Suspended for having an imagination

[ventilator]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/texas-boy-suspended-after-bringing-ring-of-power-to-school/ar-AA8PoAN

From the article: "Tolkien lore led a Texas boy to suspension after bringing his “one ring” to school.

Kermit Elementary School officials called it a threat when the 9-year-old boy, Aiden, in a playful act of make-believe, told a classmate he could make him disappear with a ring forged in fictional Middle Earth’s Mount Doom."

 

[Supe]

"I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence"

So much win for the Dad.

 

[csb]

Is Texas giving Kansas a run for Most Backwards Education System?

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Is Texas giving Kansas a run for Most Backwards Education System?

Yes! Definitely! For sure!

And the people here are all for it! Any job openings in a more sane state?

 

[knight1fox3]

How about Wisconsin? It was -1 deg F this morning.

But we have jello shots...

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

How about Wisconsin? It was -1 deg F this morning.

But we have jello shots...

What's the humidity? I might take that temp with low humidity, over our 30F, 88% humidity.

 

[knight1fox3]

How about Wisconsin? It was -1 deg F this morning.

But we have jello shots...

What's tge humidity? I might take that temp with low humidity, over our 30F, 88% humidity.

It gets super dry here in the winter months. In the house it's something like 40% LOL.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

lol @ double digit humidity...

 

[K19]

lol at "Bobo Baggins" in article

 

[csb]

lol at "Bobo Baggins" in article

+25 SW

 

[Road Guy]

I blame society as a whole for stuff like this, it happens in Texas, New York, CA, GA, etc.....kids get suspended for making their PB&J sandwich look like a gun-- just stupid...

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I blame society as a whole for stuff like this, it happens in Texas, New York, CA, GA, etc.....kids get suspended for making their PB&J sandwich look like a gun-- just stupid...

Just having PB&J can get one sent home...

 

[Road Guy]

true that! although peanut allergies are no joke!

 

[csb]

Now they are sending home kids who haven't been vaccinated! More magic, I tell you.

 

[csb]

(Just kidding. Vaccinate your motherlovin' kids. )

 

[Road Guy]

we should send kids home whose parents don't pay taxes too..

 

[Exengineer]

Some of these school officials who suspend students for imaginary things like this need a very real punch in the face to get them planted back in reality. Has anyone contemplated such a thing yet? It would be worth the assault charge.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

The flip side of that coin is that there are parents out there that consider what that kid did as "bullying" even if it is a reference to a sci-fi movie.

 

[Dleg]

The school sounds ridiculous - did you read the offenses for the other two suspensions of this kid? One was for referring to someone as "black" (he's 9, what do they expect?), and the other was for bringing his favorite book - a Children's encyclopedia - to school, because it had a section on pregnancy and a picture of a pregnant woman.

Is the Taliban running the Texas school system????

 

[csb]

I told my kid this story last night. My kid is 9 and really into LOTR (+2561). He found it ridiculous.