Denver Post
Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:12 CST
A 7-year-old Mary Blair Elementary School student says he’s confused about getting in trouble for trying to save the world from evil, though Thompson School District officials contend that the boy broke one of the school’s “absolutes.”
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.
“He is very confused,” Watkins told the Reporter-Herald on Tuesday. “I’m confused as well, so it makes it hard for me to enforce these rules when I don’t even understand them.”
The rules are laid out by Mary Blair Elementary School in a list of “absolutes” that are posted on the school’s website and are aimed at making Mary Blair a safe environment.
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Reblogged this on bearspawprint and commented:
What a mess. Poor kids. Poor teachers. Poor parents. Idiot administrators. . The poor boy in the article proably plays video games and watches televiision. Double Think is not good for young minds.
It is bordering on the ridiculous . This has gone beyond common sense into the delusional and paranoid.
Reblogged this on MisBehaved Woman and commented:
Common sense has completely vanished…what are we doing to our children?! Insanity…just…insanity.
It is insane. It is one thing to be concerned. It is a whole other matter to criminalize children for being children simply because they have an agenda. What will be of these children as adults if this continues?
It boggles the mind to even consider the possibilities
idiots … so guess what’s next outlaw cowboys?
poor kid … you know with all of us out of work we can homeschool and fk these people
I wish more people would consider homeschooling as a viable alternative. I home schooled my daughter and to this day she thanks me for getting her out of the school system where bullying and lack of concern for the students mental state was rampant. It seems I was spending as much time in the Principals office trying to get down to the issues affecting my daughter in a classroom where the teacher was not in control than I would care to remember. Back then it was bullying by students that they turned a blind eye to. Now the Teachers and School Administration have joined the students and they bully those children who do not conform to their concept of ideal behavior. No room for individuality or imagination unless it is sanctioned. Seems we are headed down a very dangerous road here……..
yes i call it fascism
Sadly , yes , it is