Codelyy 1,286 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 I only have one reaction to this Thank you Cherribomb for the Signature! https://twitter.com/Codelyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLPForums Phanact 1,374 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 Do people not realise that kids just want to mindlessly have fun? They're not imagining that they're murdering their friends and getting some sick kick out of it, I remember playing this and for us it was just like long range Tag mixed with a bit of hide and seek. let's love for me and lets love loud and let's love now cause soon enough we'll die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 Kids are kids and they have an imagintion...but to suspend them for letting their imagination run wild? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k35aKeaKco Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeWg-TtBRMfqketa1ELyKGg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/menelik-david-kenneth-cannady 2nd SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thunder-dash-alternative/tracks Pony.fm: https://pony.fm/thunder-dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedacct6 2,591 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 (edited) That's funny because I threw piles of dirt at my friends for fun when i was a stupid little kid and all I got was a lecture. (I realize it was stupid but I was a kid, so yea) And I also used to shoot imaginary guns and no one cared, my god schools have gotten so hyper sensitive lately, really, it it's not hurting anyone there's no reason to treat it like a big problem. Edited March 5, 2014 by Pelate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Ducklett 181 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 Can a bow be considered a firearm? So if I was to go to this school, and point my finger at someone, and then a teacher took it the wrong way, I would be suspended? Ridiculous. Quack. Totally a Ducklett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha-neos 46 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 So basically this is a huge fail on the school's part? Yep, seems like the school is on something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnipSnap 432 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 This bucking world is CRAZY AND STUPID.... WWWRRRAAAAAUUUGGHHH 1 All credit goes to Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurtlesForSale 128 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 Teachers and adults: Kids should be playing outside and doing what we did as kids, all these safety rules are stupid *Kid fires imaginary arrow* Teachers and adults: This is terrible! Violence must not be tolerated! Health and safety rules must be enforced KIDS CAN'T HAVE FUN. 2 Go away Pikachu, you aren't an Eevee evolution :okiedokielokie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootaloo Is Best Filly 578 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 This is just laughable, they let kids play Dodgeball in gym class, but you have a little bit of imagination, and a little bit of fun, and suddenly that's not Okay? What is this world coming to? Let a kid be suspended from school, just because he was having a little fun and have a little imagination, 2 things a KID is SUPPOSED TO HAVE? Yeah, that's a great idea. Facebook: Josh B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IridscentNionios 1,420 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 Not sure if that still satisfies me, as we don't know of the school's own response, In the original link the school supported this decision.My reaction to the whole thing...I got nothing else to say... this isn't following the letter of the law, this isn't following any principles or giving any benefit to our society. This is purely stupidity to the maximum by giving un-nessecary punishment that is going to make the child hate education.There is so much wrongness with today's society. If education is like this we are doomed... education is supposed to teach people what's right and what's wrong... and here it fails like a grandiose idiot. ... that proves it everybody that works for school districts are BUCKING CRAZY!!! HEY! My parents used to be teachers on elementary and kindergarden. They taught me and my siblings how not to use violence better than this school! And although they are a bit crazy i will be the only one that judges that. I am not offended but please don't use the word "everyone". OCs Thorough list of all of them here. FimFiction Profile Deviant Art ((All OC pictures in here)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimisticNeighsayer 478 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 (edited) In the original link the school supported this decision. That much is obvious. What I really wanted to know is whether it justified the decision by the child making an actual, serious threat (so it would be at least somewhat acceptable to even those who disagree with zero tolerance policies) or if it was just a mindless application of an overbroad zero tolerance policy. We're led to believe that it was the latter by the stories given and the Rutherford Institutie's petition, but I just want to make sure that no critical fact is being omitted for the sake of ideological bias. Edited March 5, 2014 by OptimisticNeighsayer Hablo español--Je parle français--日本語を話す--我说中文--...and sarcasm (yeah right!) I compose music. Six Pony Rags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunarWave 106 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 Eh, kid's lucky. Wont be a part of a retard camp anymore. 1 ,# <- click the tip of the banana to add me on steam! \ `-._____,-'=/ ____`._ ----- _,'_____ My sig seem to be too good for Poniverse, so here's a banana `-----' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IridscentNionios 1,420 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 Eh, kid's lucky. Wont be a part of a retard camp anymore. Sadly i agree with you. I'd prefer to change schools as well.@@OptimisticNeighsayer, I am... not so sure how to respond to this. You mean to tell me you are questioning whether the kid just got idly threatened to be expelled or if this suspension was a warning? In either case the school seemed ready to implement both measures.I think you are trying to say that Poe's Law is in full effect here. I sort of agree with you...Fact is however i absolutely despise extremism in any form. It has polluted today's movements and noble ideas like feminism, the guns policies here, and more... It is another word for fanaticism which bears no results and doesn't help ANYONE... I will admit however i have an overly passionate DISLIKE for all extremists and fanatics be it religious or political or otherwise. OCs Thorough list of all of them here. FimFiction Profile Deviant Art ((All OC pictures in here)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimisticNeighsayer 478 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 @nioniosbbbb I hardly believe that the school would parody the extremism given that they are actually using zero tolerance policies themselves. I simply wanted to make sure that no facts about the matter were omitted by the press. Hablo español--Je parle français--日本語を話す--我说中文--...and sarcasm (yeah right!) I compose music. Six Pony Rags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IridscentNionios 1,420 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 @@OptimisticNeighsayer, Yes but... sorry if i fail to understand again but isn't it at least in a way extreme the extent to which point they reach to enforce the policy? Oh... you're saying that the press might have left some clues out that say that the school isn't so extremist oh... if that's the case well... i doubt it since same thing has happened before but... i still don't like it that the kid even got threatened for using his imagination.Evolution was driven by imagination... restrict it and we de-volve. Of course none promote imagination these days... they just seek it, to take advantage of it, without caring a bit about the person. It's sad really. OCs Thorough list of all of them here. FimFiction Profile Deviant Art ((All OC pictures in here)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Bleck 19,376 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 My reaction to the school: 2 By Emerald.↑ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Black Circle 1,586 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 ^Same. Why are people making society so dumb? Biscuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LED Dasher 228 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 (edited) If a kid points an imaginary gun and gets expelled, people will say that the school is being harsh and unfair. If a kid does not get expelled and brings a real gun the next day, people will say that the school should have taken more action and was acting irresponsible. That's basically the idea behind why these types of things happen. If this story is true, then the school officials acted stupidly and should be criticized. Society has become very irrational and illogical when it comes to these matters and bases its judgement on fear. Edited March 5, 2014 by LED Dasher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaoios 1,970 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 My reaction to the school: My reaction to that as well. Like really, it seems people are taking things to the extreme, IMO. XBL: Riot Rojas 3DS Friend Code: 5300 - 9568 - 7902 WEB/CHANNEL: THREADS: Youtube - ThunderColt Studios MLP:FIM - Wrath of the Ancients Fan Fictions Weebly - ThunderColt Studios MLP:FIM: The Day Equestria Stood Still - Volunteers Wanted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverStarApple 849 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 That's it, that's the final nail in the coffin. I, Asquerade, hereby decree that if I ever have children, they shall be homeschooled. Public schools may be going downhill faster than Justin Bieber, but everyone seems CONVINCED that public schooling is somehow superior to homeschooling. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was akin to a slow death. If I must live as I did before then... -Lelouch, Code Geass - My NEW DeviantART: http://SilverStarApple.deviantart.com/Want to make money for being an AWESOME PONY? https://www.tsu.co/Epsilon725 My fanfic, starring Silver Star Apple: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/224996/the-shining-silver-star-of-the-apple-family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Bleck 19,376 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 @Asquerade, "...but everyone seems CONVINCED that public schooling is somehow superior to homeschooling." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9JPGJ1h7tY By Emerald.↑ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas 27,698 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 It's only a matter of time before they start removing archery from PE, if they haven't done so already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IridscentNionios 1,420 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 It's only a matter of time before they start removing archery from PE, if they haven't done so already They have Archery in Public education? What the fuck does that even help? But then again in my country they don't have sex education... so... i don't know what to say. OCs Thorough list of all of them here. FimFiction Profile Deviant Art ((All OC pictures in here)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas 27,698 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 They have Archery in Public education? What the fuck does that even help? But then again in my country they don't have sex education... so... i don't know what to say. PE in America = Physical education My middle school used to teach kids in Archery from time to time, but then again it's been such a long time that I don't know if they still do it anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Letter 1,832 March 5, 2014 Share March 5, 2014 Our various reactions aren't going to be the same in regards to this and many other incidents. While some blame the policies behind them, people like me see this as the purposeful and chosen method of exposing fascism to children at an early age so that they can more easily submit to it as adults. One aspect is the elimination of personality in school, replaced by mindless and inhuman rules. Another would be the treating of the youngest children as having the capacities equal to an adult and treating them as such, even going as far as putting six year olds under arrest. If this had happened in America's distant past, it would have inspired an armed revolt. Instead our only true revolt can only be to place all children in home school. Reject the system because it puts children at risk and treats them as mere objects to be kicked around and abused at will. The concept of school to prison is true and this zero tolerance is the highest manifestation of it. Silver Letter!!! Silver Letter's MLP collection Have: 946 https://data.mlpmerch.com/checklist/180/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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