It also details a separate incident this school year when administrators became suspicious because the boy had $200 in his pocket. He claimed it was because he was going to go shopping after school, but administrators accused him of selling pot to another student. The boy asked to call his mother; instead, they forced the student to strip down to his underwear while five adults watched.

Farking hell, hang these assholes.

Y'know, these stories surprise me less and less as the years go by. This kind of shiat has gotten progressively worse - regardless of what differing opinions might think is the cause of it, we can all agree that judgment and discretion has disappeared and that these kinds of outrageous incidents occur on almost a weekly basis somewhere in the country - whether it's this kid getting arrested for burping or some kid gets fined $1000 for running a lemonade stand or whatever.

It's almost enough for me to WANT to see the entire system completely, utterly, and totally implode under its own weight so that we can build a new system up from scratch without the perversions of our current one.

Mike_LowELL: It also details a separate incident this school year when administrators became suspicious because the boy had $200 in his pocket. He claimed it was because he was going to go shopping after school, but administrators accused him of selling pot to another student. The boy asked to call his mother; instead, they forced the student to strip down to his underwear while five adults watched.

Farking hell, hang these assholes.

All aboard the S.S. Lawsuit.

...don't you mean Flatulence Assault Response Team, subby?

FirstNationalBastard: ...don't you mean Flatulence Assault Response Team, subby?

Damn you, now I have poster's remorse.

There was a time when people used common sense. Now, everyone is too damned scared shiatless to even do anything remotely sane.

Javacrucian: FirstNationalBastard: ...don't you mean Flatulence Assault Response Team, subby?

Damn you, now I have poster's remorse.

And it was so close, too. 3 of the 4 letters for the acronym were right there!

But, hey, a green's a green. It don't have to be pretty.

To be fair, it's possible that they just didn't have any pepper spray on hand.

They came for the burpers and I said nothing...

Another government agency that can't handle a little vocal display.

See this is the problem with the system today...

In past times, the gym teacher would have just given him a smack to the side of the head & told him to pay attention...And nobody, kid included, would have thought anything more about it..

Now we call the cops!

And the whole strip in front of 5 adults? Was this a Catholic school?? (sorry - trollish!)

/I do not encourage beatings or such, but the whole idea of 'dicipline' has become a farce. I know one thing - When I was a kid - I was told if you get the strap at school, you're getting it TWICE as bad when you get home - And I kept that in my mind...
//Made me a smarter shiat-disturber!

So, Zero Tolerance wasn't enough? Now we're at Negative 1 tolerance?

knifeyspoony: ...with picture of what a handcuffed shirtless teenager might look like!

Close enough?

(couldn't find the Spinal Tap one)

FirstNationalBastard: So, Zero Tolerance wasn't enough? Now we're at Negative 1 tolerance?

I think the article said it was a -2

Leskay: Anal gerrymander.

Band Name???

Read that as "shiat distributor", and lovingly remembered "Ah, yess... you only get caught dealing weed in school once when your father will gladly hospitalize you if he catches you"

Scary stroy bro - I had a friend who always had the weed/pills/whatever - He had an older cousin who dealt & gave him stuff for free/reduced price..Hell I never knew what I was taking most times!

We were returning from a smoked lunch - and he saw his Dad's van parked on the road outside the school (gr 8) - He shoved everything he was carying at ME and went on to see his father... All I saw was a fist come out the window and him fall to the ground!

I was just a nerdy kid who happened to be friends with the guy who supplied everything! I was scared to death for 2 days having a bag of weed & a vial of hash oil in my pocket until he picked it up from me!

/don't know what the whole 'incident' was about - did know his father grew pot in their greenhouse... Children's Services got involved 'cuz the punch to the face outside the school was seen by many..

He should at least get a "participation certificate" or maybe a "present trophy". Kids need positive recognition.

cman: There was a time when people used common sense. Now, everyone is too damned scared shiatless to even do anything remotely sane.

It's a vicious circle, mostly. Administrators get scared of helicopter parents (or stories of same) who swoop in and threaten/sue any time their precious snowflake is even slightly inconvenienced; parents get furious at administrators who let really atrocious behavior slide until someone gets hurt; teachers become frustrated at spineless principals or district officials who talk tough and carry a rod of Jello; so the next batch of administrators put in tougher rules to placate the parents and then the union gets involved because a teacher or a student got caught in a pointless regulation...round and round it goes.

I've watched this for 40 years now and it's not getting any better. As soon as students were allowed "due process" as if going to the principal's office was the same as going to court, things started getting bad; then administrators started caving in to parents who threatened actual court battles; then District officials tried to head off both the students and the parents by creating "zero tolerance" and related b/s. Now a teacher can't discipline an unruly student in the classroom, because the student is entitled to "due process" as if the student had been charged with a crime and was going to court.

Anyone who thinks that that should be right, and I am wrong in challenging a student's "due process" rights will have to explain why to this scenario: An 8-year old boy won't sit down in class. The teacher has told him twice to return to his seat, and he refuses. The teacher says, "If I have to tell you again, Johnny, you'll stay in at recess." Question: Does Johnny have a right to force the teacher to conform to due process and prove that he should be disciplined? Does the teacher have a duty to create an evidence trail to justify her decision to keep Johnny in at recess?*

*Currently, the answer to both questions is yes.

The boy asked to call his mother; instead, they forced the student to strip down to his underwear while five adults watched.

"Go on....go on"

I bet that they will send him letters from the alumni assc. asking for money for new stupid shiat after he graduates.

CSB:
When I was a sophomore in high school, I was taking the first part of a two-year class to get my CCNA, when they decided to cancel it because: "they couldn't find a teacher to teach it". Except that was complete bullshiat. The class had always been taught by an instructor from a local community college, and the class required you to pay the high-school level tuition for the class (~$50, circa 2007). Anywho, I called the community college up and they informed me that the school backed out on the deal due to "funding". This is the same school that gives laptops to each kid in high school and middle school for the school year, and they couldn't find funding for a single farking class? What really rustled my jimmies was that they were building a whole new wing for the performing arts classes that very same year. That's some farked up priorities there. Way to "prepare your students for the global economy".

/Still a bit pissed about that.
//That school won't see a farking dime from me.