Doesn't everyone remember the famous scene in the movie Animal House in which John Belushi's character starts a food fight in the college cafeteria? Well, today, such antics might get Belushi thrown in jail, as well as suspended from school!
We recently had a post in which we protested the trend toward rigid, zero tolerance policies in schools around the country. As we pointed out, school children have been suspended, and even prosecuted, for innocently bringing scouting utensils and butter knives to school. But now, another incident has occurred at a Chicago school which again illustrates our point that school boards are sometimes going too far with these policies.
This time, it's a middle school food fight! And this time, two dozen school kids, between eleven and fifteen years old, have actually been arrested and face criminal charges, in addition to school discipline.
In my opinion, this is outrageous! To cart these kids off to jail, instead of simply addressing it as a school matter, is absurd! Suspend them, or even spank them, but don't prosecute them! When will common sense prevail? I think Belushi would agree with me. But what do you think?
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Makes me want to throw a pie.
ReplyDeleteRichard, this really blew me away, when food fights are promoted as a funny event, that is quite common, and memory filled, in all of our lives.
ReplyDeleteWhat could be a worse crime for these children than a food fight, they should be sentenced to life of labor. LMAO
COMMON sense, has gone to the pie, just throw it on the floor.
Congrats on your award
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