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Originally Posted by DrPhil
No one is advocating that the school does nothing about it. Kids shouldn't have potential weapons in school, even if it is unintentionally a potential weapon.
It's a difference in opinion over what the school should've done.
I say the school should've taken the knife (duh), called the parents, talked to the kid and the parents, and given the kid a warning with the next offense being suspension (or whatever).
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And I think that's what I was trying to say earlier. We don't know if that didn't happen the first two or three times this kid took the knife to school. We have no way of knowing whether this is a pattern for this kid...
I think we ALL (I do it too) are quick to make judgments on how other people should react in situations when we have only heard one side of the media hyped story and the other side is bound to confidentiality so they can't tell their story. I'd agree that, if things happened exactly as presented by the mom and kid, then the punishment was extreme.
I was a little concerned about the kid's own statement "It's a dumb rule" because I'm wondering if he thinks it is dumb to ban knives from school or if he thinks it is dumb to be expelled/suspended for doing so.
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