7 year old suspended for stick figure w/gun

[gixxerboy1]

DENNIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A second-grader's drawing of a stick figure shooting a gun earned him a one-day school suspension.

Kyle Walker, 7, was suspended last week for violating Dennis Township Primary School's zero-tolerance policy on guns, the boy's mother, Shirley McDevitt, told The Press of Atlantic City.

Kyle gave the picture to another child on the school bus, and that child's parents complained about it to school officials, McDevitt said. Her son told her the drawing was of a water gun, she said.

A photocopy of the picture provided by McDevitt showed two stick figures with one pointing a crude-looking gun at the other, the newspaper said. What appeared to be the word "me" was written above the shooter, with another name scribbled above the other figure.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303796,00.html



School officials declined to comment Friday. A message left at the superintendent's office Saturday was not returned.

Kyle drew other pictures, including a skateboarder, King Tut, a ghost, a tree and a Cyclops, the newspaper reported.

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[gixxerboy1]

Pathetic yet i'm not surprised

[Carlos_E]

A photocopy of the picture provided by McDevitt showed two stick figures with one pointing a crude-looking gun at the other, the newspaper said. What appeared to be the word "me" was written above the shooter, with another name scribbled above the other figure.

It was a death threat! You know how kids love to kill each other these days.

[AandF6969]

Thats retarded. I'd sue the school. It's one thing to be cautious with all the shit going on these days, but its another thing to be completely stupid. I read about an airport desk clerk that alerted security that a girl had a bomb, and they confronted her with M16's pointed at her. What was the "bomb"? Oh, it was a sweatshirt that had LED lights on it that spelled out words. I'd better shoot every kid I see with those light up shoes now.

[spywizard]

home school baby.. my wife will quiting and doing that for my child, and several neighbors are asking her to do it for theirs.. seems they are willing to pay $500 per month per kid..

doh............

and yes.. she is qualified in our state..

[AandF6969]

home school baby.. my wife will quiting and doing that for my child, and several neighbors are asking her to do it for theirs.. seems they are willing to pay $500 per month per kid..

doh............

and yes.. she is qualified in our state..

Can you get your taxes for the school system reimbursed if you homeschool/have your kid homeschooled?

[Red Ketchup]

God they would have hung me when I was in grade school! I used to draw that crap all the time.

I guess this is yet another case of ridicule taken to it's extreme...

Red

[BigLittleTim]

I used to draw the "stick-figure with a gun" from the television series The Saint (1962-'69), starring Roger Moore, on my school chalkboards.
That, and the Alfred Hitchcock figure.

Yes, I know, I'm a freak.

[BigLittleTim]

Kyle drew other pictures, including a skateboarder, King Tut, a ghost, a tree and a Cyclops, the newspaper reported.

Budding Picasso suspended!

[ottomaddox]

Silly and pathetic overuse of authority.

[mcpeepants]

School was so much better and more fun when I was growing up.