4th grader suspended for possession...of LEGOS!

Datalyss · 02-04-2010, 11:33 PM

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A tiny toy led to big trouble for one fourth-grade New York City boy.

Patrick Timoney, a 9-year-old student at PS 52 in Staten Island, N.Y., was in the school cafeteria Tuesday playing with LEGOs when he was taken to the principal’s office and threatened with suspension. One of his toys was a LEGO policeman that holds a 2-inch plastic gun. The school has a no-tolerance policy when it comes to toy guns.

“[The gun] was so little,” the boy told WNBC. “I wouldn’t really think that the principal would cause a lot of commotion just for a little gun.”

The boy’s mother, Laura Timoney, 44, was fuming over the issue.

“You don’t traumatize a child who loved to go to school, who wanted to be early every day to school, you don’t make him cry, you don’t make him fill out statements,” she told WNBC, holding back tears. “You don’t do it.”

Pat Timoney, the boy’s father and a retired police officer, was also upset, saying that he’s dealt with people who use imitation weapons as a way to threaten others and commit crimes, and that this situation is different, considering the pinky-size gun in question.

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A school official should have more common sense.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-04-2010, 11:39 PM

They've shown repeatedly that they don't.

jujuwwhite · 02-05-2010, 05:24 AM

And yet our school system will promote trouble makers just so they will hurry up and get out of the classroom and into the street!! Gotta love it!

lumberjim · 02-05-2010, 05:44 AM

zero tolerance policies invariably lead to dumb shit like this.

I have a zero tolerance policy against zero tolerance policies.

squirell nutkin · 02-06-2010, 01:05 PM

Reason #4,897 to home school your kids.

Then there's this:
Junior high student arrested for doodling (I'm telling you LEGOs are a gateway toy)

But then, here's a reason to send your kids to school, if for no other reason than to be eligible to attend Parent Teacher Conferences:
Teachers caught by janitor...

ZenGum · 02-07-2010, 06:31 AM

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A school official should have more common sense.

A person with common sense would not enter a career where you will be overworked, underpaid, expected to perform miracles, and blamed for everything that goes wrong.

Still, the people are pratts.

All in all, it's just another block in the wall...

richlevy · 02-07-2010, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Teachers caught by janitor...

Wow, there really are hot lesbians out there. I just thought Hollywood was making it up.

skysidhe · 02-07-2010, 05:50 PM

There is no longer any common sense. It has all become common rules. There are no longer any abstractions or considerations of isolated occurrences so that a person can judge something with wisdom and prudence.

squirell nutkin · 02-07-2010, 07:04 PM

On second thought...

kerosene · 02-07-2010, 10:32 PM

I love the expression on her face.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-08-2010, 12:29 AM

Yeah.

02-04-2010, 11:39 PM	#2
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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-05-2010, 05:44 AM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	zero tolerance policies invariably lead to dumb shit like this. I have a zero tolerance policy against zero tolerance policies. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	There is no longer any common sense. It has all become common rules. There are no longer any abstractions or considerations of isolated occurrences so that a person can judge something with wisdom and prudence.

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