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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This is child abuse by dictatorial edict. Remove this judge from the bench
Stooopid!
It really isn’t lack of education,it’s a complete lose of common sense,the judge should lose the seat
Fools!
I have never heard of such ignorance. Where have the adults gone to????
Since the school didn’t have a toaster in the classroom he decided he would put them in a pan and cook them that way !!! But he decided against it because he was afraid they put him on the no fry list !!!
Idiot
This heart breaking that poor kid. The Guage should be fired and who ever started this should be tar and feathered
ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL. ..
These people get more stupid every day!