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Re: Keeping Our Schools Safe
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:14:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/31/chicken.finger.gun.ap/index.html
The general concensus seems to be that suspending the boy is overkill.
Would it be at all different if the 'victim' was peer? Would it be at all
different if the aggressor were also saying "I'm going to shoot you with a gun"
or something? Would it matter if the victim were traumatized by the event?
Would it matter if the aggressor either was or was not displaying remorse?
Imagine a first grader telling two of his classmates that he was going to cut
their heads off with a pocket knife. What is the appropriate response of the
school?
Curiously,
Chris
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| (...) nice pun. (...) no. no. I hope not. not really. Did we remember that the kid was 8 years old? I'm sure some of you have children this age and I have a brother who is currently 8. This kid probably would have gotten less punishment if the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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