3rd grader gets a week of detention for possession.....of a Jolly Rancher??!!!

What is this world coming to? What's wrong with the school officials that think this is ok? I can't believe they are really that drunk with what little power they have.

He didn't have enough for the class.

I believe there is no candy food like gum that can cause a mess - candy can make sticky stuff.

Well... he could have choked

This is a complete oversimplification of the issue. I'm an educator so I can relate to the situation we are looking at here. The school creates a policy (at the behest of state regulations and rules that are always changing), the rule is only healthy foods are allowed in school (a laudable goal on it's face). The issue of having candy in school is a very trivial matter, you know it, and I know it. However this is a new policy and has to be enforced, principals and teachers don't have latitude to simply throw away a school board mandated policy, if they don't enforce it they have the potential to lose their jobs. As I said, this is a trivial matter, it's candy not a rifle. School administrators come up with a logical punishment to correct behavior of students breaking the rule. Since we are talking about a trivial thing here, the punishment was probably very trivial. As a result, the kids did as they pleased, unphased by the "non-punishment" that was proportional to the offense. Administrators have no choice but to tighten punishments to bring the kids into compliance with the new rule. A student continues to break the rule not ready for the escalation (which I'm quite sure was spelled out to them before hand) and gets the punishment. I'm not saying I agree with the rule, I don't think we should be regulating every single aspect of a student life, but I'm not a rule maker. These very brief stories don't give you any of the backstory and don't fully explain the situation, it's easy to think this is just an insane power grab by administration but if you delve deeper I'm sure you will find much cooler heads than you would expect.mfp16

You do the crime you pay the time. This harsh punishment well prevent her from going down the slippery slope of drug addiction and prostitution.

I'm going to guess that this is sensationalised rubbish and that there's a fair bit more to the story than we're hearing.jimmyjammer69

If i was the kid's parent i would sue every single penny from that school.

You do the crime you pay the time. This harsh punishment well prevent her from going down the slippery slope of drug addiction and prostitution.

kidsmelly

Jolly Ranchers: they destroy families. :P

You do the crime you pay the time. This harsh punishment well prevent her from going down the slippery slope of drug addiction and prostitution.

kidsmelly

Yeah eating candy eventually leads to robbing banks and smoking weed :roll:

thats preaty normal...

i got a referal at school for bouncing the ball after the bell rang..

[QUOTE="kidsmelly"]

You do the crime you pay the time. This harsh punishment well prevent her from going down the slippery slope of drug addiction and prostitution.

realistic44

Yeah eating candy eventually leads to robbing banks and smoking weed :roll:

I'm glad I'm not alone on this.

I hope she learned a valuable lesson about muling candyxaos

Seriously though a week is crazy

I seriously think schools need serious re-evaluating. This is like the 5th case in a week of a school doing something utterly brain dead stupid.

I actually heard a similar story where a kid got suspended for three days for farting :P

Someone needs to find a way to distribute candy to every kid before school, and then dare these Nazis to punish all of them.

Actually, if read closely, the story says that the Jolly Rancher had crack in it.

[QUOTE="mfp16"]This is a complete oversimplification of the issue. I'm an educator so I can relate to the situation we are looking at here. The school creates a policy (at the behest of state regulations and rules that are always changing), the rule is only healthy foods are allowed in school (a laudable goal on it's face). The issue of having candy in school is a very trivial matter, you know it, and I know it. However this is a new policy and has to be enforced, principals and teachers don't have latitude to simply throw away a school board mandated policy, if they don't enforce it they have the potential to lose their jobs. As I said, this is a trivial matter, it's candy not a rifle. School administrators come up with a logical punishment to correct behavior of students breaking the rule. Since we are talking about a trivial thing here, the punishment was probably very trivial. As a result, the kids did as they pleased, unphased by the "non-punishment" that was proportional to the offense. Administrators have no choice but to tighten punishments to bring the kids into compliance with the new rule. A student continues to break the rule not ready for the escalation (which I'm quite sure was spelled out to them before hand) and gets the punishment. I'm not saying I agree with the rule, I don't think we should be regulating every single aspect of a student life, but I'm not a rule maker. These very brief stories don't give you any of the backstory and don't fully explain the situation, it's easy to think this is just an insane power grab by administration but if you delve deeper I'm sure you will find much cooler heads than you would expect.psychobrew

Someone needs to find a way to distribute candy to every kid before school, and then dare these Nazis to punish all of them.

aransom

That sounds somewhat creepy. Hey kids want some candy come here to my van 8)

I seriously think schools need serious re-evaluating. This is like the 5th case in a week of a school doing something utterly brain dead stupid.

Pixel-Pirate

[QUOTE="mfp16"][QUOTE="xhellcatx"] You dont think detention is too harsh? ... Why not just either take the candy away, and send a warning note home? ... Hmm? Instead of 1 piece of candy = your going to hell?XD4NTESINF3RNOX

[QUOTE="psychobrew"][QUOTE="mfp16"]This is a complete oversimplification of the issue. I'm an educator so I can relate to the situation we are looking at here. The school creates a policy (at the behest of state regulations and rules that are always changing), the rule is only healthy foods are allowed in school (a laudable goal on it's face). The issue of having candy in school is a very trivial matter, you know it, and I know it. However this is a new policy and has to be enforced, principals and teachers don't have latitude to simply throw away a school board mandated policy, if they don't enforce it they have the potential to lose their jobs. As I said, this is a trivial matter, it's candy not a rifle. School administrators come up with a logical punishment to correct behavior of students breaking the rule. Since we are talking about a trivial thing here, the punishment was probably very trivial. As a result, the kids did as they pleased, unphased by the "non-punishment" that was proportional to the offense. Administrators have no choice but to tighten punishments to bring the kids into compliance with the new rule. A student continues to break the rule not ready for the escalation (which I'm quite sure was spelled out to them before hand) and gets the punishment. I'm not saying I agree with the rule, I don't think we should be regulating every single aspect of a student life, but I'm not a rule maker. These very brief stories don't give you any of the backstory and don't fully explain the situation, it's easy to think this is just an insane power grab by administration but if you delve deeper I'm sure you will find much cooler heads than you would expect.mfp16

You know, if it was gum, I'd fully support capital punishment in this.

In all seriousness, I ****ING HATE GUM!!!!

Candy and gum, they say, can cause a mess.

I thought this part was stupid.

[QUOTE="XD4NTESINF3RNOX"][QUOTE="mfp16"] Kids do not follow rules without real consequences. Let me give you an example I experienced. Headphones and music are not allowed during the school day. Students would ignore the rule of course and do as they please. The standard response was to tell students to take them off. Heres the scenario: 1. Student walks down hallway with ipod. 2. Teacher sees student listening to the ipod and tells student to put it away. 3. Student walks 50ft down the hall and puts the music back in. 4. Return to Step 1 Taking the ipod away didn't work either, the student would retrieve the ipod at the end of the day and repeat the same process tomorrow. The rational response to the rule-breaking didn't work. Punishment had to escalate past the rational point simply because students REFUSE to follow a rule without a consequence that is truly a consequence. In this case (with the candy) you have the same issue. The rational response to the rule simply doesn't work, you need to have a real consequence. Lets be serious here, the girl misses recess... she isn't trodden out to the playground and beaten, she missed recess. Boo Hoo... if she didn't want to miss recess she shouldn't have had candy in school. The rule was known ahead of time and she knew she couldn't have the candy but made a conscious choice to break the rule. mfp16

That's ridiculous, a stern talking to after class would suffice.awesomeface

Candy and gum, they say, can cause a mess.

I thought this part was stupid.

[QUOTE="xaos"]I hope she learned a valuable lesson about muling candyXD4NTESINF3RNOX

Seriously though a week is crazy

... that looks like my brother. .... a LOT like my brother.... .... is that my brother? O_o

Candy and gum, they say, can cause a mess.

I thought this part was stupid.

Hands are also weapons!! They should be suspended !!

[QUOTE="mfp16"][QUOTE="XD4NTESINF3RNOX"] She hasn't done anything wrong :| it's not like she keeps breaking the rules over and over psychobrew

Candy and gum, they say, can cause a mess.

I thought this part was stupid.

Nothing says promote learning and education like banning candy is schools.

:roll:

I love Texans...

...but I will never, ever, understand Texas

and i though texas was pro american

[QUOTE="XD4NTESINF3RNOX"][QUOTE="psychobrew"] LoL. Yeah. All food can cause a mess. Have you ever tried to clean up grape juice? They should just ban all food and drink so they can lay off the Janitor.psychobrew