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Seven year old Alex Watkins slowly crept around the jungle gym carefully looking for sentries protecting the evil box. Seeing that the enemy’s guard was down, Alex leapt to his feet and hurled the grenade at the box destroying it and in one smooth step, saving the world. That is what happened in the mind of the second grader at Mary Blair Elementary School in Loveland, Colorado. Since the beginning of time little boys have tilted at imaginary beasts, dragons and other evils expressing and exploring their creativity. Unfortunately using your imagination is grounds for suspension at the Colorado elementary school. (Colorado)
Like most ridiculous “zero tolerance” rules which take all discretion out of the student discipline process, Mary Blair Elementary has a series of “absolutes” that are clearly anti-male and anti-creativity.
The rules are laid out by Mary Blair Elementary School in a list of “absolutes” that are posted on the school’s website and are aimed at making Mary Blair a safe environment. Included in those absolutes are no physical abuse or fighting – real or play – and the no-weapons absolute also covers real or play weapons. District policy does not prohibit imaginary weapons, but Superintendent Stan Scheer said individual schools are permitted to add enhancements to the general student code of conduct. (Colorado)
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It os absolutely disgusting what road our country is going down!!!! We are just giving up all of our rights and accepting it! We might as well be living in a communist country!!!!
Considerating the mindset of people in this country, it sounds as if he got off light. Suppose it had been a real grenade. Did anyone else know it wasn’t real until after the fact? Its ignorance such as this that has everyone on edge, not knowing if the gun is loaded or the grenade is real or the suspicious package is a bomb.
If you see a gym bag or paperbag and no one around, are you gonna investigate? hahahaha…you dumba–!!
Yeah a second grader has a grenade.
You’re a total douche. People like you are what is leading to the destruction of our once great country.
There is a lot more to the story then reported here….go to khow.com (look under Peter Boyles page) and get the full story about the lies and deceit the school is putting out.
Perhaps you can provide a link to these so-called “lies and deceit”. All I saw was a headline that the school made a change to their “Wesite” [sic]. I find it hard to put much credence in someone who can’t even spell “Website” or doesn’t proof his entries.
Gotta love far right-wing talk radio. But I am thinking of getting that Beefcake Jesus print.
First it’s an imaginary hand grenade, then it progresses to shooting “evil” cats with BB guns and then it’s on to taking daddy’s gun to middle school to extinguish an “evil teacher” that gave him homework on a weekend. This kid needs immediate evaluation to check this propensity for violence. The parents need to be evaluated to find out why they’re teaching a 7 yo that blowing up stuff is the way to address “evil”. So much for personal responsibility for breaking the rules. What message does that send to this and all the other children if he’s allowed to break rules and display violent tendencies?
You have some real issues. YOU scare me! Growing up in the sixties we played Cops and Robbers, Army, Cowboys and Indians and such. If there was any rationality, any at all to your comment we would hear reasons for murder as “I played army when I was a kid”. But you don’t. None period. What young boy didn’t play Superman and use imaginary weapons to fight the bad guys? Does a mugger, when caught, say the reason for his actions was because “he played Superman when he was a kid”? Never! Good against evil and good always prevailed. You scare me more than a imaginary grenade any time!
Oh lawdy. Another one with severe comprehension issues. I’ll just direct you to my previous reply to the previous intellectually challenged pos(t)er. You actually wasted time on a reply when you just could have read further before making a fool of yourself. Scary, indeed.
http://thinkingrightblog.com/imaginary-grenade-thrown-at-imaginary-evil-box-results-in-second-grader-suspension/#comment-39687
P.S. I own guns and a cowboy hat too! Better go hide in the closet if words alone can scare you.
Snoopy Dance, I suspect you’re trolling, but, if not, it’s you who needs help.
Yeah….trolling…that’s the ticket. Despite spelling out the intention of my comment to the comprehension impaired, you join the Krewe of the impaired anyway.
Methinks thou doth be trolling…since you had nothing substantive to offer. GW would like you to step up your game if you’re going to comment here.
I am not hip on my jargon snoopy, but after talking to my college age son at lunch today “troll” is a pretty apt description of your behavior here.
In what way, exactly, do you think I fit the description…any more than you or any other commenter on any other blog (especially this one)? Or is the accusation still just enough for you and your ilk? Let’s see if you can actually answer a question for once.
(You need to keep up with things if you’re going to be so critical of “those damn kids today”.)
Really, you are the type of parent that would put your kid on prozac and lock them in a padded room so they wouldn’t have to deal with life. I played guns, cops and robbers and all the other fun games as a kid. You are the one who needs to be evaluated by a shrink, I never shot any small animals, I do however hunt. GET OVER YOURSELVES. You must have eaten a lot of lead paint chips as a child. The fact that you have criticized every one on here tells a lot about a person. There were guns all around me growing up and I never took one to school. I had no intentions of taking one to school. Also I never learned about gun safety until I turned 18. You are the one who needs to be locked in a padded room for a while, let kids be kids, and try to see the world through a sane persons eyes for once.
You, also, are a total douche. How about using a little common sense – or don’t you understand the concept? Children play make-believe and it doesn’t hurt anyone or anything. I am so tired of all you paranoids who are incapable of accepting responsibility for yourselves. Wake up, moron.
Wow, now I’ve finally met someone who can see into the future. Speaking of proof reading. the last time I checked “a 7 yo” isn’t proper grammar. maybe you should be evaluated too, and maybe they can find out where YOUR wires are crossed….It’s people like you that make these nonsensical rules and want to control the uncontrollable…pathetic…
Bwaahaahaahaa! Someone doesn’t recognize an Argumentum ad absurdum when s/he sees it. I’ll wager a week of GW’s salary (I’m cheap) that even he ‘got it’. Lemme dum it down fer ya, SofaSpud….eet wuz a joke. Thanks for the laugh though (at you, not with you).
Where do these “people” come from, GW?
he a kid they going oaver board on it like when you and me was kid you have rite as kid to play if fake you all are saying have evaluate your the one that need be evaluated like ombama needs to evaluated and all who work in that school need just shut up live kid alone he just kid! its some ombama control dum ass
Brilliant retort! I especially like the “ombama” references! Can’t wait to read more of your comments here. Please come back often.
Debating Dopey Dunce is like playing chess with a pigeon,it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and struts around like it’s victorious” This intellectually challenged poster is the one with one with severe comprehension issues….No…Lemme dum it down fer YOU, Dopey Dunce, YOU are a troll. Thanks for the chuckles though,(at you, not with you) we know you gave it your best shot .
Yawn…..that the best ya got?
@ Snoopy dance. Its ironic that you have chosen a children’s cartoon character that imagines himself flying a fighter plane and using machine guns to kill his foe and enemy the legendary Red Baron. Then you assume a young boy has possible mental problems from imagining himself saving the world with a imaginary grenade. I personally think this young boy will maybe one day be a military hero and fight for our freedom .
Amen.
Am I the only one here that gets the sarcasm?