Hey chris was that on the news ?
A Rant about Zero Tolerance In Schools Today
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Hey chris was that on the news ?
My sister sent me this when i told her about this thred 1959 - 2009
Scenario 1:
Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.
1959 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2009 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers..
Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1959 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2009 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged them with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1959 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2009 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario 4:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1959 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.
2009 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is tol d by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy' s mom has an affair with the psychologist.
Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1959 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock
2009 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario 6:
Pedro fails high school English.
1959 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2009 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario 7:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1959 - Ants die.
2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario 8:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1959 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
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2009 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
This should hit every email inbox to show how stupid we have become!!
Scenario 1:
Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.
1959 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2009 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers..
Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1959 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2009 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged them with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1959 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2009 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario 4:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1959 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.
2009 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is tol d by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy' s mom has an affair with the psychologist.
Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1959 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock
2009 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario 6:
Pedro fails high school English.
1959 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2009 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario 7:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1959 - Ants die.
2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario 8:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1959 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
=0 A
2009 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
This should hit every email inbox to show how stupid we have become!!
polarfreek
New member
I wonder why the police didn't investigate this further and just send him back to school? Obviously there was some mis-guided information from the school that kept him in the police station. Schools are really cracking down these days. Heck my 5 year old girl said they can't wear tank tops anymore because they consider it inappropriate. Even when they wear sweat shirts over the top of them!
I agree with one post that states the parents are a common problem but I don't totally agree with that. Most of these kids get their behavior from other kids too. Parenting is a very challenging job and sometimes it takes more than "perfect" parents to raise them well.
I agree with one post that states the parents are a common problem but I don't totally agree with that. Most of these kids get their behavior from other kids too. Parenting is a very challenging job and sometimes it takes more than "perfect" parents to raise them well.
Our High School still does this. Funny how that's o.k. And, they do a physics experiment where they have to make a "machine" (ie. levers, wedges, screw, basic machine principles), and almost all of them come in with razor blades, knifes, very sharp objects. My daughter's had an 18" Machette (sp?) on it. Checked with the school first, but it's like that every year. But we also had a kid suspended in grade school a few years back because his mom sent a plastic knife in his lunch box (back when all this BS started....). I think our school is pretty good about it, but things still pop up now and then. But sending an 11 year old to jail is just major STUPIDITY.
Well, if it was truly an knife sharpener, and not a knife.
The very first thing she should do is march right down to that school and demand a meeting with the entire school board.
Then she should call her local news station. They would love to put a story like that on the air to make that school and the police officers who allowed this look like morons on the nightly news.
The very first thing she should do is march right down to that school and demand a meeting with the entire school board.
Then she should call her local news station. They would love to put a story like that on the air to make that school and the police officers who allowed this look like morons on the nightly news.
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Very true. But from whom do these other kids learn their behavior?
Absolutely true. Ironic, isn't it, that we need hours of training and a license to drive a car but for the huge responsibility of creating another human being and bringing him/her up in the big bad world we need.....nothing. No, I'm not suggesting that we need licenses to become parents. After all, it has been done for hundreds, if not thousands of years without them, and, until relatively recently, with few problems. Just a casual observation on the degeneration of our society as a whole.
indy_500
Well-known member
i have archery in my high school but the arrows are modified and have some rubber crap instead of broadheads
indy_500
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lol i do hate chalk though
indy_500
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they're actually going away from dry-erase! now it's smartboards!!!! yippee! and the projector for those things has a $300 lightbulb and they go out every year! tax money going to work!
indy_500
Well-known member
But it's just sooo much easier for the teachers!!!! If it's too hard for you to write on a board, they need to get out in the real world and get a real job then.
6mile
Member
That is exactly what I would do.
Then to prove a point I would sue the school district/and police department for all the trauma that my kid had to endure. Then after all the money grubbing attorneys take 2/3rds of the settlement, I would use what ever is left to put the kid in privet school where he/she would likely get a much better education.
All that to prove a point, sure my local taxes would go up to cover the budget short fall in the school and local PD. It would still be worth it. It is about time people are held accountable for their stupidity.
indy_500
Well-known member
we got these overhead projectors and they r kinda goin away from them but i always put a sponge on it and if it was a dry sponge it would start smoking lol
Pretty ingenious....I wish I'd have thought of that when I was in school!
polarisrider1
New member
Sorry, just couldn't resist. I'm making a run for Top Poster so I had to find something to post!
Indy 500 is putting his heart into it! lol. I used to clean the erasers in a machine that blew dust everywhere. That was in 1965 when I was eating the paste out of the big jars!
indy_500
Well-known member
shoulda tried the sponge on projector, o ya what projector? lol those are gettin outdated for me already!
And I used to stick paper airplanes into the kiln in metal shop, then give them a fling once they had a good flame going. Now they pay me to put out fires. Who'd have thunk it?
Ah, good times indeed.