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Second Grade Student Suspended for Drawing Stick Figure Firing Gun
Fox News ^ | Sunday, October 21, 2007 | AP

Posted on 10/23/2007 12:43:40 AM PDT by FreedomCalls

Edited on 10/23/2007 1:18:37 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

DENNIS TOWNSHIP, N.J.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; school; zerotolerance
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Will the "zero-tolerance" madness never end? Are our school administrators really this stupid?
1 posted on 10/23/2007 12:43:42 AM PDT by FreedomCalls
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2 posted on 10/23/2007 12:44:08 AM PDT by FreedomCalls (Texas: "We close at five.")
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If the kid had scribbled the name of some prominent conservative over the stick figure victim, he probably would have gotten some award.


3 posted on 10/23/2007 12:49:04 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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4 posted on 10/23/2007 12:50:33 AM PDT by South40 (Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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That’s awfully good stuff, by the way.


5 posted on 10/23/2007 1:51:42 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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Are our school administrators really this stupid?

That was rhetorical question, right?

6 posted on 10/23/2007 2:49:27 AM PDT by NurdlyPeon (Thompson / Hunter in 2008)
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Wow a drawing, and the kid gets suspended.

Achmuhnukemallah threatens to wipe Israel and America out, and he gets invited to speak at Columbia.

Zero tolerance for Americans!

7 posted on 10/23/2007 2:51:33 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Hey Jessie, how much melanin do you have to have to form a socially acceptable lynch mob?)
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I banned toy guns from my first son because I did not want him to think they were toys and give them respect.

He then made them from bristle blocks and legos and sticks. I learned a lesson about trying to limit imagination and that children were not as stupid as they looked. I didn’t ban the rest of the children from toy guns.


8 posted on 10/23/2007 3:20:29 AM PDT by Raycpa
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9 posted on 10/23/2007 3:30:26 AM PDT by Eastbound
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If this were my son, we’d be at the range during the suspension doing some intensive shooting. Right after we talked to the biggest nastiest Fieger clone about our lawsuit.


10 posted on 10/23/2007 3:39:43 AM PDT by RushLake (Democrats/MSM have never met a terrorist they didn't like.)
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Fish and Wildlife officers used to teach gun safety in our local schools. This included shooting BB guns at a target.

It is so hard to solve a problem by hiding from it.


11 posted on 10/23/2007 4:04:56 AM PDT by blueheron2 (Third party votes = votes for Clinton)
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I need details.

Like the address of the principle deserving of a kindly note describing his/her complete incompetence as a human being.


12 posted on 10/23/2007 4:14:43 AM PDT by Malsua
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Are our school administrators really this stupid?

YUP

13 posted on 10/23/2007 4:37:03 AM PDT by clamper1797 (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government if and when it deserves it)
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Here in NY they want to pass a law against all forms of nooses. Real, fake, drawings etc. So I guess kids in elementary school cant play the game hangman anymore.


14 posted on 10/23/2007 4:37:12 AM PDT by Long Island Pete
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15 posted on 10/23/2007 4:45:04 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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Perhaps the kid was just trying to draw a picture of Ann Coulter.

('Course that would get him a longer suspension.)

16 posted on 10/23/2007 4:47:54 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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I suspect the real problem is that the picture was of the boy pointing a gun at the other student. That’s what freaked out the other kids parents. It still doesnt warrant a suspension.


17 posted on 10/23/2007 4:56:08 AM PDT by Hacklehead (I'm not here to make friends.)
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Kyle drew other pictures, including a skateboarder, King Tut, a ghost, a tree and a Cyclops, the newspaper reported.

Yup a real harden criminal type.

18 posted on 10/23/2007 5:11:45 AM PDT by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
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These bozos think even mentioning the theory of intelligent design threatens the entire US educational system yet they believe in magical drawings.

If one was to use the school administration’s logic it would be quite legitimate to send them a picture of money for their paycheck each month. It also would make things a lot easier for parents who want to homeschool but hat the hassle of dealing with educracy. Just send a photograph of your child to school each day, promblem solved.


19 posted on 10/23/2007 5:32:07 AM PDT by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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My son was suspended in-school for a day for holding his two hands and arms as IF he had a shotgun. He was in first grade.

Later, when we were putting together stuff for him to submit for an advanced placement class, his teacher picked a short story he had “written” with drawings.

She apparently missed that on the last page, there was a stick-figure guy on the roof shooting a gun at someone in the street. Because she had written that it was a great book.


20 posted on 10/23/2007 11:36:42 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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