Texas grade shool student suspended for being in possesion of...
 

A piece of candy :o

What in the hell is going on out there?!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/10...est=latestnews

Oh for.... *facepalm*

I'm speechless.

That school district, and it's employees. need to be reminded that they work for the community, not the other way around.

I mean, I understand the idea of discipline and all, but there's a clear difference between discipline and slave-driving! Geez, I went to Catholic high school and was slapped with detention for stuff like having my shoelaces un-tied or throwing snowballs, but even then the teachers were pretty compassionate - was more of a case of "sorry buddy, gonna have to write you up for that one" followed by picking up garbage on the lawn for half an hour after school (useful community service!) than "GO HOME FOR A WEEK AND WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT WHAT YOU DID WRONG MISTER".

Stupid, stupid.

I keep wondering why this story made national news. It's not like they took the kids outside and beat the crap out of them, it's just detention for goodness sake!

Now i'll admit that 5 days is a bit excessive but rules are rules and i'm not about to second guess a Principal over it because half melted hard candy is a real bitch to clean up.

That... is... Retarted... very retarted.

I could understand maby a day of detention for a candy bar he was letting get melted and all over the floor. but a Jollyrancher, a little peice of hard candy. that teachers here sometimes give out...

It's a bitch to clean up, sure. I worked as a school cleaner for a few months, too - even if it took about a half-hour, that'd be a grand total of 5 bucks of public funds at my pay rate. Not exactly a terrible loss to the schoolboard...

Oh hell yeah...first it is Jolly Ranchers, then they are scoring a Milky Way and then on to the heavy stuff like Snickers Bar. This young lady was on a bad road for sure. :hmmm: I'm glad they caught up to her before she is found strung out in the Walmart candy isle and hoping Halloween was just around the corner for more candy to score. :doh:

In a loosley related story...

I'm sure that immigrants have nothing to do with these descrepincys.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/6999109.html

AVG, I think that is way out of line. There has been no proof that Jolly Ranchers lead to a chocolate addiction, and they are much more benign than jelly beans.

On top of that, even banning chocolate just leads to black market activities, pushers and gang warfare. Better to legalize and tax than what we have now.

Indeed, think of the benefits of white chocolate. Legalize chocolate now!

Must have been a slow news day at Fox. :-?

It does not matter Steve...it is that ultimate high....SUGAR :o Score it any why they like...eventually you will find those addicted in sugar cane fields growing their crops of gold. :yep: