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Question: Which is worse — breaking a rule to do something she can do at home or destroying a child’s life by tossing her in jail? The child broke the rules and should be punished. But arrested? |
Student Arrested After Cutting Food With Knife
An elementary student in Marion County was arrested Thursday after school officials found her cutting food during lunch with a knife that she brought from home, police said.
The 10-year-old girl, a student at Sunrise Elementary School in Ocala, was charged possession of a weapon on school property, which is a felony.
According to authorities, school employees spotted the girl cutting her food while she was eating lunch and took the steak knife from her.
The girl told sheriff’s deputies that she had brought the knife to school on more than one occasion in the past.
Students told officials that the girl did not threaten anyone with the knife.
The girl was arrested and transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center.
Marion Country schools where the motto is “Where every child can learn.”
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#20 –
The belief is that : “If you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about and MY kid NEVER does anything wrong”. I don’t think many people know they aren’t the ones who will determine what constitutes “Wrong”.
As Alfred E. Nueman said : “What ?” “Me Worry ?”
I think this guy was related to Alfred E. Einstein, ’cause he was pretty smart.
I used to bring a single edge razor blade for sharpening my pencils. Most teachers didn’t seems to have problem with that then.
I saw an article about a kid who was arrested for threatening his school whilst playing on an Xbox game. He was traced on Xbox live.
http://fatalblade.com/?p=200
I guess my question is how big was the knife? 12-inch militarys style? Did she say things like “You ain’t takin’ my sandwich Bitch” to her friends as she cut her food.
I’m sure the girl isn’t sitting in a jail now.
WTF??? Do that to MY son; I dare you. I WILL have my lawyer with me when I pick him up!
I used to carry a small knife on my keychain when I was in school. You only got in trouble if you pulled a knife on somebody.
They did have a rule against knives longer than 4″ or switchblades/butterfly knives. You also couldn’t bring nunchakus, throwing stars, or other asian weapons to school but ya know, thats just common sense eh?
Zero tolerance must be defined by zero judgment. As a former teacher, my response to this little girl would have been to collect the knife and replace it with a more appropriate utensil for her to cut her steak with. I would never have thought to call the cops. As a responding deputy, I would imagine that leaving the girl with the school’s resources officer would have been a more appropriate response, if indeed there was serious concern that the knife was deemed a weapon. As Marion County Sheriff, I don’t think I would have attempted to defend the fact that the girl was arrested, locked up pending local and even federal charges. Where is the proper judgment here. And where do these idiot teachers come off calling authorities on a student they are obligated to protect, instruct, guide, etc. This angers me beyond the written word. It’s lunacy and ineptitude being funded by the taxpayer. Frightening.
So, when the principal goes out to eat at the local steak house, he should just have to eat his steak like a caveman, as the steak knife and fork are weapons and therefore no longer accepted as useful tools to eat with. And, by goodness sake, don’t let him drive his car to work or anywhere else for that matter. It can be a deadly weapon.
I believe all the teachers at that school should be executed.
What is the world comming to?