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ORIGINAL: Aylee

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ORIGINAL: EsotericLady

No one is too young these days to learn responsibility for their actions...real nor implied.
I agree with this post.

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ORIGINAL: DaNewAgeViking

Get real. The school is worried about small kids learning to think of lethal weapons as toys. I'm not sure if suspension is the right answer - perhaps a special lecture or class program would be better - but someone has to tackle this sick neurosis sweeping our country. At least they're trying.

No one is too young? Really? Frankly that is just unicorn shit. Children are children. It is a biological thing. Believing otherwise will not make it different. A seven year old has not even reached the "age of reason." This is why we call them minors.

Yes, they can learn what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. In this case a time-out would have been appropriate or even being told not to throw imaginary grenades anymore.

I do wonder about the mental competency of the poor widdle teacher(s) who was/were so frightened by an imaginary grenade (something that does not exist) being used in a game to "rescue the world."

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ORIGINAL: Alwaysmylove

There are not enough facts out to agree or disagree. While there are oblivious parents, there are also plenty of overreaching administrators.

I'm sorry, but for this kid to get the same punishment as an older kid who bullied a classmate, giving him a concussion that led to seizures and an induced coma says something is seriously wrong with our education system.

Link to the bullying story: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/bullying-attack-leaves-11-old-coma-213221930--abc-news-topstories.html

(Note the two day suspension)

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ORIGINAL: EsotericLady
I'm afraid I don't know what "unicorn shit" is. But even if the word "unicorn" would have been omitted from your comment, I still don't appreciate your defining my comment as "shit!"

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ORIGINAL: Aylee

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ORIGINAL: EsotericLady
No one is too young these days to learn responsibility for their actions...real nor implied.
I agree with this post.

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ORIGINAL: DaNewAgeViking
Get real. The school is worried about small kids learning to think of lethal weapons as toys. I'm not sure if suspension is the right answer - perhaps a special lecture or class program would be better - but someone has to tackle this sick neurosis sweeping our country. At least they're trying.

No one is too young? Really? Frankly that is just unicorn shit. Children are children. It is a biological thing. Believing otherwise will not make it different. A seven year old has not even reached the "age of reason." This is why we call them minors.

Yes, they can learn what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. In this case a time-out would have been appropriate or even being told not to throw imaginary grenades anymore.

I do wonder about the mental competency of the poor widdle teacher(s) who was/were so frightened by an imaginary grenade (something that does not exist) being used in a game to "rescue the world."

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ORIGINAL: DaNewAgeViking

Get real. The school is worried about small kids learning to think of lethal weapons as toys. I'm not sure if suspension is the right answer - perhaps a special lecture or class program would be better - but someone has to tackle this sick neurosis sweeping our country. At least they're trying.

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ORIGINAL: Alwaysmylove

There are not enough facts out to agree or disagree. While there are oblivious parents, there are also plenty of overreaching administrators.

I'm sorry, but for this kid to get the same punishment as an older kid who bullied a classmate, giving him a concussion that led to seizures and an induced coma says something is seriously wrong with our education system.

Link to the bullying story: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/bullying-attack-leaves-11-old-coma-213221930--abc-news-topstories.html

(Note the two day suspension)

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne






someone has to teach and impart it to the kids.

homeschooling is growing

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ORIGINAL: Switcheroo1983

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne






someone has to teach and impart it to the kids.

homeschooling is growing

Yes it is. I see nothing wrong with homeschooling, provided the children are also given socialization scenarios (most are, home-school parents often know each other and plan field trips together).

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ORIGINAL: thezeppo

It seems like a massive overreaction, and I really don't think any self-respecting school should be punishing its children for using their imaginations. I think in the 21st century kids are growing up a lot faster, and so the cultural studie/ethics type classes should be more prominent from an earlier age. Punishing a kid of 7 for using an imaginary weapon seems like the wrong way to approach this issue, assuming one even exists

It is vital to remember that children are not born with any instinctive moral sense - someone described small children as 'cheerful sociopaths' and I can testify from grade school that that's an understatement. Whatever ethical values we develop have to be learned, and if a child's environment is filled with weapons and violence, go figure. How often have we seen news reports of neo-Nazi parents teaching their kids to ape comments about 'killing niggers and jews'? We can't start on this too early, especially with all the negative influences out there.