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3rd-Grader Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession
theodp writes "A third-grader in a small Texas school district received a week's detention for merely possessing a Jolly Rancher. Leighann Adair, 10, was eating lunch Monday when a teacher confiscated the candy. Her parents said she was in tears when she arrived home later that afternoon and handed them the detention notice. But school officials are defending the sentence, saying the school was abiding by a state guideline that banned 'minimal nutrition' foods. 'Whether or not I agree with the guidelines, we have to follow the rules,' said school superintendent Jack Ellis."
Yeah, the lesson is "Everything is Dumber in Texas".
There is a war going on for your mind.
I'm not from the US but knowing about some of the dumb shit that happens in Texas I doubt it applies to America as a whole.
Did you miss the part where OP said you have a choice to send your child to a school with those policies? Keep him/her at home if you want YOUR rules to apply to their schooling.
And letting the parent decide the punishment, good one! "I'm sending my kid to school malnourished. I am wrong to do that, I shall now punish myself." Yeah, good one.
If it's my kid, Then I set the rules. Period the end.
"MY kid, MY rules." Sheesh. Here's hoping your child isn't raised to be a precocious asshat like his parent.
Allright troll:
I did clearly state "with a doctors note, and pills given to a nurse not the kid personally" its OK. This rule is to prevent UNDIAGNOSED kids from going to school with common cold symptoms, a pill, and a kick in the ass because a parent doesn't want to deal with the kid staying home as they should. An inconvenience to encourage the proper parental bahavior.
it;s a SYSTEM, and it has rules. The nurse must be involved, that's the only real rule.
Two Tylenol in a 3rd grader can be very bad. In this case they were Advil, and only 1 pill each several kids got sick.
15 is a "ballpark" age for most people, but is the age of legal consent in this state, and thus why I used it. I've met 30 year olds that can't be trusted with a few tylenol, and 8 year old that support dying parents. Only a fucktard troll takes a statement like that in absolutes (that or a Sith).
There is no contest in life for which the unprepared have the advantage.