For a number of years I've subscribed to Randy Cassingham's "This is True", which features all sorts of asinine behavior people indulge in. Most of the time it's funny stuff. However, increasingly, he has featured stories of outrageous actions on the part of school administrators in the pursuit of zero tolerance policies. These include the following:
Zero tolerance for weapons on campus: A girl in grammar school opened her lunch box to find that her mother had included in it a plastic knife with which to spread mayo or mustard or something. Since her school had a zero tolerance policy for knives, she turned it over to the school authorities, They thanked her for her compliance and honesty, then promptly suspended her for bringing a weapon to school.
A kindergarten boy was expelled for kissing a girl, because of the schools zero tolerance policy on sexual behavior.
Zero Tolerance for drugs on campus: A high school honor student was expelled because she was found to have a bottle of Midol in her purse. She was taking Midol for pain etc. she experienced while menstruating.
A valedictorian said the word "hell" in her graduation speech. The principal at her high school revoked her high school diploma. As I recall, this resulted in such an outcry that the school reversed its decision.However, it should never have happened in the first place.
I am outraged by these stories and others like them. I'd opt for the offenders to be stripped naked in public and the families of the kids thus victimized to be allowed to horsewhip them to their heart's content. However, since exercising such an atavistic fantasy would probably not be legal, other ideas occur to me:
If an organization with big bucks could be formed to provide legal counsel to the victims, they could sue the offending officials. Make it public. Make it hurt. Make it a deterrent for like-minded twits.
Take legislative actions to codify and define what weapons, drugs or behavior cross the line to make sure that menstruating teens aren't busted for taking Midol, grammar school kids aren't suspended for finding plastic knives in their lunch boxes, kindergartners aren't labeled sex offenders for kissing, etc. Does anyone have any other ideas?
Zero tolerance for weapons on campus: A girl in grammar school opened her lunch box to find that her mother had included in it a plastic knife with which to spread mayo or mustard or something. Since her school had a zero tolerance policy for knives, she turned it over to the school authorities, They thanked her for her compliance and honesty, then promptly suspended her for bringing a weapon to school.
A kindergarten boy was expelled for kissing a girl, because of the schools zero tolerance policy on sexual behavior.
Zero Tolerance for drugs on campus: A high school honor student was expelled because she was found to have a bottle of Midol in her purse. She was taking Midol for pain etc. she experienced while menstruating.
A valedictorian said the word "hell" in her graduation speech. The principal at her high school revoked her high school diploma. As I recall, this resulted in such an outcry that the school reversed its decision.However, it should never have happened in the first place.
I am outraged by these stories and others like them. I'd opt for the offenders to be stripped naked in public and the families of the kids thus victimized to be allowed to horsewhip them to their heart's content. However, since exercising such an atavistic fantasy would probably not be legal, other ideas occur to me:
If an organization with big bucks could be formed to provide legal counsel to the victims, they could sue the offending officials. Make it public. Make it hurt. Make it a deterrent for like-minded twits.
Take legislative actions to codify and define what weapons, drugs or behavior cross the line to make sure that menstruating teens aren't busted for taking Midol, grammar school kids aren't suspended for finding plastic knives in their lunch boxes, kindergartners aren't labeled sex offenders for kissing, etc. Does anyone have any other ideas?
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