A judge upheld the harsh punishment of a student for “disruptive” classroom behavior.
In almost any other circumstance, you’d read that previous sentence and wonder what all the fuss is about. After all, making sure students do not engage in inappropriate or even dangerous behavior is something that we expect educators to do. But when you consider what the school in question decided was “disruptive” behavior, you’ll understand why people are raising such a fuss.
Back in 2013, second grader Joshua Welch chewed a pastry he brought for breakfast into the shape of a gun, pretending to fire it as young boys are wont to. That would have been the end of it, hadn’t administrators took it upon themselves to investigate this serious matter and conclude that Welch had committed a major offense.
As punishment for this act of infamy, the school suspended the hapless student, a punishment regarded as disproportionate by many but somehow found reasonable by a circuit judge.
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JUDGE OF WHAT???? BEING A STUPID$#%&!@*MORON??????
Stupidity at its best !
Leave the kids alone and let them be kids. They are not adults, you stinking idiots!!!!
That’s Great. The kid will have a real chance at an education now he’s stdudying at home.
This is why I always vote “no” on every ballot when asked if a judge should be retained? No common sense left in this world.
Dumbass judge. Obama$#%&!@*licker.
What a waste of taxpayer money.. and for what, to destroy this child’s future. Pathetic!
Moron Judge. ..
totally INSANE!
Home school.