School suspends 6-year-old boy who pointed finger, said 'pow'

[tod evans]

^ The idiocy levels in this thread just shot through the roof.

All the band-aid silencer jokes are funny, but the story is both sad and nothing new. Is there anything that can be done about this? As a parent I mean. If my son is sent home one day because some punk teacher said he and his friends were pointing their fingers at each other and going "bang bang pow", what the hell should my reaction be? I mean, I'd be tempted to go and smack the teacher across the head, but that's certainly not something I should do. So what would be a good course of action? Lay down and take it and let my son think that fingers are dangerous weapons?

You've mentioned two reactions neither of which really makes sense....

Figuring out how to get your child out of an environment like that would be my first thought....Private school/home school, change location to a rural area......

The mind warp taking place in schools like the one mentioned is far more damaging to a kid than getting their ass paddled...

 

[Spikender]

You've mentioned two reactions neither of which really makes sense....

Figuring out how to get your child out of an environment like that would be my first thought....Private school/home school, change location to a rural area......

The mind warp taking place in schools like the one mentioned is far more damaging to a kid than getting their ass paddled...

True. I don't exactly what you get by the "two reactions" part of your statement though.

 

[Roxi]

If I ever were to catch my future son with my little ponies, I'd smack him so hard he'd have flashbacks every time he sees a horse for the rest of his life.

What? You don't want your son to be a brony? (That's a real thing.. Google it).

 

[Confederate]

What? You don't want your son to be a brony? (That's a real thing.. Google it).

Hell no.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

If I ever were to catch my future son with my little ponies, I'd smack him so hard he'd have flashbacks every time he sees a horse for the rest of his life.

i only played with my sister's little ponies to pretend I was killing them with my toy guns. The MLP-ies could serve a useful purpose for your future son in that way. /evil

 

[Confederate]

i only played with my sister's little ponies to pretend I was killing them with my toy guns.

Killing animals is the first sign of sociopathy....

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Hell no.

w00t! We need fewer wimps/boys-that-shave among the "grown-ups" and more men.

 

[Spikender]

i only played with my sister's little ponies to pretend I was killing them with my toy guns. The MLP-ies could serve a useful purpose for your future son in that way. /evil

Ha, that sounds like my uncle. He used to play barbies with my mother just so that he could have his GI Joes get into gun fights with them. xD

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Killing animals is the first sign of sociopathy....

Even for sport and food? WTF? When I was young, men commonly made trophies of the bucks they shot for sport and/or dinner. But that was a rather rural Ohio town. Perhaps you grew up in the city where that is "uncouth". Or perhaps torture. Torturing animals is absolutely a sign of sociopathy. (see the numerous cop kills dogs/owner threads)

 

[Spikender]

Killing animals is the first sign of sociopathy....

Wow, I'm glad that's what you took away from that humorous little story and not a boy just having some fun with some toys...

 

[Confederate]

Wow, I'm glad that's what you took away from that humorous little story and not a boy just having some fun with some toys...

I'm just teasing HB. He knows that.

 

[Spikender]

I'm just teasing HB. He knows that.

Damn, wasted my one snide comment of the day on someone just teasing someone else.

Oh well, carry on.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I'm just teasing HB. He knows that.

Да! Молодец! Y'all should probably know that Confederate and I tease each other like this all the time. He always gives me teh giggles.

 

[Spikender]

Да! Молодец! Y'all should probably know that Confederate and I tease each other like this all the time.

Fraid not. Guess I just haven't been paying that much attention to your friendly teasing I s'pose. T'was a mistake, and I promise it won't happen again, comrades.

 

[american.swan]

This story makes me chuckle. What stupidity.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Fraid not. Guess I just haven't been paying that much attention to your friendly teasing I s'pose. T'was a mistake, and I promise it won't happen again, comrades.

Thou art forgiven. We also play on FB and RevBox...so you missed some that way.

 

[tod evans]

^ The idiocy levels in this thread just shot through the roof.

All the band-aid silencer jokes are funny, but the story is both sad and nothing new. Is there anything that can be done about this? As a parent I mean. If my son is sent home one day because some punk teacher said he and his friends were pointing their fingers at each other and going "bang bang pow", what the hell should my reaction be? I mean, I'd be tempted to go and smack the teacher across the head, but that's certainly not something I should do. So what would be a good course of action? Lay down and take it and let my son think that fingers are dangerous weapons?

True. I don't exactly what you get by the "two reactions" part of your statement though.

Highlighted what I thought could be two reactions...

 

[Spikender]

Thou art forgiven. We also play on FB and RevBox...so you missed some that way.

Ah, I see. I've been debating whether or not to actually check out Revbox, but I guess I might just have to eventually. Guess I'll just have to sit back, relax, and grab some popcorn instead of shooting off my mouth next time! Or my fingers, in this case. xD

 

[Spikender]

Highlighted what I thought could be two reactions...

The part about me smacking a teacher is what I'd like to do.

The part about me laying down and letting my son learn his "lesson" is what I thought I might do in reality since I have no idea how I'd really react to such a ludicrous event.

Sorry about the confusion.

 

[madengr]

Quick! Someone call CPS for him raising his son as a boy!!!

Don't you know, boys these days are supposed to be playing with Easy Bake Ovens and ponies.

The other night we put an apple on the head of his sister's American Girl doll and played William Tell with the cross bow.

This zero tolerance shit primarily exists in public school. I was picking him up from preschool (pre-K through 3rd grade private school) and the kids were making Lego guns and shooting each other. The teacher just tells them to stop, simple as that.