Child Pretends He's Saving the World on Playground, Gets Suspended

[mcurrier]

Child Pretends He's Saving the World on Playground, Gets Suspended

 

http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/2013/02/06/child-pretends-hes-saving-the-world-then-gets-suspended

 

The inmates are truly in control of the asylum now!

 

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"Parent Mandie Watkins said Mary Blair principal Valerie Lara-Black called her Friday afternoon to inform her that her second-grade son, Alex, had been suspended for throwing an imaginary grenade during recess on the playground.

Alex did not have anything in his hand at the time and made no threats toward other people, Watkins reportedly was told.

Watkins said Alex's story matched up with the principal's account: He threw the pretend grenade at an imaginary box that had something evil inside.

He was going to save the earth this way, and when he threw the grenade he pretended that the box exploded, in apparent success."

[pitt2magic]

Ridiculous!  This country has gone off the deep end. 

[southernasylum]

Zero tolerance equals zero common sense!

 

-southernasylum

[npgunner]

this is so f'ing retarded. i can't believe these liberal pieces of **** have gotten this far into the country and completely taken over common sense. trying to control the imagination of a child like this? i remember all kinds of imaginary "battles" i had on the school playground. <insert a string of inaudible mumbling curse words>

[daddyo]

The ironic thing is that we have allowed this to happen.

[mcurrier]

The ironic thing is that we have allowed this to happen.

 

My parents didn't.  As a child, I remember being embarrassed many times by my parents at school, in public, at the doctors, people coming to our front door, etc.  If there was anything that smacked of communism, liberalism, socialism, immorality, govt. encroachment, mediocrity, or anything that just wasn't right, my parents would give them heck.  At the time, I thought my parents were crazy.  I remember my parents reading the riot act to the principal, my teachers, another kid's parents, a nosey neighbor, the census guy, store clerks, store managers, radio station managers, and a whole lot of others if they did something to warrant such.  I seem to have turned out the same way, thank God (and my parents).

 

As my signature line says - "All That Is Necessary For Evil To Triumph Is For Good Men To Do Nothing." - Edmund Burke

[ironsniper1]

i am 26 years old, me and my cousin grew up doing the same things playing with toy guns etc and now everything that was acceptable when i was growing up will get you in trouble its sicking 

[npgunner]

i am 26 years old, me and my cousin grew up doing the same things playing with toy guns etc and now everything that was acceptable when i was growing up will get you in trouble its sicking 

same here, i've got 1 year on ya (27 y/o), but nothing i did as a kid (with the exception of mario), would be allowed now a days ... remember shooting bottle rockets at each other? ha. kids now a day wouldn't even know how to play outside or light a bottle rocket

[glock55]

I suppose my green beret outfit I had as a kid would have landed me in the RACKS on the public square. I won't dare mention the kinds of games we played.

[ironsniper1]

same here, i've got 1 year on ya (27 y/o), but nothing i did as a kid (with the exception of mario), would be allowed now a days ... remember shooting bottle rockets at each other? ha. kids now a day wouldn't even know how to play outside or light a bottle rocket

we used to shoot plastic army men into the sky with 5 or 6 bottle rockets attached or blow them up with m80s

[wipfel]

There are more folks that show up at one Friday night High School football game than show up in years worth of School Board meetings so what do you expect?

The thought police are winning it seems.  Be sure to make your voice heard to the people that make these kinds of decisions.  Having taught at a public school, I can assure you public school administrators don't want to have to deal with upset parents and many will take the path of least resistance.

Edited February 7, 2013 by wipfel

[Guest nra37922]

There are more folks that show up at one Friday night High School football game than show up in years worth of School Board meetings so what do you expect?

[Garufa]

“What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.”  John Wesley (d. 1791)

 

 

We are way past the point of no return.

[wipfel]

There are more folks that show up at one Friday night High School football game than show up in years worth of School Board meetings so what do you expect?

 

Easy there.  I coached football too, and it was a lot more fun that school board meetings. ;)

Edited February 7, 2013 by wipfel

[Guest Halfling]

Ten or eleven years from now those same people will happily put him in a uniform, teach him how to throw a real grenade and send him into harms way....

[RED333]

“What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.”  John Wesley (d. 1791)

 

 

We are way past the point of no return.

Not just yet, but damn close, it will take more than a few people on a forum to fix what is wrong.

I dont have the answer as "what to do" to fix it, but, we cant give up.

My Kids, 20 and 21 know what is going on, but that is just 2 for the next cycle.

[glock55]

Not just yet, but damn close, it will take more than a few people on a forum to fix what is wrong.
I dont have the answer as "what to do" to fix it, but, we cant give up.
My Kids, 20 and 21 know what is going on, but that is just 2 for the next cycle.

My 2 boys also know and see the big picture. That makes 4 so there is always hope

[Guest sL1k]

I for one am glad this kid saved the world. I hope he has no regrets because of the reaction because next time he might just let the world die.


seriously someone needs to give this kid a medal... he was outside playing and using his imagination how damn rare is that nowadays?

[NoBanStan]

If this kid got suspended for that, I would have been a certified looney.

 

I can remember watching Commando on the old VHS, wearing my laser tag vest and strapping on every toy uzi, squirt gun, plastic grenade and rubber survival knife I had. I was so loaded to the teeth I couldn't move! We'd organize like 30 kids in the neighborhood (girls included) and play war with POW camps and everything. Our parents were just happy we were outside for petes sake!

[TMF]

The hyphenated name principal... Sometimes stereotypes are real time savers.

[peejman]

I for one am glad this kid saved the world. I hope he has no regrets because of the reaction because next time he might just let the world die.


seriously someone needs to give this kid a medal... he was outside playing and using his imagination how damn rare is that nowadays?

 

 

Not quite as rare as you might think.  My kids and all of their friends would much rather be running around outside.