My son "busted" for saying "gun" on bus.

[scout26]

Well, what am I now going to do with all these torches and pitchforks I have for the march on the school board ????

 

[The Deer Hunter]

You know, thats such a dangerous word to say!

compulsory ignorance is the key to peace and country without violence!

Not. Kind of laughable if you ask me but not that the fact that the OP's might be in trouble. Maybe the driver will get fired.

 

[The Deer Hunter]

Now what happened to freedom of speech...or singing

I got detention once for singing in shop(about 5 of us). It was quite a blasphemous occasion.

I'm not even kidding.

 

[DDude]

Schools LOVE to take control away from you, as a parent. Don't let them.

Public schools are government run operations. Control is what they do best. I may be mistaken but weren't public schools the brainchild of Karl Marx in the Communist Manifesto?

Government educating children can only result in a fubar'd outcome...

 

[Piedmont Plinker]

You know way back when I was in school, I was way more scared of what my parents would do to me than I was of the teacher, principal, or the bus driver.. My how things have changed, now the student can threaten to tell mommy or daddy, who will defend their little darling, or threaten to call a lawyer or the school board on them, no matter what junior did.

Were the kids behaving in a manner that distracted the school bus driver? I'm willing to bet they were, and that the driver isnt just making problems for your little angel.

The reason we have zero tollerence policies is because mommy and daddy are more concerned with their little angel's feelings than they are about whether he was being a smart ass and disrespectful, to the bus driver, and because of the molly codling spoiled behavior that parents today encourage in their kids, instead of teaching them to respect authority.

So now to cover themselves from lawsuits from the parents they have a simple straighforward zero tolerence policy stated up front so their can be no question or legal action when they need to enforce the rules.

Thirty years ago If I came home and said the bus driver told me to be quiet, and I responded by smart talking her or singing a loud song when I was told to sit down and shut up, my parent would have seen it as disrespect for authority, and they would knocked me upside my head and told me to fly right.

Now when this happens mommy and daddy fly into a rage and want to call the school board and a lawyer.

Heck they even post it on a web board and the Greek chorus agrees with them. You need to teach your child that the world doesnt revolve around them, and they have to follow rules like it or not, better they learn it now than in a few years when they wind up in a cell with Bubba.

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I'm in a private school, and I was recomended for expulsion by some parents because I talked abouyt guns (mainly toy guns) at school. The admin at the time, though he was a bit of a despot, didn't agree with them, and I still remain at that school to this day.
The problem is in the parents, sort of. They feel that anything that doesn't conform to their status-quo is bad (for me, this is pretentious Calvinist soccer players)
And so they "get rid" of this threat.
Just my .02.

 

[greenr18]

God I remember the stupid crap I got in school... just for having an interest in firearms the faculty thought you were a monster and would have a "watch out for that one" attitude complete with harassment in class from comments both from peers and staff alike, ugh... I don't want to remember that hellhole. Vermont gun laws may be amazing, but the politics here blow and frankly so do the schools. I shouldn't go into this any further I could go on and on...

 

[roo_ster]

I am glad that there was some sort of rational resolution to the incident.

We (wife & self) have made the decision to not send our kids to government schools.

 

[86thecat]

Glad everything worked out but if the VP was so willing to put a "gun" reference on the boys "permanent" record why should she be let off lightly? It's anyones guess how a firearm related suspension could come back to haunt a child in todays world. I would at least demand she recieve the same number of days without pay as total days bus suspensions, and written statements from the principal and school board clearing your son of any wrong doing to protect your son if this does turn up later.

 

[single action]

Yet one more reason to home school.

 

[gym]

You gotta teach the kid to lie better, he should have said gum, " I was saying Gum", solved the whole problem.