Where are the brains of school administrators today?
Kid, a model student, goes to school day after using a pocketknife for craft purposes at home and realizes, once he gets there, that he forgot to take it out of his coat pocket. So immediately, without delay, he turns it into the office, which is the right thing to do, and what happens? He's not only suspended for the maximum sentence, but is recommended for expulsion by the principal!!
What is up with these people? This is not the first time I've heard of such nonsense from schools. Can they not think on their own? What goes on in those little minds of theirs? I can only be thankful that I'm not a parent in such a situation because I'd probably get arrested, I'd raise such a fuss.
This is my problem with zero-tolerance policies. They replace common sense and discretion with inflexible laws that do not serve anyone. They remove the judgment and replace it with slavish obedience to the law.
Are people's philosophies just corrupt? Have they not learned good judgment?
Makes you long for Jesus, the Just Judge.
One thing that is certain is that, when and if this decision is reversed by higher authority, those involved should not be "counselled
' or reprimanded. They should be fired in such a way that they'll know that asking for a letter of reference would be a very bad idea