You know, you just can't make this stuff up!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa … -1.2099103

"Kermit Elementary School officials called it a threat when the 9-year-old boy, Aiden Steward, 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."

"Two of the disciplinary actions this year were in-school suspensions for referring to a classmate as black and bringing his favorite book to school: "The Big Book of Knowledge." "

The kid needs to learn! In Texas, you don't bring books to school (that's insane)! Bring a football...

Still, you've got to give them credit for naming their school after a Muppet.

I remember getting in trouble at school for the dumbest reasons as well. I'd always find that stupid "gray area" or one (super) silly angle that you don't really think about the administrators taking or concocting until after the fact.

It was bad enough back then... I really can't imagine putting up with this crap now.

When I was in 7th grade (1988), a classmate brought a gun to school. His locker was next to mine and I saw the gun. Someone else notified the principal, and I was quickly summoned to the office, since my locker was next to his. I confirmed I did see the gun and the student was disciplined, probably by detention or suspension. Anyway, he was back in class in no time and he just normally carried a gun. Punishments were more lenient back in the 1980s and the police were never called into the school, even for fights. If you got into a fight, then you got 2 hours detention on Saturday morning.

Paranoia must have somehow become something tangible that is seeping into everyone's brain and is creating worst case scenarios that we treat as facts.

It's not just any knowledge that warrants a suspension...

Scandalous!

Nowadays if you saw the gun and said nothing you'd probably be in just as much trouble as the person who brought it.

However, I remember some really stupid crap when I was a kid... like people getting in trouble over those liquid breath freshers that had like .0001% alcohol in them. Yeah, cause I could possibly consume enough of them to get wasted. I can only imagine that in today's world with Zero Tolerance.

But on a more serious note this is one reason I'm really glad I don't have kids. I'm not worried about their safety but on the off chance they got in trouble for some really ridiculous technicality the last thing I would want to deal with the school's administration. Without getting too far into it I wasn't really thrilled with some of things that went down when I went to school and considering my kid would probably go to the same place (and I have to deal with some of the same people I did as I kid) I don't know if I could be levelheaded with some of those people.

BACK in the day... when I was a in elementary school, we used to play with Transformers! I'm somewhat amused that they're still popular, although they suck compared to what we had
Seriously, I'm not joking, they really do suck compared to what they used to make in Japan. Anyway, we used to bring those to school and play with them. Can you imagine what would happen if a kid today walked in with a toy Megatron?

http://www.fredsworkshop.com/vmegatrons.html

I'm sure he or she would be in the back of a police cruiser in 5-second flat!

Actually, if you read the article the other reasons he's been suspended are just as stupid.

I mean that picture of a pregnant woman is going to be in his health book in a few years anyway.

And I doubt a nine year old really understands why they should probably use the term "African American" over "black" but it's not like he cracked out the freakin' n-word.

The school this boy attends is simply psychotic.

But then I remember being at preschool (a Christian preschool) and having to sit in the hallway for calling a friend a "smarty pants" so....

Edit:

However, the boy's father had the last laugh with that gem of a quote from his e-mail.

Not all blacks are african americans, and since when black is negatory? But then, american schools are a joke with their suspensions and overreactions and teachings.

To my understanding black is not derogatory.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/201 … 60773.html

Actually I'm glad you brought this up. I was actually going to say that all "blacks" are not from Africa so the term is kind of a misnomer if you think about it. Additionally, I don't think "black" is derogatory myself... but I've seen people act like it is. People generally do that whey want to stir up some crap for the sake of string it up. There's a good example of this in the South Park episode where Cartman hits Token in the head with a rock and hate crime legislation they use to charge him.

This actually reminds me of a George Carlin bit about the phrase "I have a friend who happens to be black" used by guilty while liberals and the like.