"Poo poo head" is teh evulz

No, really.

And there are some people who think the U.S. school system doesn't need reform...

I'm face palming so hard my hand has gone through my head.

Was the child beating someone to death with a rusty iron club as they said this?

If not then this is very silly and I am glad I never had to go to an American school.

...

I don't know if I should laugh or facepalm.

Poop is sinful. All mentions of it should be banned from books.

1 day suspension for POO POO HEAD?

SERIOUSLY? You had to like knock someone's teeth out to get suspension when I was a kid.

Also this is also the insane helicopter's fault now. They freak out over everything, so schools have to as well. (My dad and the school he was a gym teacher for got sued because one kid got hurt playing basketball, claiming the floor was unbalanced or some shit. It wasn't.)

Awesome.

:/

Isn't suspension supposed to be either used to allow a kid to cool his or her heels for a day, or basically as the step before expulsion?

From what I know about it yes.

We must live in a pretty wonderful world if this is the biggest problem a woman can think of to solve.

Or maybe she's just a complete retard.

I think you get more severe suspensions first, but it's been years since I went to school, so...

This whole thing reminded me of the old Once Upon A Potty books for very young children (for the purposes of potty training, obviously). I wonder what the teacher who handed out the suspension would think of those books...

I don't think this is as simple as a single insult, but may reflect more of a conflict than the articles imply.

The book itself? Whatever, I never used the school's library myself.

The teacher isn't the issue, though. The teacher heard an insult and suspended the student for a day. A day. To me that's better than being sent to the vice-principle's assistant's secretary's desk. She probably didn't know nor care where the kid "learned" that word from, because, let's be honest, kids make-up all sorts of "clever" insults.

I think this is the part in which I do my "glad to be homeschooling" dance.

Ehm... I don't have any idea what to say about this. Really. The only thoughts that came to my head upon reading this are a strange combination of surprise, dullness and resignation.

Wow. And I thought getting lectured for using the word prick was stupid.

I am kinda agreeing with the ban. Not because poo poo head is evil, but because of the stupidity of the schools hypocrisy. The only interaction these kids get now a day is a shut up and sit down when playing with each other.

You needed to leave bruises to get a suspension.

Jesus Christ a suspension for poo poo? I broke a broom and threatened a teacher with it and they didn't even send me to the principal.

I'm in agreement with the thread, and I'll also say that, if anything, the overreaction is a symptom of greater problems than any playground-level invective. This shit is how you create the Eddie Kaspraks of the world, fingers on the triggers of placebo-loaded aspirators for when the slightest thing goes wrong.

edited 13th Jul '11 8:37:32 PM by DarkDecapodian

Ah, I see you ascribe to the 'you're a naughty boy and that's concentrated evil coming out the back of you' camp.

meh

So will they ban Winnie the Pooh from the school library next? Especially the bit where everyone's playing Pooh-sticks.

edited 14th Jul '11 12:42:37 PM by captainbrass2

Actully the kid may of just been suspended for a string of offences. They may of been keeping an eye on him and perhaps strictly told him not to insult anyone.

For all we know the kid could of insulted someone right in front of the teacher directly after being told not too, completely challenging the teachers authority.

Yes, but we dont't know.

However, if my daughter (who is four and a half) used that phrase, I'd have to give her a stern talking to about insulting someone. About the harshest thing she can come up with now is "silly" and "crazy".