Re: powdered sugar story

Easier to do in your dad's day.  This kid will have to get a GED and proceed from there.

--
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> Guess they have no tolerance for criticism.
> 
> I am reminded that my father was kicked out of highschool in his senior 
> year for wearing bellbottom trousers. He promptly got a job as a 
> reporter on a farm paper and never went back.
> 
> On Feb 13, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Kitty wrote:
> 
> > I can understand no tolerance for guns or sharp knives. But why do we
> > have no tolerance for so many other things in schools? School is where
> > children are supposed to LEARN which indicates that we need to practice
> > some tolerance when they make mistakes.
> >
> >
> > Locally, a high school senior was expelled from school for writing a
> > book that was crudely critical of the school and staff. He also used
> > school equipment to create the book. It was fashioned after John
> > Stewart's "America". I'm not sure how the NO Tolerance rule applied, 
> > but
> > that was the reason they expelled him.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> >> This is what happens when schools have "no tolerance" rules.  I'm 
> >> afraid "no
> >> tolerance" equates to "no common sense."  But then common sense isn't 
> >> common
> >> either.
> >>
> >> Blessings,
> >> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> >> Behalf
> >> Of Donna
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:18 PM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Blizzard
> >>
> >> Got to be more to this story.... or someone was really bored that day 
> >> and
> >> decided to make some excitement.... or this kid really pissed off 
> >> someone!
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>
> >>> What morons!  Do you think they overreacted?
> >>> zem
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 7:22 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Blizzard
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> That's unbelievable.  What a bunch of nitwits!
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2/12/06, Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Your photos are great.  I can almost pretend I'm there.  Snow
> >>>>>> angels
> >>>>> anyone?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Although if you're in Illinois, you'd better go shovel that snow 
> >>>>> fast.
> >>>>> Don't want to get a felony conviction!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_042233323.html
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   Police in Aurora have confirmed that a 12-year-old boy who said 
> >>>>> he
> >>>>>   brought powdered sugar to school for a science project last week 
> >>>>> has
> >>>>>   been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   The sixth grade student at Waldo Middle School in Aurora also
> >>>>>   was suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag
> >>>>>   of powdered sugar to his friends.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile,
> >>>>>   said two other boys asked if the bag contained cocaine after he
> >>>>>   showed it to them in the bathroom Wednesday morning. The boy's
> >>>>>   mother said he told them it did, but then added, "just kidding."
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   Aurora police arrested the boy after a custodian at the school
> >>>>>   reported the boy's comments. The youngster was taken to the
> >>>>>   police station and detained before being released to his parents
> >>>>>   that afternoon.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It struck me as so asinine that I just had to share.  :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Chris
> >>>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Pam Evans
> >>>> Kemp TX
> >>>> zone 8A
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> Island Jim
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