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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 06:35 PM
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Suspended for 3 days. For forgetting to bring a pencil to school.
This happened to a friend's kid. I mean... :wtf:

Orwellian isn't the half of it anymore.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 06:41 PM
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1. That can't possibly be legal.
Tell your friend to appeal, and threaten legal action.
Schools get nervous when lawsuits are mentioned.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 06:45 PM
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2. How old is the kid, and what city,state?
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 06:46 PM
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3. WTF????
I would talk to a lawyer



sounds fishy to me



lost
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 02:22 AM
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17. Yeah, it sounds fishy
Until I remember the teacher here in Charleston who wrote "I won't forget my glasses" on the face of a child in PERMANENT magic marker.
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 06:48 PM
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4. hmm...
something tells me there's more to that story than the kid's tellin' mama.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 07:00 PM
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7. I should hope so.
If I would be suspended for forgetting my pencil in grade school I'd have been expelled from every school in the region, haha.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 06:49 PM
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5. is that all she told you, any more details?
just doesn't right to me.
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 07:01 PM
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8. I agree, there has to be more to this story.
No administrator in their right mind would suspend a kid for three days for something like that.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 06:55 PM
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6. The Pencil Was Probably Up The Teachers A$$
:woohoo: :rofl: :rofl:

:hi:

That sux
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 07:18 PM
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9. HAHAHA
:rofl:
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 07:23 PM
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10. In my school, someone got that same punishment for creating an "Ilike" account for her teacher,
stating in "his" profile that he wanted to "get with the ladies", and then had "him" friend request a bunch of sixth-grade girls.

Thank goodness she confessed right away or his life could very well be over right now.
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 07:28 PM
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11. You've got to be kidding.
:wtf: indeed!

When my brother was in elementary school, some kid brought a hunting knife to school and tried to STAB one of my brother's friends. The kid was suspended for just two days. Crazy...
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 07:37 PM
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12. What the fuck?
That is easily the most bizarre thing I've ever heard of.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 09:44 PM
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13. Need more information..
Wife has been a teacher for 35 years and has never heard of such a thing, even it todays weird NCLB culture of education.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 09:54 PM
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14. Nah.
Come on.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 10:20 PM
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16. This is Chatham Co. GA. They spend time each day checking the kids socks.
Making sure they are to uniform code.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 07:01 AM
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20. Ah, education.
Pudding after meat.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 10:10 PM
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15. At first I gave them pencils
Then, I had them trade something for the class period in order to use a pencil.
Now, if they don't have a pencil (or pen), they have to hustle and find someone who will let them borrow one as I begin the lesson.

However, I remember the days back in the '60s that if we were not prepared, it could count against our grade/points for that day, and if that choice continued, our parents would be called.

But...suspended???? :wtf:
More school money spent (lost for non-attendance) in placing the kid in suspension, and, more importantly, time out of learning, than is worth the punishment.
What's the whole picture here?
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 02:26 AM
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18. my sixth grade teacher had a rule that you couldn't chew gum
unless you had some to share with the entire class.

my mom bought everyone gum the next day! it was lots of fun--and everyone loved that teacher.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 02:28 AM
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19. Why isn't this all over the news where they are?
Or is it? (Doubt it)
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 05:19 PM
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21. This kind of crap happens every day there.
We are in the neighboring county. Nearly as bad, but not quite.

I am very glad my son's a senior now.

Public schools are getting insane.
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KSinTX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 05:20 PM
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22. More to this than meets the eye
Fill us in when the other shoe drops, please!
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JulieJordan Donating Member (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 05:41 PM
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23. bs!
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 06:29 PM
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24. I am fully convinced that for some people, mistrust of the government is
something acquired at school!
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