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 needs to be suspended
DEBENCH THIS$#%&!@*!!!
Adults are so stupid.
Homeschool sounds better and better everyday
Judge, how the hell did your moronic$#%&!@*ever get in a position of responsibility?
Get a life teachers.
How does this happen,an individual becomes a judge who is seriously deranged.and then a child is suspended for anything so stupid.i am afraid for my grandkids.
So stupid
Stupid and discriminating
This was upheld and “clock boy” went to the white house. And America bought his family a home in another country ……..