Pretty much.
I think the principal was wrong at magnitude 1. The parents are wrong at like magnitude 8. The principal’s decision isn’t going to have any real consequences; the parents are setting their child up to believe he’s the Sun King around whom all rules and media must revolve.
Then that rule would obviously apply in this situation.
30 years ago there were often guns at my high school. Owned by students, and kept in the trunks of our cars during hunting season. It was common to go hunting before or after school, and nobody even questioned the practice. Today, if word got out that a kid had a shotgun in his car, CNN would do the “BREAKING NEWS” banner/break in programming, swat teams would be summoned, and news helicopters would circle the area.
I think a distinction would be made between a toy gun and a toy with a gun. Also, the principal didn’t cite the rule in her reasoning.
+1
You don’t know where they’ve been. I’d prefer my food food to be free of germs as possible. Unfortunately, elementary school children aren’t the most sanitary people out there.
Political correctness gone wild. Pretty soon we will be ready for “1984”-thought police and all. what it boils down to: you can get into trouble for anything…as long as the government decides what is “wrong”. there is no room for humar, reason or common sense…just “the law”…as defined by the government.
The principal is a damn pussy.
headbang
I don’t know why the kid wanted toy soldiers on his cupcakes. But the very FIRST thing that entered my mind was, “Gee, I wonder if Mom or Dad is deployed?”
Our country is at WAR. There are kids who only know Mom or Dad isn’t home, and they are seeking ways to remain connected to their parents. If carrying a camo backpack or putting toy soldiers on cupcakes gives the kid some comfort, then screw the principal.
But that’s just my stupid opinion.
~VOW