RSS10 Year Old Nickolas Taylor Suspended from School for Using his Finger as an Imaginary Gun
What ever happened to common sense in this country … note to educators, ITS A FINGER!!!
10 year Nickolas Taylor was suspended from Milford’s Stacy Middle School for pointing his finger and using it as an imaginary ray gun in the school’s cafeteria. HUH? It gets even more ridiculous. According to school administrators, two students reported to the assistant principal that they believed the gesture Nickolas made was threatening. THREATENING? The fifth grader was written a conduct slip by Assistant Principal Noah Collins, who listed the offense as a threat. Thus, the brain surgeons at the school state that the discipline consistent with “other incidents of a threatening nature.”
If a school is going to punish every individual for what some child in this day makes them feel uncomfortable, there is going to be a very full detention class. Of course back in the day what Nickolas did would have been common place and no one would have thought anything of it. We’ve come a long way.
Yup, looks really threatening to me, sarcasm intended.
A child was suspended for two days after reportedly pointing an imaginary gun at school.
Nickolas Taylor, 10, was suspended last Friday from Milford’s Stacy Middle School after pointing his finger and using it as an imaginary ray gun in the school’s cafeteria.
“It’s totally ridiculous, it’s not right at all,” Rory O’Brien, Nickolas’ grandfather, told FOX 25 News.
According to school administrators, two students reported to the assistant principal that they believed the gesture Nickolas made was threatening. The fifth grader was reportedly written a conduct slip by Assistant Principal Noah Collins, who listed the offense as a threat.
Nickolas was suspended, discipline consistent with “other incidents of a threatening nature,” a statement from the school said on Wednesday.
Nickolas has no history of discipline outside detentions for incomplete school work, said Brian Taylor.
Nickolas has been diagnosed with ADHD and sometimes is disciplined because he is hyperactive and fails to focus, Brian Taylor said.
Just curious, has anyone in authority at this school ever heard of the word discretion? How about you explain to the child not to do this in the future and explain what was wrong. Not suspending him from school.
Posted November 23, 2014 by Scared Monkeys Child Welfare, Education, Elementary School, WTF, Zero Tolerance | 3 comments |
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THE LIBERAL DOUBLE STANDARD
Professor Dons Dick Cheney Mask, PRETENDS TO SHOOT STUDENTS IN CLASS [VIDEO]
…. Though the administration at Nebraska-Lincoln does not appear to have reprimanded Gruhl for his pretend shooting, little boys at America’s public schools who pulled exactly the same stunt have not fared as well.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/21/professor-dons-dick-cheney-mask-pretends-to-shoot-students-in-class-video/
This is just more of the attempts to make little boys into little girls regarding behavior. Boys will do things like this in jest, but this is what happens when we have teachers and administrators with little or no common sense.
The parents need to put this child in another school if possible.
The school is responding to a ‘pattern of behaviors’ displayed by this young man…..not missed homework. Behavior expectations need to encompass every individual regardless of ADHD or not.
Unfortunately, we live in a society where kids get shot in schools. Administration needs to ensure their safety and feelings of safety !
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SM: In all my years, including those in school, I have yet to ever see a child harmed, injured, wounded or killed by a finger gun. If you have, please let me know, it will be a first.
R