US: Boy "fires" imaginary bow and arrow during school. Gets suspended and now faces expulsion due to - Polidicks

Gotta love these threads; people either telling us sad stories about this sort of situation happening to them, situations where this could have happened but didn't, or just awesome situations where things were actually violent and fun. I remember getting a detention for writing a fake bomb letter in 6th grade (so about 6 years ago). We sung such a song in class, and I decided to write a variant of it on a note. Some teacher saw it and gave me a detention afterschool. God, I was an idiot back then (haven't improved all too much now, to be honest), but at least I wasn't nearly expelled like this poor kid.

[QUOTE=solid_jake;43278444]death penalty[/QUOTE] [b]Imaginary[/b] death penalty

The terrorists have won.

Ridiculous. One of my history teachers from high school would call on people to answer questions by pointing a katana at them from his desk. Nobody gave a shit and everyone thought he was the coolest history teacher ever (definitely was). He even showed us the proper procedure for reloading a musket during the civil war unit.

I remember living in terror during my days of elementary school while kids were acting out violent games on the playground, good riddance.

[QUOTE=GentlemanLexi;43270449]I'm so unnerved by the name Johnny Jones.[/QUOTE] Kid's going to either grow up to be a pornstar or go back in time to be a 30's gangster.

These administrators need to go to school more than the fucking kids, holy hell.

When I was a kid, me and friends were playing war with sticks and mowing down my friends in a gruesome way. YOU ARE DEAD Now Im a murderer and a maniac help

Times have changed in the last 15 years.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;43280409]I remember living in terror during my days of elementary school while kids were acting out violent games on the playground, good riddance.[/QUOTE] You can never know when a stray imaginary bullet will hit you

There's probably more to the story.

Considering how many times this has happened before, and it was literally 100% down to panicking/ overprotective teachers or admins, I'm starting to doubt that.

I'm just bamboozled how these people thought this was a reasonable response. Didn't the teachers and administrators have childhoods? Do they have children? Are they even human beings?

Back when I was in elementary school we never got in much trouble for playing guns. We only got in trouble for making lego guns and that was just the teacher telling us not to do that anymore. I drew guns all the time and never got in trouble. I brought my PSP to school to play GTA and SOCOM and never got in trouble for playing violent video games. Why are schools so awful about having fun now?

[QUOTE=MrAus10;43280194]Ridiculous. One of my history teachers from high school would call on people to answer questions by pointing a katana at them from his desk. Nobody gave a shit and everyone thought he was the coolest history teacher ever (definitely was). He even showed us the proper procedure for reloading a musket during the civil war unit.[/QUOTE] Reminds me of my history teacher who dressed up in a revolutionary war outfit and went outside to show us how to reload and fire a musket. Twice.

oh you're using imagination bye-bye

[QUOTE=Omali;43266539]Because there is a lack of basic common sense with a lot of these principals/vice principals that they're so bent up on handing out punishments that they don't handle the situation, either out of ignorance or incompetence. Someone beats you up? Both of you are suspended, even if you didn't fight back, because zero tolerance. Point a banana at someone and go "pow?" Suspended for brandishing a weapon. Meanwhile they ignore the real problem bullies who harass and beat up other students to the point of suicide, and then claim that they "weren't aware of the situation." My school ran out of copy paper in October my Junior year because they spent the money on new lights so the football team could practice at night. No one in charge saw any problems with that. That said, I had detention once in high school and it was for not turning in a piece of homework. Otherwise I never got in trouble.[/QUOTE] right suspension literally means nothing that's the point it has zero effect on anything that happens in your life i've been suspended it's no deal [editline]23rd December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=TheTalon;43266548]Suspension is a big deal. A lot of schools only allow a certain amount of days to be missed or they will flunk you for the grade in one way or another. A suspension is an unexcused absence, and in 99% of schools the school work for those days cannot be made up either, so you also take a 0 for that day's assignments and homework. (If it's an Out of school suspension, which I would think this would be considering the lengths they're going to) The kid is also facing expulsion, which is a permanent mark on the record, an automatic fail for the year Think of the types of people that would do this. Flakey over sensitive soft dunces that shouldn't be allowed in a work place, and should instead just stay home[/QUOTE] a school is not going to suspend a student long enough to the point that they flunk classes. schools dont exist to punish kids and if you think that's what they're there for i highly doubt you know any teachers or administrators on a personal level. anyone who has missed enough school and is then put over that limit by a suspension likely needs further help that the school will and does provide for

I remember that at one point during early elementary around christmas we were drawing a picture of Jesus during a class, and in the break I flipped the paper over and drew one of those war/base landscaped that look like they're a screenshot from a Worms game. A teacher thought it was intended to mean Jesus was actually in war and wanted me to get an actual "psychological evaluation for my own good" :pwn: But really though, this is crazy.

He should get a large group of friends to stand in formation in front of the school and blot out the sky with their imaginary arrows. Pew pew pew pshaw thack thack thack

[QUOTE=mugofdoom;43309276]He should get a large group of friends to stand in formation in front of the school and blot out the sky with their imaginary arrows. Pew pew pew pshaw thack thack thack[/QUOTE] Their arrows are blocking out the sun! Then we shall teach in the shade!

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;43275734]we started playing wallball with a basketball [sp]basically dodgeball except only one person is throwing and everyone else is lined up against a concrete wall and needs to dodge the ball. each person who gets hit joins the thrower.[/sp][/QUOTE]I FUCKING LOVED THAT GAME, ONLY WE PLAYED IT IN A CIRCLE AND IT WAS THE ONLY THING I WAS GOOD AT BESIDES VIDEO GAMES AND POGS. HELL YES.

At worst they should give him some counseling, I mean it IS just pretend but there's always that rare sociopathic kid who dreams of going rambo on everyone. Nothing wrong with being precautious but suspending him is blowing it WAY out of proportion. Just sign him up for a talk with a school counselor without making a big deal out of it, couldn't hurt. I think that happened to me once and I didn't go rambo on anyone.