tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post2218784231168550724..comments2024-02-22T15:59:54.435-08:00Comments on Herding Grasshoppers: Very Serious About SafetyHerding Grasshoppershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-60918560469581331072010-03-04T08:44:45.085-08:002010-03-04T08:44:45.085-08:00Tina,
That is INSANE.
There is no logic. No r...Tina,<br /><br />That is INSANE. <br /><br />There is no logic. No rhyme nor reason to it.<br /><br />JulieHerding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-54254653835019478942010-03-04T05:32:11.948-08:002010-03-04T05:32:11.948-08:00I am just now getting around to reading this post....I am just now getting around to reading this post. One of my friends is a foster/adoptive parent. Her husband works for the police department and is the guy that goes in when CPS needs to investigate and remove a child...or return a child who has been abducted (which he has done on many occasions).<br /><br />One of their sons, was a senior in high school...a model student, active in his youth group, blah blah blah. During a random car search, they found Air Soft guns, you know, the ones with the big orange tip signifying they are toys, in the trunk of his car. He had them there because their family currently had very young foster children in the home and he was keeping them locked up from them. <br /><br />He was expelled and forced to finish his SENIOR year at alternative school, thanks to the zero tolerance policy.Tina Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767768721944047560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-63988856581290867242010-02-28T14:55:53.325-08:002010-02-28T14:55:53.325-08:00What a mess. I doubt that the folks making these p...What a mess. I doubt that the folks making these policies have ever raised a boy. In the teacher's defense, if she didn't do anything SHE might have gotten in trouble, it may have been some school board do-gooder or an over-zealous principal at the root of the problem. I suspect that there are plenty of teachers that know it's ridiculous, but whose hands are tied.<br /><br />Still. Just one more reason to homeschool, chucked on the pile.Ritsumeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283473059747130843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-17278050376488031072010-02-28T10:11:35.534-08:002010-02-28T10:11:35.534-08:00Wow- I really think the schools have gone nuts. Th...Wow- I really think the schools have gone nuts. There was a case in California (I think it was California) where a child was suspended over a box of Tic Tac mints, because the bus driver thought they looked too similar to pills... I'll have to find that story. Ridiculous. <br /><br />The "zero tolerance" policies have to end- any policy that doesn't allow for common sense and a fair review of the incident is a bad policy.leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004783118268323560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-71214712017731824682010-02-27T15:40:05.129-08:002010-02-27T15:40:05.129-08:00Leah... that's NUTS!
Here's another one, ...Leah... that's NUTS!<br /><br />Here's another one, <br /><br /><a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35234742/ns/today-today_people/" rel="nofollow"> Boy Reprimanded for Lego Toy</a>Herding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-49799945479941566652010-02-27T15:25:00.479-08:002010-02-27T15:25:00.479-08:00AMEN!AMEN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-76160480067256228512010-02-27T15:21:35.633-08:002010-02-27T15:21:35.633-08:00Tell me about it! Matt runs around yelling "B...Tell me about it! Matt runs around yelling "BAM!" (big blaster), "fwipfwipfwip" (laser gun), and "PFFFZZZZ" (super laser gun). <br /><br />And we don't own a gun at all. He only watches innocuous cartoons. He's just a boy, and boys play differently than girls!<br /><br />Our friends with little girls think the boys are "unruly" and "aggressive." LOL. Even Nolan runs around yelling "bip bip bip!" and "kapow" to get his brother back.<br /><br />Anyway- take a gander at this story:http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=12047295<br /><br />Some public schools have gone CRAZY!leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004783118268323560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-25958680082586918462010-02-27T11:21:02.069-08:002010-02-27T11:21:02.069-08:00yup! You just can't stop boys being boys!yup! You just can't stop boys being boys!Felicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729341166080286031noreply@blogger.com