mother called to school, vice principal wanted to write up 11 year old daughter for this drawing

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

after discussion with mom, VP will keep picture on file in case 11 year old draws something similar.



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Mom Gets Called Down To Daughter's School About The 'Bowtie' The 11-Year-Old Drew On Her Art Project

Carter’s daughter is in 5th grade, 11 years old, and “her teacher told me that my daughter had drawn something inappropriate in the art class.”

“A little boy had come up to her and made her aware that he thought my daughter drew ‘boy parts’ on her pig project,” Carter explained.

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She truly believes that it just looks like a bowtie — her daughter is 11, and she explains that she has never been inappropriate at home, drawn anything inappropriate, and has never even talked about “boy parts,” “girl parts,” or anything of that sort.

In order to figure out what should be done, they asked the Principal what they thought.

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The principal relented, explaining that this time he wouldn’t write her up, but would keep her drawing for safekeeping in case something in a similar capacity were to arise in the future.

https://www.yourtango.com/news/principal-wants-write-little-girl-up-drawing-bowtie-her-art-project

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. What should be done is replace the P, VP, and any other idiots running the school.

[DFW]

4. And we wonder why we're so far down the list of nations, regarding education......

Who cares if she can solve the Pythagorean Theorem? She drew something that looked like boy parts!

[GGoss]

2. That Is The Ultimate In Projection

The 11 year old didn't draw 'boy parts' on her pig project.

But some creepy-assed adults sure saw them there.

[True Blue American]

3. The one who reported her was a little boy.

Where did he learn that? He had to have seen it.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Gotta train those bundist narcs right at an early age.

[GGoss]

11. When the teacher and VP showed the art to the Principal, he told them to write her up.

[edbermac]

5. That's a bowtie?

[EYESORE 9001]

8. It could be two collar wings and a 'regular' tie

I’ve seen a pig wear a red tie that was long enough to reach past his belt, and that was totally obscene. The tie was to restrain 10 pounds of foreskin from covering his face.

[LymphocyteLover]

28. I think I've seen that pig too

[joshdawg]

36. Oh shit. LMAO!

[AllyCat]

46. Haha! And eww...

[vlyons]

22. yes, drawn at the neck, not down in the crotch

They also could have asked the little girl, "What's this that you have drawn?"

[AllyCat]

47. Right?!?

[Hope22]

24. Search bow tie with long tails.

You will find many examples!!

[True Blue American]

30. Closer to a Bolo.

[stopdiggin]

42. it is a rather curious rendition

on the other hand - you also have a brilliant yellow tail, and (one?) ear - so there's a certain level of creativity and imagination going on here.

[yardwork]

62. The child is eleven. Also, did she say it was a bow tie?

Looks like a bow on a girl's blouse to me.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

65. here... bow on woman's blouse

[wnylib]

78. Maybe it's not meant to be a bow tie at all.

Maybe the pig is female and the bow is meant to signify the kind of bow that is sometimes on women's blouses. I don't have any at present, but in the past, I have had blouses that tie at the neck in a big bow.

Surely if an 11 year old wanted to draw "boy parts" on a pig, she would be old enough to know that they belong lower and not at the neck.

Tempest in a teapot.

[SergeStorms]

6. I'm pretty sure...

a pig's "boy parts" arent located on it's neck.

I could be wrong. I haven't really scoped out any pig's anatomical parts recently, I'm only relying on memory.

If I'm mistaken, please PM me and let me know, just to save me the embarrassment of not being aware of pig's new anatomical changes. 😔

[Joinfortmill]

20. No shit.

[markie]

52. no new changes...

my memory is excellent and as years ago, I taught homesteading, I know a pig's anatomy... we taught how to breed, grow up, butcher and process... I have castrated many young boars in my life (not proud of it- vegetarian for years now- but fact)

this young girl was not drawing boy pig parts... not even close

[Cha]

73. Lol

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. And people wonder why schools suck? It's the administration.

Principals, VPs, superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, and ignorant school boards.

these four things, along with parents with an agenda and politicians with a cause, have destroyed education.

BTW, studies have shown that admin comes down harder on girls and minorities than white boys.

[Whiskeytide]

10. I'm not a farmer, so I have little expertise on ...

… pig dick location. But I think some administrators might need anatomy lessons.

[Evergreen Emerald]

16. Ok...you owe me a new key board!

[True Blue American]

17. LOL

[malaise]

12. The Assault on Reason

continues - the lunatics are now teaching our children.
Where I am there was a huge public debate over school devotion. No debate about math, sience or English language results. The sooner we run these religious grifters out of our schools the better.

[MissMillie]

13. Thank you for posting a picture of the drawing.

It was helpful that I didn't have to click on multiple links to see what the nuttiness is about.

Seeing the picture before reading the story put everything in perspective. I looked at the drawing and was trying to figure out what ridiculousness was going to be in the story. Didn't see a problem AT ALL. Of course, like most people, I don't imagine pigs with genitals up around their necks.

Maybe someone ought to be worried about the little boy. There's not necessarily anything wrong with him, but if THAT's what he sees looking at that drawing, he may be an abuse victim.

I can't help but wonder how this young lady will second-guess herself every time she pulls out the markers to create something.

[Joinfortmill]

23. All true, or he could just be a boy who 'found' his genitals and has it on his mind (just saying)

It's been a long time since an eleven year old boy was my peer, I do remember some very unseemly stuff that never got to the principlal's office because, well, it was just 11 year old boy stuff.

[MissMillie]

26. Well, typically kids find their "stuff" well before the age of 11

I admit that I immediately thought that it's somewhat typical for boys to be fixated on their "stuff," but I was nervous about saying it out loud--for a number of reasons.

[Joinfortmill]

32. I hear you and very true, but thought it was likely still that. It's so 11 year old boyish.

It could have been handled so much better.

[MissMillie]

38. lol... you think? I mean, the teacher could have just said

"that's a bow around the pig's neck."


That would have likely been the end of it.

[Ray Bruns]

25. Same here. I didn't notice it until I read the story

[70sEraVet]

14. Wait till the VP and Principal sees Peppa Pig, the very popular children's cartoon show!

Go ahead. Google it.

[obamanut2012]

34. I love Peppa!

My little niece uses British slang now, and it is so adorable.

[intheflow]

67. The Piggie the student drew is from a children's books series.

Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems. It's a very well-done drawing.

[iscooterliberally]

15. I saw the title of this thread, first sentence and then the photo.

I didn't notice anything wrong until I scrolled further down the article. There's nothing wrong with the little girl's picture. There is something wrong with the VP, the teacher and most likely the little boy's family. I wonder what his parents are teaching him? The little girl's mom should transfer her picture to a t-shirt and sell them online. The little girl has great potential as an artist and should be encouraged.

[Ray Bruns]

29. I don't think anything is wrong with the little boy. I remember being an immature prepubescent

Little shit at that age too

[iscooterliberally]

57. I didn't blame the little boy in my post.

I merely stated that if the school really has to do something about this they should be looking at his family situation instead.

[Joinfortmill]

18. WTF? No words.

[Trueblue Texan]

19. Their minds have been bent...

...to find lewdness where it doesn't exist. Not the kind of folks we want running the schools. God help the kid if she ever draws a cypress tree.

[LuckyCharms]

21. +1

[WhiskeyGrinder]

27. YourTango? A description of a tiktok video? Lol OK.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. The principal flunked his Rorschach test and should be fired and imprisoned for 90 days

He saw something the artist never intended and was likely too young to intend. THAT is where he took this drawing.

[obamanut2012]

33. JFC even people in this thread think it's a dick and balls

It is a bowtie, or does it make you feel better if we call it a BOW or a CRAVAT?

Good God. This place sometimes.

[SergeStorms]

56. The only reason anyone here sees...

a dick and balls is because they read the article.

I would never had imagined it was male genitalia unless the seed was planted in my mind from the article. I saw a representation of a happy, pink pig. Then a pig with its genitalia located on its neck appeared after reading the ridiculous interpretation by the school's administration.

[LiberalFighter]

35. The VP and Principal are totally stupid. The bowtie end is pointed.

Not round.

Also, why the hell should the principal keep property of the girl?

[bluesbassman]

77. That was my thought too. Perhaps the VP's laptop should have a deep dive.

Who knows what might be found there.

[GoneOffShore]

37. Saw a pig with a tie. Granted it's a shocking pink pig, which is a little strange, but still

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a pig in a tie is just a pig wearing a tie.

[Vinca]

39. If you look at that drawing and immediately think dick and balls, it's YOU who has the

problem, not the little kid. It's a pink pig. It's kind of cute. WTF?

[purr-rat beauty]

40. oh...even if she implied it in her design

the image doesn't make the point explicitly and it's developmentally normal for this, she's pre-pubescent...she's gonna draw and think and say stupid stuff born out of curiosity. Punishing her for this is puritanical bullshit...rather either act like it's a nothing burger or have a respectful discussion with her if she does admit to it.

[yardwork]

41. Meanwhile, in another elementary school administrators ignored a student with a gun.

[Ilsa]

44. This!!!

I didn't see a problem, either, until it was specified for me. I love the drawing.

[Paladin]

48. +1000. (nt)

[AllyCat]

51. They cannot fix the real problems of our world

So they focus on stupid $hit

[yardwork]

60. I think you're absolutely right, except perhaps they're "unwilling" to address real problems.

Doing so would interrupt the shift of wealth and power to the tiny few.

[sinkingfeeling]

43. I'm dubious of this whole story. Ther's no location and it

came from Tiktok . How do I know it's not a woman seeking her 15 minutes of fame?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

63. that's often the case with articles these days... drawn from Tik Tok, or in the case with Newsweek,

Reddit! I have to take their word for it.

I will keep an eye to see if NYTimes picks up the article.

[BigmanPigman]

45. Ha! What is art? Isn't this the philosophical question of the centuries?

As an artist and as a 1st grade teacher I would have laughed at this silly nonsense.

[CousinIT]

49. I didn't even SEE the bowtie as a 'boy part' until the article mentioned it.

MAYBE - just MAYBE the problem is that some adults who run schools are PROJECTING their own inability NOT to see sexual innuendo (especially when it involves little girls) in damn near everything.

[boston bean]

50. I think it is a girl pig with a woman's blouse tie.

[yardwork]

61. I agree, and it's very telling to me that a number of people assume it's a male.

Talk about sexualizing children! If this story is true, the principal needs to be investigated. Many red flags.

[3825-87867]

53. The P must have recognized the pix because

it reminded him of his flat penis with two widely separated testicles!
(and was much larger!)

[niyad]

54. Ummmm. As a matter of curiosity, exactly WHY would it be "inappropriate"

for the girl to draw basic anatomical parts??

The prurient projecting orincipal is going to keep the drawing, "in case"?????? Way beyond creepy. Sounds a bit like blackmail or extortion to me. I think that If I were that parent, I would be looking for a new school.

[The Jungle 1]

55. I would not let that school keep the drawing.

She can keep a copy of it but that drawing belongs to the artist.
It will also be a great keepsake.
That little boy should be punished for talking about boy parts. Snark He needs to go see the shrink for about 20 secession.
Clearly the school teacher is grooming the little girl to be afraid of sex.

[LuckyCharms]

58. The yellow tail is poop, and the right nostril is a vagina.

Jesus Fucking Christ, what the hell is the matter with these people?

[Iris]

59. Um... I have questions a lot their principal now

I would not have allowed him to keep the original drawing

[peggysue2]

64. Overreaction on the part of the teacher and Principal

If you're hellbent on seeing something inappropriate or if you're terrified of being accused of not seeing something inappropriate, you tend to be hyper-vigilant to an absurd level. Thus, a child accuses another child of portraying 'boy parts' on a pig project and the teacher stupidly agrees.

I was called into school after my oldest son, then 10-years old, drew a picture of war planes rat-a-tat-tatting across a sunny blue sky. The teacher and school guidance counselor were concerned the drawing showed latent hostility, possibly a penchant for violence against others.

This from a gifted student who had never been a disciplinary problem.

I recall they were somewhat astounded that I did not agree with their analyses. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a note somewhere in the school files indicating that I'd blown off the meeting.

Just in case, a CYA moment at its finest.

[Kid Berwyn]

66. Wanna see a real pig tie-dick?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

72. ugh. smirking ahole

[Maru Kitteh]

75. He looks far too thin and tall there and yet again, he has the hands

photoshopped as well..


Man - that reporter just slayed his brain when he labeled him a "short-fingered vulgarian."

[maxrandb]

68. The proper response

Would/should have been to tell the young gentleman to "get his mind out of the sewer".

I am pretty sure that a quick check would find penis jokes were routine in his family. If anyone has a problem here, it's an 11 year old boy who sees a penis in that picture.

Young boys can be pretty dipshitty...I know, because I was a young boy once.

Dollars to donuts, the people who see a penis in this picture and want to punish a young girl for "exposing" little Johnny to such "obscenity", are the same people that have "Fuck Joe Biden" signs prominently displayed in their yards.

[lindysalsagal]

69. This is why teachers are retiring and no one wants to replace them.

Teachers are screwed, no matter what happens. Kids are kids. There's nothing a teacher did to create this problem, but it is still not known whether or not other parents would use it as a political cudgle.

Forget about it, and you're screwed. Say something, and you're screwed. It's becoming a no-win profession.

[SYFROYH]

70. Maybe a Kentucky Colonel Bowtie

[dalton99a]

71. What a fucking dickhead

Nothing but penis on his brain

[Stinky The Clown]

74. Is this a put-on or real? Where did it happen? is the story someplace other than TikTok?

[Deuxcents]

76. She's 11 years old! Way to snuff out the innocence of a child.

The adults in the school are the problem.