Why some people shouldn't be in education: Hang that Cub Scout terrorist!

http://www.newser.com/story/71440/school-suspends-1st-grader-for-cub-scout-eating-utensils.html

A complete and utter joke.

 

I'd like to see the actual article on that. 45 days?

 

Well, here is the NY Times article on it.

Seems fairly straight forward. No knives in school. The kid brought a knife. It seems a bit harsh to run a kid for 45 days for what is likely a completely innocent mistake.

 

This is why the law-and-order folks like mandatory minimum punishments and zero tolerance policies so much.

Takes the human equation and the activist judges and principals right out of the mix.

 

Either you're in favor of zero-tolerance policies, or you're not. Zero tolerance means exactly that. No exceptions. Think this case is stupid? Then you think zero-tolerance policies are stupid.

By the way, there's this:

Remember, that's no exceptions. Not 'no exceptions, except for cute white kids.'

 

Zero tolerance policies are stupid.

 

I like them because then you don't have to worry about getting good people into important jobs. Takes that human element right out of it.

 

Word for word, yo.

 

Do you have a zero tolerance policy against zero tolerance policies?

 

It's a soft zero tolerancy against zero tolerancy policies.

 

An uproar among parents? WTF?

 

From the same story:

For Delaware, Zachary’s case is especially frustrating because last year state lawmakers tried to make disciplinary rules more flexible by giving local boards authority to, “on a case-by-case basis, modify the terms of the expulsion.”
The law was introduced after a third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother had sent a birthday cake to school, along with a knife to cut it. The teacher called the principal — but not before using the knife to cut and serve the cake.



Freaking morons are running the school system in Delaware.