Florida Gov. Rick Scott Signs 'Pop-Tart' Gun Bill Into Law - No more being expelled for pop-tart gun - Polidicks

I drew a bloody knife in 4th grade and all that happened was I was asked by the teacher why I drew it. In school today I would probably be questioned by the FBI and expelled from school. P.S. if you are wondering why I drew a bloody knife it was because I was never sheltered from watching certain movies and as a kid I was watching old slasher films. The bloody knife was just a doodle I did on my test while I was waiting for everyone else to finish. The teacher understood my boredom and was also a fan of horror so we had a laugh about it.

oh shit, voldemort actually did something that was even slightly good it still won't save his ass though

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;45195702]I drew a bloody knife in 4th grade and all that happened was I was asked by the teacher why I drew it. In school today I would probably be questioned by the FBI and expelled from school. P.S. if you are wondering why I drew a bloody knife it was because I was never sheltered from watching certain movies and as a kid I was watching old slasher films. The bloody knife was just a doodle I did on my test while I was waiting for everyone else to finish. The teacher understood my boredom and was also a fan of horror so we had a laugh about it.[/QUOTE] For the first half of your post I thought you actually drew a knife, as in "I drew a sword from its scabbard."

[QUOTE=Redswandir;45196481]oh shit, voldemort actually did something that was even slightly good it still won't save his ass though[/QUOTE] People in my family personally know Voldemort. Voldemort is a pretty good guy and motivator all around.

once my group was supposed to draw a picture and write a moral on it i drew a giant jellyfish wrapped around a sunken ship except it was in crayon and i put the dark blue background down first, so it was all a big scribble of dark colors of wax on the back i wrote, "everyone dies eventually" they were concerned (but they didn't make a big issue out of it)

[QUOTE=Explosions;45197073]For the first half of your post I thought you actually drew a knife, as in "I drew a sword from its scabbard."[/QUOTE] That would have made a better story but that scenario would have seen me expelled and questioned by the FBI haha.

I love this. I never liked how schools banned imaginary weapons. I can understand banning real weapons in a school, but if kid has a real interest in guns, schools shouldn't treat them like they're fringe psychos who are gonna shoot up the school.

Wouldn't it be more productive to write laws putting an end to zero tolerance policies? As opposed to simply writing in an exception that is specifically for things shaped like guns? This just seems like quick and easy pandering to conservatives who whine about "common sense". Yes, it will probably keep a few kids from being expelled for no reason, but it does nothing about the kneejerk zero tolerance culture.

[QUOTE=Helix Snake;45193143]No one is going to throw a fit if someone doesn't get expelled for pointing their finger like a gun and saying bang. This is just school administration going on power trips or trying to get rid of children they don't like. Zero tolerance is just an excuse.[/QUOTE] I'm in the education program in a Florida college right now. Believe me, it isn't about a power trip, it's about the media, public perception, and legal liabilities. Every time there's a school shooting, the media immediately dives into the student's notebooks and personal life, asking for any possible warning signs. The public eats up any sort of news that portrays the tragedy as preventable, because nobody wants to believe that their kid could be shot and killed on any given Tuesday. School administrators fear having to face down the legal wrath of the parents of the victims because they failed to act on whatever stupid little offense the media paints out as a warning sign. I'm not saying these rules are justified. I'm just saying that the injustice here comes from the general public hysteria rather than any ego tripping going on in the principal's office.

When I went to school, there was this kid who made a gun gesture. You know, the classic thumb is the hammer? Lets just say, see ya later, space cowboy. [sp]He got expelled for it because someone thought he had a gun[/sp] Now for a story that happened to me? In middle school, some kid on the bus said I had a bazooka in my backpack. Maybe he heard me saying I like bazookas in whatever videogame I was talking about. The bus stopped and pulled over, cops came, and forced me off the bus, with me sitting in the back seat. Lets just say they weren't really gentle when they went on the bus. After them searching my backpack, I had a long talk with the principle. Cue an angry mother coming to school, threatening charges on me and the school that I "threatened" her poor little son. Long story short, the school made me pretty much lie and say I did say it/have it. I was suspended, and now have a record with the law.

I don't get this. First you create an extremely strict zero tolerance policy and then, as ridiculous situations emerge that everyone with half a brain could have foreseen from the very start you gradually add extra bills to make the bullshit less bullshit. It's like when you're in a restaurant and the waiter beings a turd to your plate, realizes his mistake and then scrapes pieces off of it with a tea spoon, hoping that it'll become an enjoyable meal eventually. I can't even begin to wrap my head around what kind of bullshit politics and backwards bureaucracy have lead to such an insane situation. It's like this stuff is created by 20 complete strangers in different rooms and each time a draft is passed on, half of the words get removed and every now and then the stranger is a monkey that eats the draft and poops it back out