Teacher Suspended For Toy Gun

[Deaf Smith]

Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence. And this is especially true with schools.

 

[MechAg94]

Yes. Zero Tolerance is simply an excuse. Administrators don't have to make unpopular decisions then. They can just point to the policy. What seemed like a good idea has bad consequences.

 

[carebear]

Also, if the administrator and the usual crop of miscreants happen to be of different skin tones then they can be accused of enforcing the rules in a racially biased way.

Zero tolerance removes the risk.

It's all about CYA and dodging personal responsibility for decisions on the part of staff.

 

[B yond]

when i was in school...

BAck when I was in High School a friend of mine was shooting off a cap gun, i think it might have been entirely orange except for the handle. He was doing this in the morning before school about a block down the street. At lunch time our entire group of friends was swarmed by about a dozen cops with guns drawn.

Some concerned citizen had seen him playing around that morning and called the cops.

It's bad enough the gun grabbers try to take away our weapons, but toy guns too? This is just nuts.

 

[LAR-15]

If I were that teacher and I get fired, lawyer up and sue the school district and the administrators each one personally.