Posted on 05/31/2004 8:05:00 AM PDT by Amerigomag
An Arkansas school teacher who gave her students a fish-shaped water gun is under fire from a parent who says she disapproves of weapons in her house, reports KPOM-TV in Ft. Smith, Ark.
The teacher at an elementary school in Rogers, Ark., gave her students the squirter following a lesson about animals in the rain forest. School officials say she feels horrible about the entire situation and didn't mean to offend anyone.
The parent who complained, Karen Young, doesn't want fish-shaped toy guns in her house because she accidentally shot an ex-boyfriend one time when the gun she was beating him with went off.
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What's new?
What was she doing to the boyfriend when the gun went off?
The solution is to just ignore these beasts. Accommodating their insane requests has only encouraged more of it. If the mother doesn't like fish water guns then she can home school
Let me guess, there is no "Mr. Retard."
Very smart lady. Doesn't want a fish water pistol in the house, but gets involved in beating someone with a gun and "accidentally" shooting them. I'm glad she is setting a good non violent example for her child.
Lessons about the rain forest - sheez!
I just can't help but keep laughing at this. It's so...funny.
Assistant school superintendent Dr. Louise Standridge says the package that the toy came in says the toy is called a water squirter. It's in the shape of a fish. Dr. Standridge says the teacher had been teaching students about animals in the rain forest. "She thought the toy would be an appropriate favor to send the students home with on the last day of school at the end of their fish lesson," says Dr. Standrige. "She feels horrible about this entire situation." Dr. Standridge says the school administration takes every complaint seriously and the Rogers Public Schools regrets if any parent was offended by a teacher's intent to give her students a toy that related to the unit of study that had just been completed in class on rain forest animals.
Young says she has strict guidelines at home and she wants her children to understand that guns are not toys. Young says two of her brothers were shot in domestic disputes, her uncle committed suicide with a gun and she accidentally shot her ex boyfriend when the gun she hit him with went off.
Young says she isn't angry at the school. She just wants to make sure teachers at Lowell Elementary don't consider it appropriate to use toy guns to educate students.
We were always taught that all guns and boyfrinds/girlfriends were loaded unless proven otherwise. ;-)
or
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him float on his back.
I'm guessing she was a Bill Clinton supporter and will be voting for John Kerry (if she even knows how to vote).
Hehehe. Reminds me the that woman in Houston who accidentally drove over her philandering dentist husband, four times. And if you believe that one, she'll offer the opportunity to buy shares in a bridge connecting Brooklyn to lower Manhattan.
Question: Did he die?
Thanks for pointing that out. I've always been a little unclear on the difference between a horse and a goldfish.
How is it that hundreds and hundreds of seemingly unimportant tidbits like this story get picked up as news?
It's as if there is a great, evil "news event overseer" that determines which news tidbits could sow the most fear or doubt about a positive future into the minds of the masses, and sees to it that those stories are covered.
I mean, come on! Is there a reason for this stupid little story to have international attention?
It is tough, goldfish, horse, gun. They're all so close. Like what's the difference between satire and parody? Simile and metaphor? Pisciform spritzer and nickel plated .357 magnum? I find these subtle distinctions soooo difficult. It must be hard, being a single parent today.
Well it sounds to me like the young lady violated one of the primary rules of gun safety: When you're pistol-whipping your ex-boyfriend, keep your finger away from the trigger!
I believe this is a weekly feature on Fox highlighting political correctness gone mad.
For those who have read the original article there is also a section about the ACLU suing everyone in sight if they perceive there is a hint, no matter how obscure, of a religious icon in a government logo or emblem.
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