so c'mon. what is and what isn't OK?

I reviewed the district policy on weapons, and I have to say I'm not impressed by this teacher's interpretation of it.....

I don't see where drawing a picture of a gun (which is what my kid did) is a no-no -it may be a replica if you really stretch that, but it isn't an object or implement...

licorice is a slow lingering death

Someone in the bureaucracy told the school : "No Weapon Policy". And then they forgot to use one of their own : a brain.

If I had children, I would seriously question the validity of the school's teachings since they're such morons.

Whereas the directors of that film tormented me by alternately making me watch hugh grant while trying not to imagine him with that tranny looking hooker, and watching Toni Collette with far too many clothes on.

I agree with glatt on his point. That's why I find it disconcerting that you at first withheld the nature of the alleged offense and you're still withholding the specific circumstances under which it occurred. Why did your child draw a picture of a gun? Since a picture can be worth a thousand words, a picture of a gun can be an historical account, an indicator of violent feelings/intent; or, anything in between. Intent is key to making a determination in such instances. Was the picture appropriate to the academic circumstances (more than just a tangent)? If not, it probably wasn't appropriate to the venue. If so, then perhaps the teacher was promoting a personal agenda rather than an academic climate. There is no line to be drawn between "Other weapon[s]" without knowing the full circumstances of the specific instance in which they're used; because, that's where people's perceptions about them mainly come from.

because he is a boy.

bingo.

But the whole thing bout "zero tolerance" is the "why" is irrelevant. Either it's OK or it isn't. I guess because Jack can bring a gun into school to kill Jill, but when caught, claim it was for show and tell. Fine. Guns/People with guns hurt people. I get it. Fake weapons. Well they look like real weapons, they could be used to intimidate. I get it. Lego guns, Sticks like swords, pointed fingers, I sorta get it but I think mostly kids need to be taught to shrug it off if they don't like it. Drawing a picture of gun? HTF is that a threat to the safety of any other student?

I has one ;) (& I is one)

It could lead to critical thinking and or independent thinking.

BTW, unless the school is private and receives no funding from the government this is in fact a freedom of speech issue. Unless they can show that he is inciting to riot, that drawing is protected speech. They are not allowed to ban that speech unless they are wholly private.

thanks, I'm headed that way with the teacher. I'm currently awaiting his response on the drawing weapios while studying civil war thing (which they just did...) -he didn't seem to have a problem with pictures of guns then....

I suspect it's really about drawing when he should be doing something else, and it's got to a point where the something else is irrelevant to my kid so he argues that and wins. teacher saves face with "inappropriate subject matter". I could be wrong, but I bet I'm not. That's what you get when you Open School. Sometimes the kids are going to be smarter than the teachers in some respects. In "regular" schooling that is supressed for the "greater good". At Open School, teachers get schooled sometimes :lol:

Lordy. Ya'll just need to move down south where folks have more common sense about weapons. When my son did a report on the War of Northern Aggression, he gave a musket firing demo with a 9 count load. He also demonstrated fix bayonets

The War of Northern Aggression? :lol:

I've got news for you, Han shot first.

Sorry, Sarge, but naming rights go to the winners.

Except "Operation Enduring Freedom". But that isn't a name, it's just :jagoff: