middle.

New York Times showed the boy holding it. He has been sentenced to 45 days in reform school!!!
 
The liberal a-holes are fond of quoting the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings, but they were just that: shootings! With illegally-possessed firearms, no less. A 6-year-old kid with what is obviously an eating utensil is not a threat. I just hope that the widespread negative publicity shames the morons in charge of that school into letting the kid return. He will probably never trust a teacher or school administrator again.
 
Kbrasmodeler said:
School administrators are just getting rediculous. A couple of years ago, my son, who was nine at the time, brought a little cuticle tool/thing of my wife's, which isn't even sharp, but almost comes to a point, and was digging in the dirt with it at recess. A teacher "caught" him, and we had to have a parent-teacher conference over bringing "dangerous, pointy objects" to school. I'm pretty sure this thing would bruise you before it cut you, too, it was that dull. At least he didn't get suspended, but where is the common sense?
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I once brought a tiny swiss Army Knife to school on my key ring. This one:
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the principle caught a glimpse of it and told me to keep it out of sight and not to bring it anymore. Did not get into trouble with this, this was 7th grade, I think, but I did see other kids getting into a lot of trouble for this sort of thing. It's just ridiculous to think of, if I stabbed someone with that, they probably just turn around and break my jaw. I'd imagine it's a lot worse now, this was about nine years ago.
 
It's ridiculous to treat a child that doesn't have the knowledge of what's right and what's wrong as a criminal. The parents should take responsibility over their child's actions, not the child.
 
The whole thing is stupid. :mad:

I carried a knife everyday to school from the time I was 9 until I was 17, and in the open in HS and nobody ever said a word. ;)

But then I am 44 now and we are talking about different times.
 
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