U.S. kindergarten kid suspended for making gun with hand

[Syt]

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/ionia_kindergartener_suspended.html

Behold the ultimate pussification of modern edumacation.

http://ionia kindergartner suspended for making gun with hand
By Brian McVicar The Grand Rapids Press
March 04, 2010, 10:39PM

IONIA -- To the little boy's mother, it was just a 6-year-old boy playing around.

But when Mason Jammer, a kindergarten student at Jefferson Elementary in Ionia, curled his fist into the shape of a gun Wednesday and pointed it at another student, school officials said it was no laughing matter.

They suspended Mason until Friday, saying the behavior made other students uncomfortable, said Erin Jammer, Mason's mother.

School officials allege Mason had displayed this kind of behavior for several months, despite numerous warnings.

"I do think it's too harsh for a six-year-old," said Jammer, who was previously warned that if Mason continued the practice he would be suspended. "He's six and he just likes to play."

Jammer says her son isn't violent, and there are other, more effective ways of teaching him not to make a gun with his hand.

"Maybe what you could do is take his recess away," suggested Jammer, adding her son doesn't have toy guns at home.

"He's only six and he doesn't understand any of this."

[jimmy olsen]

Might as well just preemptively ban every boy from ever coming to school then.

[Ed Anger]

They tackled that problem.

[grumbler]

They tackled that problem.

Is a child walking around with a hands a normal sight in the US? I mean, I suppose it's not something you can easily conceal, and the way the story is presented, the kid simply walked to the victims and then made his hand into a pistol - it's surprising no one tackled him by then.

[Ed Anger]

They tackled that problem.

Is a child walking around with a hands a normal sight in the US? I mean, I suppose it's not something you can easily conceal, and the way the story is presented, the kid simply walked to the victims and then made his hand into a pistol - it's surprising no one tackled him by then.

America is in a state of anarchy.

[derspiess]

That's my new favorite Languish meme

[KRonn]

They tackled that problem.

Is a child walking around with a hands a normal sight in the US? I mean, I suppose it's not something you can easily conceal, and the way the story is presented, the kid simply walked to the victims and then made his hand into a pistol - it's surprising no one tackled him by then.

Everyone was probably too afraid to try and tackle him. After all, he did have a "hand" gun.   

[grumbler]

Everyone was probably too afraid to try and tackle him. After all, he did have a "hand" gun.   

 

[grumbler]

That's my new favorite Languish meme

Gotta love it.

[jimmy olsen]

They tackled that problem.

Is a child walking around with a hands a normal sight in the US? I mean, I suppose it's not something you can easily conceal, and the way the story is presented, the kid simply walked to the victims and then made his hand into a pistol - it's surprising no one tackled him by then.

Everyone was probably too afraid to try and tackle him. After all, he did have a "hand" gun.   

Nice

[The Brain]

It's amazing that America is still around.

[Caliga]

Mason Jammer would be an awesome porn star name. 

[lustindarkness]

They tackled that problem.

Is a child walking around with a hands a normal sight in the US? I mean, I suppose it's not something you can easily conceal, and the way the story is presented, the kid simply walked to the victims and then made his hand into a pistol - it's surprising no one tackled him by then.

Everyone was probably too afraid to try and tackle him. After all, he did have a "hand" gun.   

[Ed Anger]

Mason Jammer would be an awesome porn star name. 

Or storage jars.

[Syt]

Mason Jammer would be an awesome porn star name. 

Or storage jars.

This is not about Greece.