kipperthefrog Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 The Story: Personaly ever since Colubine, school rules have been way too strict. Problably the teachers and principals have nothing better to do. Zero tolerence makes zero since. Scisors are a school supply. Read and discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Better ban pencils too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipperthefrog Posted December 11, 2004 Author Share Posted December 11, 2004 Originally posted by TK-8252 Better ban pencils too... pencils could be used as a stabing weopon too, a BIBLE could be used as a weopon if you bash'em hard enough into the skulls of your fellow human beings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 That is absolutely ridiculous, and everyone involved in that poor girl going to jail should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. They HANDCUFFED a 4th grader and took her to jail for having SCISSORS for chrissakes. If they intend to ban scissors as they are potential weapons they better ban pens and pencils, because those are just as easy to stab somebody with. Freakin people these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legameboy Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Any fourth grader who planned to kill someone with scissors would have been in a mental institute by now. This is rediculous, considering the fact that in the vast majority of schools, scissors are a mandatory supply and that she is only in fourth grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 that transcends idiocy, what the hell did they think they were doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Originally posted by kipperthefrog pencils could be used as a stabing weopon too, a BIBLE could be used as a weopon if you bash'em hard enough into the skulls of your fellow human beings. both instances I would know about personally. *rubs head and hand* *sighs* anyway. This zero tolerance stuff is majoratively BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Bannon Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 I remember one story about some straight A student being expelled to one of those "secondary schools" (read: dead f**king end) because a plastic butterknife had been left in the bed of his pickup truck after he helped his grandmother move. This zero tolerance stuff is bull. I carry a swiss army knife just about everywhere I go, and they aren't going to stop me from carrying it at school. Fortunately for me, I'm part of my school's tech crew, so I'm allowed (not technically, but the pricipal allows it) to carry mine around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopster Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 At my middle school, defending yourself during a fight could easily land you in major hot water. But after hearing about this I'm not sure I had it all that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomie Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Where I live, you need scissors at school. Banning them is completely rediculous. And what they did to that girl is equally rediculous. Handcuffing her, suspending her for five days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 That is absolutely ridiculous and cruel. She 's ten years old, for God's sake! So she had some scissors in her pack. So what if she forgot the rules. Had she threatened anyone? NO! Had she hurt anyone? NO! I would understand a polite reminder that scissors are not allowed (which is a stupid rule, anyway), but cuffing her, and suspending her. Absolutely uncalled for. I despise for kids, or anyone for that matter, to be treated wrong, and this just really pi$$es me off. Sorry for the rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Hang on, don't most schools have only safty scissors anyway? you can't cut with them let alone stab someone! pencils and compasses on the other hand can do someone a nasty injury. With two pencils and an elastic band... well I'll let you work that out. and as for the handcuffing? why? handcuffs are used to restrain (not just for fun) I hardly see that they needed to use handcuffs to restrain a 10 yr old girl, were they scared she would do a runner or what? Has the world gone mad? no, don't answer that i won't like the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 @Jon: Why the cuffs? Because some people are cruel and thoughtless. That's why. If that was my kid, I would take her out of that school, and get the dumb@$$es that cuffed her fired. What were they thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Things like this make me glad I'm sheltered from the stupidity of society. Perhaps they were just covering their backs to escape blame from above if something did turn bad. It's really the people on top in charge of the rules that are responsible - they overreact because school violence is such a touchy subject with the parents. Foolish, but that's the way people are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Originally posted by Samuel Dravis Things like this make me glad I'm sheltered from the stupidity of society. Perhaps they were just covering their backs to escape blame from above if something did turn bad. It's really the people on top in charge of the rules that are responsible - they overreact because school violence is such a touchy subject with the parents. Foolish, but that's the way people are. I agree. It's things like this that make me so thankful to have been homeschooled. I've never had to deal with so much of the stuff that folks put up with in public school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I heard on the radio that the police chief apologized and said the cops were only following protocol. The radio guy said: "When I heard this story I knew I was missing something. But nope, they're just idiots." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Ginn Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I don't know guys, she did have scissors, and they could kill someone.......... There is something seriously wrong with the school system when something as simple as bringing scissors to school, can get you put in jail. And if the police officers had ANY common sense they wouldn't have arrested her in the first place. What were they thinking? Oh, wait, they weren't. Personaly ever since Colubine, school rules have been way too strict Yeah, i'm from colorado, and i hear about it all the time. My school, which is a little town northeast of denver, even put in cameras all over the school. In the first place they weren't even working for the first year and second where in the world did they get the money? Oh well, thats just the direction this country's going......acting before thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I don't think schools got safer in any way. I mean, if my goal is to kill somebody, I can do it once he's outside of school and away from their security systems. It makes little difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Unless they have several police officers with loaded handguns patrolling the halls, their safety measures mean NOTHING in those schools. If a kid wants to come in and shoot up the school, they're not going to try and sneak a shotgun in under their coat and go through half of the day before they whip it out and go nuts. Mostly it's just an attempt at an illusion of safety. If we add a lot of "security" measures then people will feel safe. It's not actually DOING anything, but we THINK it's doing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Originally posted by ET Warrior Mostly it's just an attempt at an illusion of safety. If we add a lot of "security" measures then people will feel safe. It's not actually DOING anything, but we THINK it's doing something. heeheehee, Department of Homeland Security anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 My high school has officers with guns.. but I don't think they're loaded... I never really had to put up with this kind of stupid crap as a public school kid... cos kids did actually bring guns into school... creepy now that I think back on it. But it was funny at the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Originally posted by ET Warrior If a kid wants to come in and shoot up the school, they're not going to try and sneak a shotgun in under their coat and go through half of the day before they whip it out and go nuts. Actually, yes they would, at least according to things I've read on situations like this... As for the article: Holy ****. 10-year old handcuffed, arrested and suspended from school for bringing scissors to school? The teachers called the POLICE?! For THAT?! O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Originally posted by Redwing Actually, yes they would, at least according to things I've read on situations like this... actually... most people that shoot up schools go right into it. No way they wait until after lunch so they can have their precious soy burger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I dont know how long most kids would hang onto their gun before using it, but one thing is for sure: if a kid wants to come in and shoot up the school, they're not going to try and sneak a pair of scissors in under their coat and go through half of the day before they whip it out and go nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I wouldn't go nuts with scissors Seriously, that's lame. If someone wanted to kill his buddies, they'll bring something that can actually be used to kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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