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Student Nearly Suspended Over LEGO-Sized Gun

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OK, the Feminazification of the schools seems to be an utter and dismal reality. This must be a subconscious Freudian manifestation of unresolved penis envy on the part of male hating feminist school officials.

Student Nearly Suspended Over LEGO-Sized Gun - Gothamist
Just how little tolerance is zero tolerance? A Staten Island fourth-grader was reprimanded and almost suspended yesterday when the principal spotted him playing with a LEGO policeman and a two-inch-long toy gun during lunch, the Advance reports.

Under the city's no-tolerance policy regarding guns in schools, PS 52 Principal Evelyn Matroianni brought 9-year-old Patrick Timoney to her office and called his mother to say the boy might be suspended for carrying the miniature toy gun to school, pending the approval of the Department of Education's security administrator. When contacted, the administrator reportedly said the toy should be confiscated and returned to the boy's parents, however no other punishment would be necessary.

"It's crazy," the boy's mother, Laura Timoney, told the paper. "He's missing class time, all for silly toys. The boys are just trying to relax. If there's a real threat, why not call the Police Department?" She noted that another child had brought an action figure that was carrying an ax, but only her son was punished. "When are we going to take responsibility for common sense and logic?" In 2007, a New Jersey 7-year-old was suspended when he drew a picture of a gun.
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It amazes me what schools allow and what they do not these days.
 
There's a word for people who can't distinguish between reality and fantasy, between a real firearm and an inch-long plastic toy: Insane.
 
Goshin said:
There's a word for people who can't distinguish between reality and fantasy, between a real firearm and an inch-long plastic toy: Insane.
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Liberals are insane, is that mutually exclusive?

lol joke, really. thanks for being good sports
 
And now you know why the civil service and goonions in general make it almost impossible to fire nitwits.
 
MyOwnDrum said:
OK, the Feminazification of the schools seems to be an utter and dismal reality. This must be a subconscious Freudian manifestation of unresolved penis envy on the part of male hating feminist school officials.

Student Nearly Suspended Over LEGO-Sized Gun - Gothamist

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I'm not famliar with your coined phrase "feminazification" - although I happen to believe that "Zero Tolerance" in many forms is a joke and what you've posted is an example.

Much like the thought that I cannot send either one of my kids to school with a Tylenol in their pocket because of the "Zero Tolerance" drug policy.

I found something that may be of interest to some, and maybe not so much to others:

What's a "Zero Tolerance" Policy?
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Lawyers.comsm


Most US schools have a "zero tolerance" policy barring students from bringing weapons and drugs to school
These policies cropped up about 20 years ago after a federal anti-gun law was passed
Some recent events show how zero tolerance policies may go too far in punishing students
Make sure you and your child understand the school's policy


Schools across the US have "zero tolerance" policies. You'll find them in elementary schools, high schools and colleges and universities. They're supposed to make the schools safe learning environments by keeping weapons and drugs out of them. As some recent events show, however, perhaps they go too far?
What Are They and Where Did They Come From?
Zero tolerance policies make punishment swift and harsh for all kinds of misbehavior by students. The "misbehavior" may be:

Having a weapon, like a gun or knife, on school grounds
Having or using drugs or alcohol on school grounds
Threatening other students or school staff with physical violence
Punishment can range from anything between detention (or "staying after school"), to a few days' suspension, to expulsion from the school.

You may think that zero tolerance policies started after the Columbine school shooting in 1999. That's when two high school students went on a shooting rampage at their school, killing 13 and injuring 24 students and school staff. The students also killed themselves. What's a "Zero Tolerance" Policy? - Lawyers.com
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Another example of zero tolerance going overboard. This is just as stupid as demanding the President's Chief of Staff be fired because he used a word some find offensive.

Common sense has taken leave of way too many.
 
Oh. My. God.
 
Te long term effects of these policies could be pretty bad. An entire generation of kids are growing up believing that punishments have no relationship to actually doing something wrong. They rightly distrust authority figures, knowing that even the most honest and harmless action can result in severe consequences. Doing something that is actually harmful and wrong is see as no worse than minor transgressions that carry the same sentence. As is typical, those who pretend to "protect our children" are actually the people who cause them the most harm.
 
how can you not see how reasonble this is, the boy was a threat to ants, and beetles, and cockroaches, it may be a toy gun today, but he might think it's ok to bring weapons to school, next week it might be a uzi, or a stinger missile, or a .50 cal machine gun, it's these things the zero tolerance policy is trying to prevent, kudos to the school for stepping in before it got out of hand :mrgreen:
 
There's a pretty good chance a boy is going into the service when he graduates high school. That shouldn't be his first experience with weapons and guns. They should be a little bit prepared.
 
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This was the norm for some of us older members when we were kids. There was no gun play or knife play going on in school at that time where I come from. This whole business has gotten out of hand.
 
Zero tolerance policies have only benefited the administrators since they don't have to do case-by-case decisions anymore. They have not helped the students and only served to create ridiculous actions like this one.
 
Zero-tolerance means zero brains. It's teaching our kids to assume that they will be punished for trivia that has no bearing on reality. It probably leads to a lack of respect for authority and the law. If "the law" (school rules and discipline) makes no sense, would you respect it?
 
Ridiculous **** like this is why zero tolerance policies are a bad idea.
 
Reminds me of when my school banned Pokemon cards. Except in some ways this is even more ridiculous.
 
Dav said:
Reminds me of when my school banned Pokemon cards. Except in some ways this is even more ridiculous.
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My school banned Click-Clacks (anyone remember those?) and the strings used in Cat's Cradle and other string tricks.
 
MyOwnDrum said:
My school banned Click-Clacks (anyone remember those?) and the strings used in Cat's Cradle and other string tricks.
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In High School, my girlfriend and I got into trouble due to the school's "No Body Contact" rule... for standing too close together in the hall. (As it happened, the hall was very very crowded.) I argued with the VP for half an hour, demanding to know how we could be in violation of "no body contact" when there WAS no body contact going on. I lost an enormous amount of respect for authority and "the rules" that day, because it struck me as idiotic and unfair that they could re-interpret their own rules "on the fly" to cover something they just didn't like to see.

This modern "zero-tolerance" crap is even worse. Some people don't seem to understand that nonsensical law/rules damage respect for all law.
 
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Lego Gun..lol too funny..

Hell our teachers use to ask us if they could borrow our jack knifes so they could cut something like string or rope. No big deal, no one stabbed anyone. I seem to remember a kid or two bringing a rifle to shop class to get measurements for a homemade stock they wanted to make. No shooting took place..Of course we were a tad small by some standards. My graduating class was 54 kids and the largest class they had in decades..
 
TheGirlNextDoor said:
I'm not famliar with your coined phrase "feminazification" - although I happen to believe that "Zero Tolerance" in many forms is a joke and what you've posted is an example.

Much like the thought that I cannot send either one of my kids to school with a Tylenol in their pocket because of the "Zero Tolerance" drug policy.

I found something that may be of interest to some, and maybe not so much to others:

What's a "Zero Tolerance" Policy?
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So. What is this mean?

"feminazification"

I was actually hoping for some kind of response.
 
TheGirlNextDoor said:
So. What is this mean?

"feminazification"

I was actually hoping for some kind of response.
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Sorry. I just made the term up, based on the Rush Limbaugh term 'FemiNazi'.

What I meant was, the trend in public schools toward becoming suppressive, unfriendly places for normal little boys. The trend is for schools becoming female dominated in culture and deed, where docile, teacher pleasing girls reign supreme, and active little boys get put on Ritalin.
 
I forget where now, but they kicked a Kid out of School for having a little pistol charm, around here neck. that, is not a "Firearm" It is a Fax of one.
 
Goshin said:
There's a word for people who can't distinguish between reality and fantasy, between a real firearm and an inch-long plastic toy: Insane.
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No, not insane, close to it...
There are people in decision making positions who simply should not be there.
They have not the intelligence.
The parents must "recapture" these corrupt schools and instill some common sense. Zero tolerance must be the first bad policy to go..
Those nut cases who conceived this idea should be the second to go.
Much reform and improvement is a must.
 
I wish I could say I was shocked, but sadly I've become accostumed to gross stupidity in the name of zero tolerance. How anyone can still think these policies are a good idea is beyond me.
 
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