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In reply to the discussion: 5-Year-Old Threatened With Suspension For Making Gun Out Of Legos [View all]lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)55. Reminds me of the old joke about the guy getting the Rorschach test.
"Hey, they're your dirty pictures!"
They provided the gun parts.
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Next: expulsion for drawing a picture of a gun - held by a cowboy on a horse.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#24
When is this nonsense going to stop? Teachers and schools DESTROY their own reputations
Nay
Feb 2013
#3
I know this specific incident didn't involve cops -- but the last few incidents here on DU did. I
Nay
Feb 2013
#37
In 3rd grade me and my friends used to draw war and super hero battles
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
#4
Thankfully, yes. Society is changing. For the better. It's called "PROGRESS".
KittyWampus
Feb 2013
#42
The difference is between giving his mother a warning and giving the child a warning.
Bandit
Feb 2013
#15
Where in my son's class (7th grade art), a kid made marshallow shooters for everyone
woodsprite
Feb 2013
#14
For good marks when I was in elementary you school you could choose trinkets froma box
Puzzledtraveller
Feb 2013
#16
Ah yes, obviously, that construction of Legos could become a deadly weapon at any moment! n/t
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#34
Schools that bend over too far backwards will soon learn that they have no spine
derby378
Feb 2013
#19
Are school administrators required to shed common sense at the school house door?
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#39
Zero tolerance is license for authoritarian assholes to jerk people around on a whim.
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#43
Ever work with the public? I and my family have for many decades. Make an exception for one
KittyWampus
Feb 2013
#45
Good. They need to learn early that guns are evil and they will not be tolerated.
bowens43
Feb 2013
#61