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| Insanity Strikes Again - Boy suspended for using broken pencil sharpener at Hilton Head Island |
| 2008-09-11 |
| A 10-year-old boy here has been suspended from school for having something most students carry in their supply boxes: a pencil sharpener. The problem was his sharpener had broken, but he decided to use it anyway. A teacher at Hilton Head Island International Baccalaureate Elementary School noticed the boy had what appeared to be a small razor blade during class on Tuesday, according to a Beaufort County sheriff's report. It was obvious that the blade was the metal insert commonly found in a child's small, plastic pencil sharpener, the deputy noted. Which says that the teacher has no common sense, is stupid, and has no business in a classroom. The boy -- a fourth-grader described as a well-behaved and good student -- cried during the meeting with his mom, the deputy and the school's assistant principal. He had no criminal intent in having the blade at school, the sheriff's report stated, but was suspended for at least two days and could face further disciplinary action. Has the whole world gone mad? Or is it just "educators"? District spokesman Randy Wall said school administrators are stuck in the precarious position between the district's zero tolerance policy against having weapons at school and common sense. But nobody has said how the blade from a broken sharpener could be used as a weapon. "We're always going to do something to make sure the child understands the seriousness of having something that could potentially harm another student, but we're going to be reasonable," he said. I am telling you...no wonder the Public Education System is broken. It is run by idiots. |
| Posted by:anymouse |
| #14 Not all of us think lawyers are sharks, ex-lib dear. Cingold did well as well as good, which confirms what we know about him. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-11 23:53 |
| #13 Clearly the boy is guilty, as 'Cuzin PARIS + Sister did dearly love their childhood Pencils, as long ago in Guam. D *** NG IT, HANG 'IM HIGH! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-11 23:41 |
| #12 How about saying "Jimmy--that's not safe anymore. Please deposit your broken sharpener in the teacher's trash. And here's one you can use instead . . . " Sheesh. You know, cingold just got defending a boy of same age who took a small boyscout knife to school to show it off (not as a weapon). They almost threw him in the slammer for good, and he was just a nice kid with a cool pocket knife. Some guy at the DA's office went ape on the kid, and even the principal, who did NOT think it was a big deal (and remember we're in the Columbine HS state), could dissuade him. cingold realized the guy was probably trying to make his career at the expense of this poor kid, and stepped in to try and stop it. The kid is from a good family, is okay, and now knows not to bring the pocket knife to school, thanks to cingold . . . one of those blood sucking rich (not) trial lawyers. But guess we can all do without lawyers cuz' the conservative talk show parrots say we can, right? Same goes for jury trials and verdicts. Forget the right to jury. One of those nasty constitutional principles we can do without. Bad for business so much of the time, don't ya know. Stupidity all around. P.S. cingold spent hours on the case and did not charge the family a dime. The kid was really grateful for the help and was scared out of his wits when they put him in jail with toughened juvenile criminal thugs. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-09-11 20:21 |
| #11 Wen pensill charpenorz r baned onlee ootlors wil b abel to rite. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-09-11 18:58 |
| #10 A dipshits in my state. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-09-11 18:33 |
| #9 Anyone else remember when Bic pens were shot from a cross bow through a board and still wrote? Try to the same with teacher. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-09-11 17:37 |
| #8 Wow! When I think back to all those sharp objects we used in shop class, art class, and the school cafeteria, I'm just amazed that I lived to tell about it! |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-09-11 17:29 |
| #7 How about a zero tolerance policy for school administrators and boards that have minimal intelligence. Here's the test - if your job can be done by a flow chart diagram composed of 'Yes' and 'No' requiring no use of critical analysis, you are replaced by the receptionist. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-11 17:06 |
| #6 yet another person taught that the people in charge aren't reasonable. Oh well, at least we can draft him for the non government militia... |
| Posted by: flash91 2008-09-11 16:52 |
| #5 This is scary lunacy. Anyone else remember when Bic pens were shot from a cross bow through a board and still wrote? Talk about a weapon!!! Good Grief!!!!! |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-09-11 16:42 |
| #4 How stupid can you get. And to think these stupid morons drive cars and vote. Its not a weapon and not being used as a weapon - its a pencil sharpener. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-09-11 16:35 |
| #3 They better outlaw pencils. You can poke someone's eye out with one. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-09-11 16:34 |
| #2 District spokesman Randy Wall said school administrators are stuck in the precarious position between the district's zero tolerance policy against having weapons at school and common sense. I'll bet we can guess which one's gonna come out on the short end here. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-11 16:12 |
| #1 " Has the whole world gone mad? or is it just 'educators?'" see this article to confirm the second part of the question: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/378561_coldlunch11.html |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-09-11 15:45 |