Choose your weapon ................
We have seen the ridiculous reactions of schools in America who are full of gunophobia. We've seen little boys suspended for using pencils as pretend guns on the playground. We've seen one young man arrested for wearing a NRA t-shirt. There has even been a little boy who is deaf that used sign language for his name and the sign he gave for his name was too much like the sign for gun. Even talking about guns or eating your breakfast pastry in the shape of a gun can get kids suspended. Well, now this one takes the cake.
Now a second grader has been suspended
for merely using his finger as a pretend gun.
In other words, it's an invisible gun.
"There was nothing in his hand. He used his thumb and index finger," said Bennett. "It was a game. He made no threatening advances or threats to harm anyone. No words were said."
Bennett said she would have been satisfied with some form of punishment but is worried now that since he's been suspended, her son will be seen as a violent child.
"They took a child that has never been in trouble before and went to the extreme," said Bennett. "A child that has no history of violence is now classified as a violent offender."
Another young boy, who was also playing with Jordan, was also suspended.
The Osceola County School District claims that it wasn't a game. While unable to comment on the specifics because of alleged confidentiality, a school representative said that after reviewing the incident, Jordan violated school student conduct.
I've heard this one before, haven't you? We made a stupid decision, but yeah the boy's finger was a real threat to the students around him so in order to justify ourselves we'll claim confidentiality.
Bennett said she would have been satisfied with some form of punishment but is worried now that since he's been suspended, her son will be seen as a violent child.
"They took a child that has never been in trouble before and went to the extreme," said Bennett. "A child that has no history of violence is now classified as a violent offender."
A violent offender? Seriously, the people in these school systems that think this way should be in mental institutes, not in public education, but again, we are letting the nuts run the nuthouse.
Another young boy, who was also playing with Jordan, was also suspended.
The Osceola County School District claims that it wasn't a game. While unable to comment on the specifics because of alleged confidentiality, a school representative said that after reviewing the incident, Jordan violated school student conduct.
I've heard this one before, haven't you? We made a stupid decision, but yeah the boy's finger was a real threat to the students around him so in order to justify ourselves we'll claim confidentiality.
