More Gun-Related Insanity, Courtesy Of The Middle American Helicopter Parents' Movement
DATELINE: PARMA, OHIO, February 8, 2018
Joey Mertel was suspended from Greenbriar Middle School for failing to RUN SCREAMING TO AN ADULT and tell on the kid who pointed a toy gun at him.
A TOY gun.
DATELINE: DAPHNE, ALABAMA,
Friday, February 16th, 2018
A school bus was stopped and SURROUNDED BY POLICE after a kid riding in it overheard someone else talking about bringing guns to school. He did what Joey Mertel should have done and CALLED 911. Later that day, the county school superintendent released a lengthy statement to the effect that this phone call led to "NEEDLESS PANIC AND CHAOS" after it transpired that the kid in question was talking about those guns that shoot Nerf darts. Like the DEADLY WEAPON shown above. The superintendent, Eddie Tyler, summed up by saying that IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, but only if there you're not reporting a bunch of IDLE TALK AND GOSSIP.
Because kids can invariably distinguish between IDLE TALK, GOSSIP and SERIOUS BUSINESS. Right?
Because kids on the school bus are ALL BUSINESS and would never indulge in IDLE TALK. Right? The kid who called 911 certainly thought so, the overreacting little whiner!
Because if this had been an actual emergency and the kid's call had headed off the next school shooting, the mayor would have given him the keys to the city. Right?
That's why the SWAT team responded. Right?
I just think it's kind of DUMB that kids are given their own private phone lines, instructed to use them in situations like these, and then penalized for it when they do exactly what they're told.
Meanwhile, Joey Mertel is the real winner in this deal: he's been given a 3-day, a 5-day, maybe even a 10-day vacation with the school's blessing!
Joey Mertel was suspended from Greenbriar Middle School for failing to RUN SCREAMING TO AN ADULT and tell on the kid who pointed a toy gun at him.
A TOY gun.
Never mind, peeps: It COULD have been a real emergency and they COULD all be dead now. They were right to suspend 11-year-old Joey. The rule must ALWAYS be: IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
This error on Joey's part is NO DIFFERENT, either in quality or severity, from the usual reasons kids get suspended, like STEALING, DESTROYING PROPERTY or CLOBBERING OTHER KIDS IN THE RECESS YARD. I'm sure we can all agree on this.
DATELINE: DAPHNE, ALABAMA,
Friday, February 16th, 2018
A school bus was stopped and SURROUNDED BY POLICE after a kid riding in it overheard someone else talking about bringing guns to school. He did what Joey Mertel should have done and CALLED 911. Later that day, the county school superintendent released a lengthy statement to the effect that this phone call led to "NEEDLESS PANIC AND CHAOS" after it transpired that the kid in question was talking about those guns that shoot Nerf darts. Like the DEADLY WEAPON shown above. The superintendent, Eddie Tyler, summed up by saying that IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, but only if there you're not reporting a bunch of IDLE TALK AND GOSSIP.
Because kids can invariably distinguish between IDLE TALK, GOSSIP and SERIOUS BUSINESS. Right?
Because kids on the school bus are ALL BUSINESS and would never indulge in IDLE TALK. Right? The kid who called 911 certainly thought so, the overreacting little whiner!
Because if this had been an actual emergency and the kid's call had headed off the next school shooting, the mayor would have given him the keys to the city. Right?
That's why the SWAT team responded. Right?
I just think it's kind of DUMB that kids are given their own private phone lines, instructed to use them in situations like these, and then penalized for it when they do exactly what they're told.
Meanwhile, Joey Mertel is the real winner in this deal: he's been given a 3-day, a 5-day, maybe even a 10-day vacation with the school's blessing!
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