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I Missed Out. I Didn't Get Home Till Late, and I'm Using A Out of Whack Compuiter, But What Happened? Did They Say Why She Brought It To School and/or What She Was Going To Do With It?

The story is a first grader learned about how some rocks sparkle when you break them open, so she brought rocks and the tools to break them open to school to show her friends. she was suspended for 3 days and given a permanent record for bringing dangerous weapons to school.

The police investigated and said the little girl didn't mean any harm by what she did, that she believed she had discovered something cool she wanted to show her friends, and that she had no ill intent.

She should have asked before hand if she could bring the items to school with her, but she's a what, 60 pound 8 year old with no history of bad behavior, or acting out.

I think personally this was a serious over reaction. She should have been maybe lectured about the fact that what she did was wrong, given 1 day of afterschool detention and then suspended if she did it again knowing it was wrong.

What's sad is, Bullies get a slap on the wrist for tormenting a student... an 8 year old gets suspended for 3 days for a geological discovery that most kids don't start learning till they are in 3rd grade.

But I think, a lecture and I could even understand an after school detention in this case. And if she did it again, more serious punishment since she would then know it was wrong.

Also, my mom who is a retired elementary school teacher also agrees with the over-reaction opinion.

She said that when she taught she had a few children in her class that bullies tormented, and no matter how often she'd send the bully to the principal to be punished, they would send them right back with a warning.

One of the kids finally acts out and hits the bully in self defense, he gets suspended. Her hands were tied. She did all she could to protect the kid being bullied, and in the end, the bully was the one who got away with it.

Same with when my older brother was in middle school. This kid tormented him, would steal his homework, push him into lockers, tear up his reports, and my brother would get a 0 for not bringing in his homework even though he told the teacher what was happening. The teacher did nothing, and wouldn't give my brother a grade even though he had proof the kid did it.

Finally he beat the crap out of the kid the next time the kid stole his geography paper and shoved him... and my brother got a week suspension. The Bully never got anything but the beating my brother gave him.

So this case is just like any other. Schools who get all high and mighty on the wrong person.

When I was still doing Martial arts (I recently had to retire after a car accident. Hoping to get back into it one day after I heal from 2 surgeries) but anyhoo.

When I became a first degree black belt, I assisted in teaching some of the kids classes. a lot of the kids were coming in to learn how to defend themselves against bullies because the school wouldn't do anything about their pleas for help.

One kid said he was suspended for throwing a rock at a bully who had just tried to pull down his pants... his mom sued the school, put him in a new school and put him in Tae Kwon Do to learn self defense.

Kids get suspended for innocent mistakes... Bullies get off scot free for torturing other kids.

LOL

My mom was the same way. There was one bully picking on my brother, so she drove both my brothers over to where the kid was and watched them beat him up.

The mom reported my mom to the school for watching her kids beat up on her son, and they were going to suspend both my brothers but my mom's like

"A. it happened on a Saturday OFF of school property... you have no jurisdiction, and

B. My son was getting beat up on school property, and because he'd always get in trouble for defending himself, would tell you instead of fighting back, and you did nothing to help.

I'm doing something about it. And I guarantee you, with that broken nose, he's going to think twice about bullying anyone.

If you want to make an issue of it, We'll make an issue of it. We'll make an issue of when my son had a bloody nose and the teacher told him to use notebook paper and wouldn't let him go to the nurse.

We'll make an issue of the 3 times my son had been punched in the face, and nothing happened to the kid, but when he retaliated, my son was suspended. We can make an issue of things for a long time. TRY ME."

Mind you, this was back before everyone became so sue happy. lol.

That's why this situation is so stupid. An 8 year old girl with some rocks and a hammer gets suspended even though the cops said she meant no harm...

and the stuff you and I talked about, the real problem childs, the bullies, almost always get away with things. Its stupid. I'm glad I'm not in school anymore. And I'd hate to be a teacher in this day and age.

The mother should have known about this, right? I think that she has been treated a little hard on this one. I would have looked at the child's recards and if she had any blue slips or detention. If this is her first time doing something like this, than let her go. I feel bad for the little girl.

the principal should be fired for showing bad judgement and the girl should not have been suspended.

It looks like I used too many words in less space and I was cut off while I was saying that my homeroom teacher held me up to the wall and slapped me three times in one week and was fired.

Why did she need with a hammer, screwdriver and rocks?

But this sounds like the usual witchhunt complete with overreactions.

she should have brung rock, paper, and scissors.ha..ha...(can i kid a bit here?!)