6-Year-Old Given Detention, Forced to Apologize

[priell3]

6-Year-Old Given Detention, Forced to Apologize After Bringing This Seriously Tiny Plastic Gun on School Bus

A 6-year-old kindergarten student in Massachusetts is accused of causing a “disturbance” and “traumatizing” other students by bringing a very tiny plastic toy gun on the school bus last week.

The “gun” brandished by the young boy was barely bigger than a quarter.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013...on-school-bus/

[Adam-12]

Phobias can be instilled.

[ray h]

How very sad. These stories make me glad I don't have kids.

[staylo]

This country has literally, LITERALLY, lost its mind. What's that saying about beind so open minded that your brain falls out? I think that's what's happened.

[Hokkmike]

How very sad. These stories make me glad I don't have kids.

Maybe true but remember, the fears instilled in other people's kids may reflect the political will of the future.

[vapochilled]

they can't take the guns away, but if the next generation has been instilled from birth to hate them, they won't have to take anything, no one will want them!

[redeye202]

they can't take the guns away, but if the next generation has been instilled from birth to hate them, they won't have to take anything, no one will want them!

That is the plan.

[Totez]

they can't take the guns away, but if the next generation has been instilled from birth to hate them, they won't have to take anything, no one will want them!

Quoted for truth. They began this around here while I was growing up. If you would have told me that I could own a gun when I grew up I'd have called you a liar.

Thank God I found out otherwise.

[priell3]

Fortunately, my son is almost 19 and has been taught to know better.

[Hazle Mike]

6-Year-Old Given Detention, Forced to Apologize After Bringing This Seriously Tiny Plastic Gun on School Bus

A 6-year-old kindergarten student in Massachusetts is accused of causing a “disturbance” and “traumatizing” other students by bringing a very tiny plastic toy gun on the school bus last week.

The “gun” brandished by the young boy was barely bigger than a quarter.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013...on-school-bus/

It sounds like a 6 year old was traumatized, alright.

If zero tolerance policies are the way we're going to handle things in our schools, then we no longer need highly educated and experienced school administrators. Any fool can follow a rigid list of rules and punishments. Experience and judgement no longer apply, so why bear the burden of paying for what we no longer require?

I only hope that parents in the future get to choose where their children and tax dollars go to school. A little freedom of choice would go a long way.