2nd-grader suspended for drawing of gun

DENNIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A second-grader's drawing of a stick figure shooting a gun earned him a one-day school suspension. 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.

Kyle gave the picture to another child on the school bus, and that child's parents complained about it to school officials, McDevitt said. Her son told her the drawing was of a water gun, she said.

A photocopy of the picture provided by McDevitt showed two stick figures with one pointing a crude-looking gun at the other, the newspaper said. What appeared to be the word "me" was written above the shooter, with another name scribbled above the other figure. School officials declined to comment Friday. A message left at the superintendent's office Saturday was not returned.

Kyle drew other pictures, including a skateboarder, King Tut, a ghost, a tree and a Cyclops, the newspaper reported.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_re_us/gun_drawing_suspension



And that deserves a big ol' :wtf:

This zero tolerance shit goes way too far. :grr:

:banghead:

My 7 year old likes to add blood to his pictures. He's also fond of drawing alligators eating people and animals complete with guts and blood.

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He's obviously a menace to society. No 7 year old in the history of the country has ever drawn pictures like that! :P

Better to be safe, than sorry.

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but with the problems with kids coming to school with guns and violence, even little kids are scrutinized for every little thing. The schools' hands are tied, because of liability.
Carly

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...where drawing a gun in a crowded area is just as bad as "drawing" a gun in a crowded area?

Good grief.

The is the sum total of Iraq's WMD-related program activities.

/old man from Yorkshire

and give it to the principal of the Dennis Township Primary School.

:eyes:

Parties involved don't know young boys very well. Taught kids for years.
Seen lots of pictures like that. Paranoid parents IMO. p

I will be a tattletale for George Bush!

Zero tolerance = Zero brains.
Worst. Idea. Ever.

but just wait till he uses that paper gun to fire paper bullets at other people's drawings of people. What then?!

Once there's no more paper, books, or writing implements, children will finally be safe to get an education.

"That colored chalk was forged by Lucifer himself!"







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You'll almost always find that people with real Ph.D.'s are much brighter and have much more common sense.

"Gladly Wolde He Lerne" by Harry Turtledove

It describes one man's career in education. He starts off at the bottom, moving money around various districts to meet budget requests and the like. Then he works his way up the ladder, becoming a district adminstrator, managing the finances of a school district. He works more, goes to school, took an internship, and eventually manages to become a principal. He does that for a while, then decides to take the plunge. He takes the night courses, gets his doctorate in a tough, tough academic setting, polishes his resumé, and applies for and gets his pick of the the best jobs in the pyramid. The pinnacle of his career...

A teacher.

all will be well :)

It is designed by idiots that find appropriate action bewildering.

You want a good example of how ridiculously afraid of guns my school administrator has become... We are no longer allowed to say "Oh, shoot."

Apparently, that exclamatory phrase indicating frustration encourages children to become violent with guns. :banghead: