I have often bragged and blogged about my 8 year old grandson. He is a normal 8 year old - runs, plays, rides bikes, video games, blah, blah, blah. We have never had any significant behavior problems either.
Till yesterday. I get a phone call from the assistant principal of his elementary school - whom I know well as he graduated high school with my daughter. Apparently, there was cause to call the 8 year old into the office for disciplinary reasons.
On Wednesday, while on the school bus, another child kept calling Colton a "baby", and it appears that when he had enough - he made the statement - "I'm going to get a rifle and blow your head off." Ruh-roh - he's 8 years old and we have never discussed "zero tolerance."
To set everything straight - he has never owned a toy gun, we don't have any guns, and he has never ever made a threat such as that. So I chalk it up to him wanting to act "bullish" in order to stand up for himself.
I don't condone the comment - and the school has "sentenced" him to detention during recess for the remainder of the school year - 15 more days. The assistant principal knows this child and acknowledges that there has never been any behavior problems in the past - and he feels the issue should be settled...but......now it appears that the parents of the other child want to file police charges. WTF?!?! this is where I have a definite problem with the "zero tolerance" mentality.
If police charges are warranted, there is no one in my generation that would not have a police record. Of course, when I was growing up we didn't have all these rules and regulations to conform to. there was "right" and there was "wrong." Back then, WRONG guaranteed your ass got blistered at school and once again upon arriving home.
I only know the first name of this offended child and have no way of contacting the parents to try and assuage the situation. But...I do know everyone at the police department and they know me and my grandson, so I should get a heads up if anything actually develops in that area.
Oh and YES, the grandson is suffering through some severe punishment at home for at least a month. No bike, no video games, no playing with the neighbors and he has a new list of chores.
I have explained what this ZT rule is all about, and I think he has a simplistic comprehension now. He also now knows that everything he says or does on the school bus is video/sound recorded.
Thedaughter (mother of child) did not handle this situation well, as she never handles anything well. She is notorious for flying off the handle, and I tried to placate her a little - with very little satisfaction.
We will see what delops here, but as far as I am concerned, the matter is being dealt with appropriately.
Have a great day!
Friday, May 8, 2009
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7 comments:
Police charges? That is clearly insane.
Good luck and hopefully this just goes away quietly!
WTF is right! That's so fucking ridiculous.
Not sure which blog I should comment on, so I'm assuming both of them!
That is crazy. Kids hear all this crap on tv and have no real idea what that actually means. Let's face it, in cartoons they shoot each others heads of all the time and then grow a new one.
Yes, he needs to know it's wrong and be punished, but that??? Crazy.
Big f'ing deal. . . he said something stupid that any 8 yr old might have said.
F these morons who want to make a big deal of crap like that. Same with the bozos who accuse 6 yr olds of being sexual harrasers. It's typical victim mentality and they're passing it on to their precious little punkass children.
Let em go talk to the police. treat them and anyone else who wants to make a big deal out of it like the morons that they are. Placate them like you would a small child.
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