Texas school suspends 9-year-old for making ‘terroristic threats’ with magic ‘Hobbit’ ring, page 3
posted on Feb, 1 2015 @ 08:45 PM
I wonder how long before onion rings will be outlawed at school?..food for thought
They already are at most schools. Michelle Obama took care of it.
posted on Feb, 1 2015 @ 08:53 PM
Just don't put one on your finger and you will be ok. I have 2 boys ages 14 and 11 and being an older dad I know what school was like in the 60s and 70s. Today it is ridiculous to what schools do these days to protect these young minds, here are a few...
1. Pointing a finger and thumb in the traditional gun mimic is suspension, whether you are trying to or not.
Just to give you a heads up, in some districts, this is an automatic expulsion. Suspension for chewing your poptart into a gun shape, or any other food-like object, drawing an object that can be mistaken for a gun, same with play-doh. It's official of course, we're insane. We're all insane. Just share the madness.
2. Tag is against school rules, too aggressive, and will lead to suspension.
3. No grades until 6th grade. My kids were reading Harry Potter in 3rd grade and with only a "below grade level", "at grade level", "above grade level" scores they both got "at grade level' in everything for 5 years. You know how hard it is to motivate when there is nothing to gain?
4. No scoring in sports until 6th grade....same as above...
posted on Feb, 1 2015 @ 09:02 PM
Don't get me started on the 70%+ enrollment in the free lunch program......don't even have to show anyone your income level for fear of being ridiculed or looked down upon.....70% on the free lunch program....there is a system getting abused by all.
....and we are worried about little Timmy playing "Lord of the Rings" in school......seems like the right thing to worry about.....idiots.
My parents had 5 kids in public schools. They filed for free and reduced lunch. You DO have to show income to prove need. Every year, I have to file income reports even though she lives in a group home. so YES, you show need. The group home provides the school her SSI paperwork proving she is not working, nor does she make a lot of money. (She has permission from the county to attend high school until she is 25 because she is special needs. Right now a majority of her classes are life skills such as money and cooking, and job skills she may learn. She will be 20 this yr.) When my parents filed, the county messed up their paperwork. Only I was attending one school, and they had 4 kids in another school, ridiculously I got a free lunch, my brothers and sisters had to pay full lunch for 2 years before the county fixed it to a reduced lunch (25 cents for everybody back then), for everyone one of us. As the oldest, even I thought it was messed up.
posted on Feb, 1 2015 @ 09:09 PM
I can only hope so. Just like how most states have banned "Conversion Therapy", because it's harmful and abusive, threatening young children with eternal Hell, and taking away their hope for a future by preaching "End Time" doctrine and teaching them to gleefully hope and pray for Jesus' speedy return, in hope of the destruction of the world as we know it, is CHILD ABUSE!
Here's the sad thing. Yes. It existed. Should it have? No. I'm THRILLED it's banned. I'm Christian. Yes, it's child abuse. Now, if you wish to make a thread about it, feel free. However, this is a thread about something else, not about conversion therapy, nor about Christians. It is about a school who took a make believe ring in a book and saw it as a terroristic threat. Please stop trying to jack the thread. Thank you.
After reading the thread, analyzing the pro's and cons i have reached the conclusion..
That one doesn't simply walk into Mordor
posted on Feb, 2 2015 @ 12:41 AM
There was a thread posted a few days ago showing how public schools used tasers, leg shackles and handcuffs. It seems are schools are becoming a prison.
One school my daughter went to in NC had a stinking PADDED CELL!!! No lie. It was a school for troubled kids. You know why she was forced to attend? She was autistic and she got scared at a school of a 5000 kids. It freaked her out. This was a smaller school, but it was also a BAD school. Oy! She went from a school of 150 kids in NY to a school of 5000 kids in NC and FREAKED! She hit the teacher once. Even the teacher was ok, but the school expelled her and sent her to basically prison school.
She hit the teacher once. Keep repeating that.
posted on Feb, 2 2015 @ 12:46 AM
Oh, crap! I have a "One Ring" that I bought in a geek store! I also have Hogwarts uniform, including a wand! I had no idea I was a terrorist!!! Damn my powerful and threatening imagination!!!
I want Professor McDonagal's robe. I really do. I'm not even kidding.
posted on Feb, 2 2015 @ 01:36 AM
For what it's worth, I traced this article back as far as I could. That led to an article on the Odessa American Online website (a small town Texas paper) which seems to be the origination of this story. I can find no corroboration or verification anywhere. The story has gone viral worldwide. Is the story factually accurate? Did it even happen at all? The complete lack of any second sources may be a clue. I can't say.
Texas school suspends 9-year-old for making ‘terroristic threats’ with magic ‘Hobbit’ ring, page 3
posted on Feb, 1 2015 @ 08:45 PM
I wonder how long before onion rings will be outlawed at school?..food for thought
They already are at most schools. Michelle Obama took care of it.
posted on Feb, 1 2015 @ 08:53 PM
Just don't put one on your finger and you will be ok. I have 2 boys ages 14 and 11 and being an older dad I know what school was like in the 60s and 70s. Today it is ridiculous to what schools do these days to protect these young minds, here are a few...
1. Pointing a finger and thumb in the traditional gun mimic is suspension, whether you are trying to or not.
Just to give you a heads up, in some districts, this is an automatic expulsion. Suspension for chewing your poptart into a gun shape, or any other food-like object, drawing an object that can be mistaken for a gun, same with play-doh. It's official of course, we're insane. We're all insane. Just share the madness.
2. Tag is against school rules, too aggressive, and will lead to suspension.
3. No grades until 6th grade. My kids were reading Harry Potter in 3rd grade and with only a "below grade level", "at grade level", "above grade level" scores they both got "at grade level' in everything for 5 years. You know how hard it is to motivate when there is nothing to gain?
4. No scoring in sports until 6th grade....same as above...
posted on Feb, 1 2015 @ 09:02 PM
Don't get me started on the 70%+ enrollment in the free lunch program......don't even have to show anyone your income level for fear of being ridiculed or looked down upon.....70% on the free lunch program....there is a system getting abused by all.
....and we are worried about little Timmy playing "Lord of the Rings" in school......seems like the right thing to worry about.....idiots.
My parents had 5 kids in public schools. They filed for free and reduced lunch. You DO have to show income to prove need. Every year, I have to file income reports even though she lives in a group home. so YES, you show need. The group home provides the school her SSI paperwork proving she is not working, nor does she make a lot of money. (She has permission from the county to attend high school until she is 25 because she is special needs. Right now a majority of her classes are life skills such as money and cooking, and job skills she may learn. She will be 20 this yr.) When my parents filed, the county messed up their paperwork. Only I was attending one school, and they had 4 kids in another school, ridiculously I got a free lunch, my brothers and sisters had to pay 
full lunch for 2 years before the county fixed it to a reduced lunch (25 cents for everybody back then), for everyone one of us. As the oldest, even I thought it was messed up.
posted on Feb, 1 2015 @ 09:09 PM
I can only hope so. Just like how most states have banned "Conversion Therapy", because it's harmful and abusive, threatening young children with eternal Hell, and taking away their hope for a future by preaching "End Time" doctrine and teaching them to gleefully hope and pray for Jesus' speedy return, in hope of the destruction of the world as we know it, is CHILD ABUSE!
Here's the sad thing. Yes. It existed. Should it have? No. I'm THRILLED it's banned. I'm Christian. Yes, it's child abuse. Now, if you wish to make a thread about it, feel free. However, this is a thread about something else, not about conversion therapy, nor about Christians. It is about a school who took a make believe ring in a book and saw it as a terroristic threat. Please stop trying to jack the thread. Thank you.
After reading the thread, analyzing the pro's and cons i have reached the conclusion..
That one doesn't simply walk into Mordor
posted on Feb, 2 2015 @ 12:41 AM
There was a thread posted a few days ago showing how public schools used tasers, leg shackles and handcuffs. It seems are schools are becoming a prison.
One school my daughter went to in NC had a stinking PADDED CELL!!! No lie. It was a school for troubled kids. You know why she was forced to attend? She was autistic and she got scared at a school of a 5000 kids. It freaked her out. This was a smaller school, but it was also a BAD school. Oy! She went from a school of 150 kids in NY to a school of 5000 kids in NC and FREAKED! She hit the teacher once. Even the teacher was ok, but the school expelled her and sent her to basically prison school.
She hit the teacher once. Keep repeating that.
posted on Feb, 2 2015 @ 12:46 AM
Oh, crap! I have a "One Ring" that I bought in a geek store! I also have Hogwarts uniform, including a wand! I had no idea I was a terrorist!!! Damn my powerful and threatening imagination!!!
I want Professor McDonagal's robe. I really do. I'm not even kidding.
posted on Feb, 2 2015 @ 01:36 AM
For what it's worth, I traced this article back as far as I could. That led to an article on the Odessa American Online website (a small town Texas paper) which seems to be the origination of this story. I can find no corroboration or verification anywhere. The story has gone viral worldwide. Is the story factually accurate? Did it even happen at all? The complete lack of any second sources may be a clue. I can't say.