Second-grader suspended for drawing

Second-grader suspended for drawing

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Kyle Walker, 7, was suspended last week for violating Dennis Township Primary School's zero-tolerance policy on guns, the boy's mother, Shirley McDevitt, told The Press of Atlantic City.
Her son told her the drawing was of a water gun, she said.
Kyle drew other pictures, including a skateboarder, King Tut, a ghost, a tree and a Cyclops, the newspaper reported.

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There are so many different stances that could be taken on this issue.
IMO, this is over-the-top censorship, and 'protecting' children from such unspeakables as guns is only going to have negative consequences, one way or another.

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Oh yea, this is waaaaay over the top like everything else.

I suppose if a Barbie look-alike had brought down the towers, all dolls would be demanded incinerated.

Ridiculous. That's why children arent children anymore. I had a toy gun with a western outfit as a kid and i have no desire to kill anyone.

This is very dumb. I remember when I was a child I was drawing pictures of the army facing another army. I had tanks, helicopters, guns, and soldiers. This is getting very ridiculous. Pretty soon there will be a zero-tolerance policy on playing, smiling, and any drawings.

Yes, this is very ridiculous. Since when is it illegal to draw anything? I can understand if it depicted him killing people with their names over the corpses, but that wasn't it at all. Even drawing a gun isn't a crime. But I see Atlantic City, aka, new jersey. Therefore, I am not surprised in the least.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! The ol' "Zero tollerance" policy.

:banging head:

More and more I consider homeschooling my child - when she finally enters school. I foresee my daughter getting in all kinds of trouble for absolutely ridiculous things

[edit on 21-10-2007 by greeneyedleo]

reply to post by watch_the_rocks


What is really scary about this is that having a gun is a Constitutionally protected right. So now just DRAWING a picture of a gun is grounds for suspension.

I wonder if teachers in this school would get suspended for talking about the 2nd Amendment? Or maybe bringing a copy of the Constitution to class would be a violation of their policy. And I guess they better not have any photos of soldiers going to war in their social studies books.

This is what happens when liberal lawyers get to write up the rules.

Originally posted by robert z
reply to post by watch_the_rocks

 

What is really scary about this is that having a gun is a Constitutionally protected right. So now just DRAWING a picture of a gun is grounds for suspension.

I wonder if teachers in this school would get suspended for talking about the 2nd Amendment? Or maybe bringing a copy of the Constitution to class would be a violation of their policy. And I guess they better not have any photos of soldiers going to war in their social studies books.

This is what happens when liberal lawyers get to write up the rules.

Good points!

AND what if a child brought in a picture of their father who is in the military...and say said picture was of their father holding their gun while in Iraq. Would THAT be disallowed?

Not only did I draw guns in school... I drew pictures of people getting shot. A lot of us boys did back in those days. It was what we saw on TV. That didn't mean we were killers in the making.

All this focus on guns being a bad thing will become more and more of a self-fulfilled prophecy I'm afraid. As the fear of guns increases, so too will the number of shootings... until they take them all away for our safety.

I got another point to make, if schools are now zero-tolerance about violence, guns and weapons, how come they still teach the tragedies of the Civil war, WW1, WW2 and such. This is just screaming out hypocrisy. "Son, you are being suspended for drawing a gun, now don't forget to do your homeworkd about how we nuked the crap out of Japan 2 times."

It just goes to show that since 9/11 those in higher places talk out
both sides of there head. They are(trying) to make this country
into a bunch of pussies.Can't even let kids be kids

Originally posted by grimreaper797
Yes, this is very ridiculous. Since when is it illegal to draw anything?

I'm with you on this one. It a 7 year old's drawing. It appears that a new crop of power dazed people has arrived. Remember, someone's tax dollars is paying a person who makes this type of decisions.

This seems to be a new direction of the indoctrination system. The controllers are dismantling the school system to set up some kind of in home computer driven eduction system. The school violence and teacher-student sexual relation ships are designed to take children out of the school system. Most children have already been conditioned to trust the television and the internet over their parents. The children will just jack into the learning matrix for their daily lesson.
The public education system can then be dismantled and the funds redistributed
to ...oh, maybe .....the war on terror!

My son was sent to the office two weeks ago for having a silver bullett that used to hang on a cheap necklace. He is in second grade also. When I asked why those measures were taken to send him to the office she replied that she is not a hunter and did not know. It's getting ridiculous. I don't expect the school to bring up my children nor would I want them to but they can use common sense and decihper what is a real threat and what is not, especially with a second grader.

When I was in 9th Grade one of my friends was suspended and referred to "counseling" because he had one of the Osprey Publishing books about the WW2 German Army in his backpack. The school staff called the cops and went on and on about how they felt he was a Neo Nazi/Fascist and they wanted the cops to come and arrest him on hate crimes charges "for processing neo Nazi material". The cops came to the school and took one look at the book and basically told the principal to f--k off and take her liberal head out of her rear end.

I dont know what it is but there is something very seriously wrong with a significant percentage of the generation that came of age in the 1960s and is now occupying all the upper level positions in government, law enforcement, schools/colleges/universities, etc.

THIS IS SAD A LITTLE KID CAN'T DRAW A PICTURE OF A WATER GUNS.
too violent but when he gets to 6 th grade he can get condoms and his hoes can get birth control pills that are known to contribute to stroke and heart attacks. WTF IS THIS LAND OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE COMING TOO.

Originally posted by NWRHINO
The controllers are dismantling the school system to set up some kind of in home computer driven eduction system. The school violence and teacher-student sexual relation ships are designed to take children out of the school system.

Nah they need to keep them in school to aid in eliminating competitive spirit and dissolving the family unit.

I remember not only drawing guns and people getting shot, but I drew full on military assaults on the school complete with air support and finally a nuclear strike. I made it pretty clear it was the school I was attacking with dead teachers and a very obvious principal hanging out his window.

I think I turned out OK. I mean noone's found the bodies yet so I must be doing something right.

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Originally posted by ChrisF231
I dont know what it is but there is something very seriously wrong with a significant percentage of the generation that came of age in the 1960s and is now occupying all the upper level positions in government, law enforcement, schools/colleges/universities, etc.

It's called, too much '___'.

[edit on 21-10-2007 by apc]

Originally posted by robert z
This is what happens when liberal lawyers get to write up the rules.

Umm ... are you supporting ignorance? or denying it?

You are politically baiting ... which is against T&C.

Let me explain. You say gun control is a liberal issue? It isn't. Last I checked Guiliani is considered a 'Republican' conservative. He is pro-gun-control ... so, with your logic, a statement claiming 'this is what happens when conservative lawyers get to write up the rules' would be equally correct, no?



To try to manipulate things by stating them in a mis-representational way is completely dishonest and immoral. I hope in further discussion you hold yourself to a higher standard.




As far as this story goes, it is ridiculous and the faculty/staff involved should be reprimanded accordingly for being incompetent.

We definitely need a change for the better in this country, it is getting out of hand.

Actually it's quite accurate. The socialists have taken over the public school system. Gotta get 'em while they're young.

If you invent guns, u can geuss everyone can get in contact with them?

Doh.