Posted on 02/05/2013 11:41:42 AM PST by tom h
KDVR NEWS A 2nd grader has been suspended from school in Loveland for a make believe game he was playing.
The 7-year-old says he was trying to save the world. But school administrators say he broke a key rule during his pretend play.
I was trying to save people and I just cant believe I got dispended, says Alex Evans, who doesnt understand his suspension any better than he can pronounce it.
Its called rescue the world, he says.
He was playing a game during recess at Lovelands Mary Blair Elementary School and threw an imaginary grenade into a box with pretend evil forces inside.
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The boy didnt throw anything real or make any threats against anyone. He explains he was pretending to be the hero. So nothing can get out and destroy the world.
But his imaginary play broke the schools real rules. The school lists absolutes designed to keep a safe environment. The list includes absolutely no fighting, real or imaginary; no weapons, real or imaginary. ...
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We had an unlimited supply of them when I was a kid.
Next, Holder will prosecute the kid for violating the imaginary civil rights of the imaginary evil in the box.
The list includes absolutely no fighting, real or imaginary; no weapons, real or imaginary”
It is a short stretch from this to say no competition: sports, music festivals, art shows, ...
And then into the classroom: no scoring of tests (you are ‘fighting’ against other students when they grade on the curve). And no scissors (self defense weapon).
This stuff is not funny anymore. Hard to puke when you are all puked out.
PS As a kid, I actually carved myself a full sized grenade from a piece of wood and threw it around the yard as needed.
-PJ
The goal is psychological castration, real men are a threat to the order.
There are plenty of education resources available and it is time to starve the Government School beast.
Mom is keeping son at home until this can be resolved. WRONG ANSWER.
Mom should be down at the school, with her son, very clearly and carefully explaining the difference between PLAY and DANGER and encouraging every other parent to stop and do the EXACT SAME THING.
When confronting gross stupidity, you MUST CONFRONT IT. You not only need to expose it to others, but you have to shine a spotlight on it in person.
My parents bought me a toy grenade when I was a boy, totally realistic and made from real steel. I remember throwing it once at my brother, hitting him in the nose, and making his nose bleed.
Come to think of it, he was my older brother and he constantly bullied me. The thought that I got him back that time makes me smile, all these years later.
It’s stories like this that shed light on why Odumbo is still in the white hut.
My dad was in the Navy and brought home training grenades we used in our never-ending war against the Nazis/Japanese Imprerial troops. Perfect, had a lot of heft to them, for sure. Honestly, I don;t know how we did not brain each other with those pineapples. ;)
An imaginary alleged grenade?
When I was in second grade, for show and tell, I brought a Mk 2 grenade, an M79 grenade and a foot long linked belt of 30 caliber machine gun ammo. They were all inert, but still, if I did that today, I’d be in jail for life.
Last year was the 40th anniversary of the President's pal and backer William Ayers' bombing of the Pentagon. The media and schools were silent.
This nation is seriously f***ed. Those in charge of education (like Ayers) and this nation's security do NOT have America's interests at heart.
The mind boggles. Sometimes there is just nothing left to do but to point and laugh.
or cry.
I’m 56-years-old. When I was a boy, my pals and I frequently played “Army,” in which we battled the bad guys (German Nazis) and won the day.
These games were inspired by the experiences of our fathers who, in the main, were veterans of World War II. We were proud of our fathers and hoped that, someday, we might become half the men they proved to be in the crusade to conquer Hitler, Tojo, etc.
Such games were played on the playground at my Catholic elementary in the early 1960s. No nun or lay teacher objected. The memories of war were fresh in their minds. They understood that the future would inevitably yield new Hitlers and that American GIs would be needed to foil the designs of such monsters.
Consequently they educated us with the goal of turning boys into intelligent and productive men. Those who would impede this education are little more than fellow travelers with our Islamic enemies.
Punishing a kid for pretending to throw a grenade? The child should be encouraged in his pretend battle against evil. There may come a day he’ll be called upon to perform the real thing.
When imaginary grenades are outlawed,only outlaws will have imaginary grenades.ALL YOUR IMAGINARY GRENADE ARE BELONG TO US...sheeesh!!!!
Good grief, not only did we throw “pretend” grenades during recess, some idiot thought it was a good idea to cover our entire playground with huge wood chips (many of them were the size of a pork chop and about 1/2” thick).
It was a wood chip hurricane when the lunch lady turned her back.
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