ZERO TOLERANCE FOR EDUCATION

 A mother says her 5-year-old boy was threatened with suspension after he made a gun out of Legos during an after school program.

(Thanks to Chuck Cody)

Comments

[wiredog]

Man. I never would've made it out of kindergarten.

[markhh]

'Cause, you know, its so unusual for boys to pretend that just about anything they get their hands on is a gun.

[mudstuffin]

i'm okay with it as long as they suspend the girls for playing with dolls.

twits.

[Spiny Norman]

I think all school administrators aspire to be Dean Wormer ...

[Meanie the Blue]

When Legos are outlawed, they won't kill people in their cold dead hands ... or .... help me out here, please ....

[Jeff Meyerson]

That's right, Spiny. I bet those kids are on DOuble Secret Probation right now.

[Steve]

My 6-yo grandson got a lecture for getting carried away playing "vampire" with friends at school. He play bit one hard enough to leave a mark. Neither kid was too upset but a teacher noticed.
Will he now have to leave his teeth at home when he goes to school?
Signed
A Concerned Grandparent

[wiredog]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!

[Not My Usual Alias]

Otter (Tim Matheson): [whispering] Germans?
Boon (Peter Riegert): Forget it, he's rolling.

[Young American Wisdom]

Legos should be considered weapons. Ever step on one with bare feet?

[HogsAteMySister]

Barnstable School Superintendent Mary Czajkowski should be the next head of Homeland Security. We would all be totally safe then. I'm just sure of it.

[Clankie]

For $ 300,000 you can buy enough Legos to build a Death Star, but I suppose even THAT would get you kicked out too.

[Heywood Jablowme]

I would have received the death penalty for the things I built with legos.

[PirateBoy]

Otter: Point of parliamentary procedure!

Hoover: Don't screw around, they're serious this time!

Otter: Take it easy, I'm pre-law.

Boon: I thought you were pre-med.

Otter: What's the difference?

And Erector Sets were always more fun than Legos.

[i am smart]

i am tird of peepel saying that guver-mint skoolz r bad

i wood not be a nuklar re-acter operator to-day if it wer not fer my guver-mint skoolin

[Guin]

Geez, I get up in the morning and Cape Cod has turned into a hotbed of mayhem.

[Betsy]

Lord a-mighty. It never ends. When exactly was it that we decided "zero tolerance" was the answer for everything?

I clearly recall a time when folks exercised individual judgement (remember that???) and considered the circumstances. When little kids weren't suspended for having nail clippers ("sharp edged metallic objects") or for offering their cramp-ridden friends a Midol ("dispensing drugs to underage children without a prescription").

I have no problem with the general rules; but I'd like to take a sand-filled sock to the wusses who say, "...but if we make an exception for Johnny/Susie, then we'll have to..." Have to WHAT??? Have to risk exercising your judgement AGAIN? Twice in one lifetime??? OMG! The horror!

e/o rant

[Heinrich]

Assault Legos are verboten!!!!

[Steve]

Have you ever stepped, barefoot, on a Lego at night?
Assault Legos are a real threat.
And Barbies! My daughter's room was littered with headless, naked Barbies, all lying in wait to stab me with their little pointy boo...lying in wait to ambush me.

[tash]

Kinda depends on what he claimed he was going to do with said Lego construction.... um, what colors were used?

[Rinta]

Kids should be taught tolerance from family itself. Suspension may not do anything better, must consider the age.