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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGirl, 5, suspended from kindergarten for playing with a "stick gun."
They could have used this as a learning opportunity for all kids.
Instead they scapegoated a kindergartner.
This is so wrong.
http://abc7chicago.com/education/girl-5-suspended-for-playing-with-stick-gun/1824072/
It started Friday when her mother got a call from the principal about a playground incident. Caitlin explained that she and her two friends were using their imaginations, playing "King and Queen."
In this case, Caitlin was the guard protecting the royals and picked up the gun to imitate shooting an intruder into the kingdom.
Hoke County Schools said Caitlin posed a threat to other students when she made a shooting motion, thus violating policy 4331.
"Hoke County Schools will not tolerate assaults, threats or harassment from any student. Any student engaging in such behavior will be removed from the classroom or school environment for as long as is necessary to provide a safe and orderly environment for learning," the school system says.
ck4829
(35,100 posts)Initech
(100,174 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)Oh - and keep your finger off the make-believe trigger, until you are ready to mythically shoot something you want to pretend to destroy.
HeartachesNhangovers
(816 posts)sarisataka
(18,980 posts)but my position is that suspending a 5yro over a "stick gun" is ludicrous.
HeartachesNhangovers
(816 posts)doesn't care (other than to mock the stupidity of it all). But since this is a public school (the government) punishing thought and expression, you would think the ACLU (as well as Americans in general) would be deeply concerned and critical of this government overreach.
Baconator
(1,459 posts)I remember a story about a deaf kid named Hunter who signs his name like a finger gun and he got hemmed up as well.
I'm not even surprised anymore.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Nor am I surprised when people rationalize racism as merely generational.
YMMV, part II.
Baconator
(1,459 posts)Did you respond to the right post?
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)But that was the day after 9/11 and I didn't know about it yet.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Now pretend box cutters I could see.
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)Bush's approval rating was at 90% and Bill Maher was on the verge of being burned at the stake for saying the hijackers were "brave".
jmg257
(11,996 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... and let them try to figure out where to go from there.
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)is never a good policy. It does nothing but to irrationally punish people.
Amishman
(5,559 posts)And this story is the dumbest thing I've heard all day... And the news was playing Trump clips earlier.
HeartachesNhangovers
(816 posts)probably wouldn't get you suspended.
pnwmom
(109,031 posts)Throck
(2,520 posts)Knot funny.
hamsterjill
(15,225 posts)Utterly ridiculous waste of the time of the teachers, administrators, parents, etc.
lpbk2713
(42,784 posts)It's idiotic to hold a five year old accountable for something
he/she may not have even been told is wrong yet.
sarisataka
(18,980 posts)it can only help teach a 5 year old what is socially acceptable-
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)PC run into idiocy.
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