In a case of “zero-tolerance” having zero common sense, a 13 year-old kid was suspended from his southern Florida school for ten days after tossing a rubber band onto the desk of his teacher.
This happened after the boy picked up the rubber band and put it on his wrist. The teacher asked for the rubber band so the boy took it off and tossed the 1/10th ounce rubber band onto his teacher’s desk. As a result, the band was labeled a weapon, and the boy was suspended for ten days with an expulsion hearing scheduled for “threatening a teacher with a weapon.”
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In the Orange County School District, they have different levels of punishments, with Level 4 punishments for such things as: arson, assault and battery, bomb threats and explosives offenses.
This kid is being handed a Level 4 punishment.
Did the ¼ ounce rubber band explode on impact? Did it burn a hole in the desk? Did the rubber band blow out the windows in the room? Did it give the teacher a bruise? Did the rubber band sever the arm of the teacher? Did the 1/10th ounce rubber band threaten the life of the teacher? Of the students? Did the student try to kill the teacher with the rubber band? Did the student try to kill himself with the rubber band?
Some weapon. Yep. Uh-huh.
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