I can't believe the pure stupidity of the school and teachers here:
Student's honesty about knife met with 5-day suspension
Bottom line is, this kid learned it's much better to shut up about making mistakes, than admit the truth.
A future class of Enron CEOs are being made right here in our public school system folks!!!
Life isn't fair, so don't be honest and get caught. He/she who gets away with lying and distorting the truth wins!!!
America's future, I fear for thee...
Student's honesty about knife met with 5-day suspension
It doesn't pay to be honest, the parent said of a Phoenix middle school student who was suspended for bringing a pocketknife to school.
Robert Stowell, a Mountain Sky Junior High School parent, said his 14-year-old son, Nathan, was suspended Tuesday because it was he who first told his teacher that he had a knife after he realized it was in his backpack. The parent in the Washington Elementary School District believes the consequences, a five-day suspension, sends the wrong message.
"The only message that the suspension sends is that Nathan should never have come forth, hidden the knife in his bag, and taken it home so that no one would ever know what he had done," Stowell said. "I'm involved in a quest for what's right."
Washington Elementary district officials stood by the school's decision because the district has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to weapons at schools. District officials pointed to the 2007-2008 student parent handbook, which outlines student discipline policy.
Weapons possession, also a violation of local, state and federal law, carries a one- to five-day out-of-school suspension. The handbook is sent home with every student at the beginning of the year, said Carol Donaldson, a Washington Elementary spokesperson.
Parents sign the statement that they have received and read the handbook and return it to the school, Donaldson said. Nathan's parents signed the handbook.
Stowell said he met with the Mountain Sky's assistant principal Thursday with the hope that the decision would be overturned and he would receive an apology. The school would not budge, he said. The school is at 16225 N. Seventh Ave.
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Bottom line is, this kid learned it's much better to shut up about making mistakes, than admit the truth.
A future class of Enron CEOs are being made right here in our public school system folks!!!
Life isn't fair, so don't be honest and get caught. He/she who gets away with lying and distorting the truth wins!!!
America's future, I fear for thee...