Another example of how safety laws work.
A sixth-grade student was arrested and removed from Whittier Middle School by police yesterday after she attacked a teacher with scissors, school officials said.
Superintendent James Scully said the scissors made contact with the teacher, but did not penetrate the teacher’s clothing.
Police and an ambulance were called to the school, and the student was removed from the building and brought to the police station, Scully said. He said the girl has been suspended for at least the remainder of the school year.
I mean WHY would scissors be allowed in a school! There should be a “Zero Tolerance Policy” on scissors! Also Pencils, and pens! Maybe even books!
See where we’re going? Again this is a violent youth who wanted to hurt a teacher for whatever reason. “Gun Free Zone” and “Zero Tolerance” of various mundane items. Humans are resourceful, we figure stuff out. Taking weapons away does NOTHING, only taking away malicious intent will solve ANYTHING, and humans have been trying to do that for so long I think we can chalk that one out as a loss.
Of course this is just a blogger with an agenda cherry-picking isolated events…
In April of last year, a 17-year-old student at the Haverhill’s St. James Alternative School was charged with attacking a teacher and an aide with scissors.
Ruben Vargas, a student in the TEACH program which serves children with special needs, inflicted a superficial cut on the abdomen of a teacher’s aide and slashed another teacher’s ring finger, school officials said.
Different school, same town. Either something is rotten in the state of Haverhill…or maybe I know what I’m talking about…
I’ve seen even “safety scissors” do some nasty things to careless students, and paste, glue, and paint are sniffed (and sometimes eaten) to get high. Modeling clay can be formed into almost any shape – including those that can be “easily” used as weapons – and is very dense and heavy besides. Pens and pencils are pocket-sized pointed objects, and can inflict severe trauma on the human body.
Clearly the problem is those evil art supplies and malicious writing utensils, with no legitimate learning purpose. What does a child need an “assault pencil” for, anyway? There should be a Zero-Tolerance Policy on all writing objects other than crayons!
This type of crap – along with the thug culture and elementary-age expulsions for “weapons” – is why home-schooling is enjoying unprecedented popularity in our area.