“Some school administrators argue that it is difficult to distinguish innocent pranks and mistakes from more serious threats, and that the policies must be strict to protect students.”
From a New York Times article a six-year-old boy who suspended from school for 45 days after bringing “a camping utensil that can serve as a knife, fork and spoon to school.” He was reportedly excited about joining the Cub Scouts that he wanted to use it to eat lunch. However the utensil violated the school district’s zero-tolerance policy on weapons and the 1st grader “faces 45 days in the district’s reform school,” the paper reports.
A commenter on the Times message board nails it: “A little common sense would go a long ways in this life. What would be wrong with telling him that’s nice, you’ll keep it in your desk and your Mom can come pick it up, and don’t bring it again.”
Gee, ya think?
