Scenes From A Class Struggle

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Heh, you gotta love Radar magazine. Seemingly innocuous actions that have led to student suspensions at American schools.

[b]Sheridan Middle School, New Haven, CT[/b]
[i]Action:[/i] Student buys a bag of Skittles from a classmate.
[i]Ruling:[/i] Violated an anticandy "wellness policy."

[b]Dennis Township Primary School, Cape May Court House, NJ[/b]
[i]Action:[/i] Seven year old draws a stick figure holding a gun.
[i]Ruling:[/i] Violated a "zero-tolerance policy" on firearms.

[b]Central High School, Providence, RI[/b]
[i]Action:[/i] Sophomore snaps a photo of the principal smoking and posts them online.
[i]Ruling:[/i] "Disrupted the learning environment."

[b]La Vega Primary School, Waco, TX[/b]
[i]Action:[/i] Pre-K student hugs female teacher's aide, inadvertently burying his face in her chest.
[i]Ruling:[/i] Indulged in "inappropriate behavior interpreted as sexual contact."

[b]Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA[/b]
[i]Action:[/i] Student sings popular "On Top of Old Smoky" spoof containing the words "I shot my poor teacher."
[i]Ruling:[/i] "Threatening" an instructor.

[b]Killian Middle School, Lewisville, TX[/b]
[i]Action:[/i] Student rubs hands with sanitizer, then smells them.
[i]Ruling:[/i] Openly flouted anti-drug rules.

[wherewereuin82]

La Vega Primary School, Waco, TX
Action: Pre-K student hugs femake teacher's aide, inadvertently burying his face n her chest.
Ruling: Indulged in "inappropriate behavior interpreted as sexual contact."


Not only American schools. I received a phone call from the school when my son was Pre-K because he had hugged one of the girls in his class. A "warning" call. WTF? The kid's 4 years old.

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Next thing you know we'll be cited for sexual contact for coming out of a vagina at birth. Or, male babies will be cited for inappropriate contact for breast feeding.

Or..........when a dog decides to hump our leg, we'll get nailed for reverse bestiality