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

SteamWake · 05-11-10, 01:17 PM

A piece of candy

What in the hell is going on out there?!

Quote:

Ten-year-old Leighann Adair came home in tears, terrified to tell her parents she'd been slapped with a week's worth of detention for possessing a contraband substance:

The forbidden fruit: a piece of Jolly Rancher candy.

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

Lord_magerius · 05-11-10, 01:23 PM

Oh for.... *facepalm*

Sailor Steve · 05-11-10, 01:29 PM

I'm speechless.

05-11-10, 01:33 PM

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

CCIP · 05-11-10, 01:46 PM

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.

August · 05-11-10, 01:54 PM

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.

Task Force · 05-11-10, 02:01 PM

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...

CCIP · 05-11-10, 02:04 PM

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...

Weiss Pinguin · 05-11-10, 02:06 PM

AVGWarhawk · 05-11-10, 02:25 PM

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.

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.

SteamWake · 05-11-10, 02:48 PM

In a loosley related story...

Quote:

More than 22,620 Texas secondary students who stopped showing up for class in 2008 were excluded from the state's dropout statistics because administrators said they were being home-schooled, according to Texas Education Agency figures.

But that's where the scrutiny of this growing population seems to end, leaving some experts convinced that schools are disguising thousands of middle and high school dropouts in this hands-off category.

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

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

Sailor Steve · 05-11-10, 02:51 PM

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.

Weiss Pinguin · 05-11-10, 03:17 PM

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

krashkart · 05-11-10, 03:38 PM

Must have been a slow news day at Fox.

AVGWarhawk · 05-11-10, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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.

It does not matter Steve...it is that ultimate high....SUGAR

Score it any why they like...eventually you will find those addicted in sugar cane fields growing their crops of gold.

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	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. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	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... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	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... __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Oh for.... facepalm

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Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	That school district, and it's employees. need to be reminded that they work for the community, not the other way around.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. 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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	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. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Indeed, think of the benefits of white chocolate. Legalize chocolate now! __________________

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