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Just when I think we have already reached a low with how school administration in America handles ridiculous scenarios, they come out with a new one.
https://gawker.com/student-suspended-for-alleged-possession-of-one-ring-to-1683089560
Wow. And if we suspend every kid who threatens every other kid in elementary school we may as well suspend them all. I remember in 3rd grade the great "my brother can beat up your brother" debates. We all threatened to have our big brothers beat everyone else up. I won because I told them I would have to wait until my big brother was out of jail.
But I am glad my kids don't have to worry about attacks from magical beings, or other kids possessing magical artifacts when my own kids are lucky to have an iPod.
https://gawker.com/student-suspended-for-alleged-possession-of-one-ring-to-1683089560
Stewart's father Jason said the Texas family had recently seen The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. "Stewart said the principal said threats to another child's safety would not be tolerated—whether magical or not," according to the Odessa American. Kermit Elementary School principal Roxanne Greer declined to comment to the paper.
"I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend's existence," Jason Stewart wrote in an email to the New York Daily News. "If he did, I'm sure he'd bring him right back."
Wow. And if we suspend every kid who threatens every other kid in elementary school we may as well suspend them all. I remember in 3rd grade the great "my brother can beat up your brother" debates. We all threatened to have our big brothers beat everyone else up. I won because I told them I would have to wait until my big brother was out of jail.
But I am glad my kids don't have to worry about attacks from magical beings, or other kids possessing magical artifacts when my own kids are lucky to have an iPod.