OK, another story of supreme government idiocy .. government school idiocy. And this one, like so many others, comes from none other than the Gwinnett County, Georgia school system.
We go to the Five Forks Middle School. Amanda Williams is having her lunch. Later she will be suspended from school for NINE days for violating the schools zero-tolerance policy on drinking alcohol.
So, did Amanda sneak a shooter into school in her Brittany Spears lunchbox? Did she pilfer a beer out to of the fridge in the teacher’s lounge? Was she chugging Nyquil? Nope, none of the above. Amanda was drinking grape juice. She was drinking grape juice she got at the school cafeteria! And no, it wasn’t fermented.
So, how can Amanda be suspended for violating the school’s zero tolerance policy on alcohol --- for drinking grape juice? OK .. here’s the part where you need to be sitting down. Amanda was suspended because she joked with her friends that she was drinking wine. We all know how young girls like to act grownup.. so Amanda is trying to act grown up by joking that she’s drinking wine.
Suspended --- nine days. Mandatory. No exceptions.
If Amanda had actually brought some real wine into the school, the punishment would have been exactly the same. Makes a hell of a lot of sense, doesn't it?
Gwinnett County schools also have a zero-tolerance policy on smoking. What if some kid puts a pencil in his mouth and pretends to be taking a drag on a cigarette? Suspended? I guess so! Mandatory, you know. No exceptions!
I would suppose that Gwinnett County schools have a zero-tolerance policy on sexual activity. Well, what if one student confesses to a good friend her dream about a discussion of the big bang theory with the captain of the football team (an easier scenario to believe than the captain of the debate team)? Would revealing a dream violate zero-tolerance?
This is idiocy, my friends. Complete, unadulterated idiocy. These are government employees working in a government institution that has complete control over your child for hours a day … government employees showing the world how idiotic policies produce idiotic results.
Take a closer look at zero-tolerance policies. What is the purpose? The purpose, my friends, is to shield and protect government school administrators from actually having to exercise rational thought process in reviewing student conduct to see if it warrants punishment or not. The purpose is to make the administrator’s jobs easier. A equals B and B equals suspension. No thought -- No consideration -- No review of the facts -- No deliberation -- No thinking --- just acting. A perfect word for the typical government employee to inhabit.
And what do these zero-tolerance policies teach our children? They teach our children that the world is black and white --- no gray. A situation is either this way or its that way – and there can be no in between. It’s a simple bipolar world, good and bad, positive and negative, x or y, and there’s no need to make any use of your intellectual capabilities to interpret those thousands of points between.
In simple terms, zero tolerance policies teach our kids this one important lesson --- a lesson so important to the left. Don’t think. Just react.
We go to the Five Forks Middle School. Amanda Williams is having her lunch. Later she will be suspended from school for NINE days for violating the schools zero-tolerance policy on drinking alcohol.
So, did Amanda sneak a shooter into school in her Brittany Spears lunchbox? Did she pilfer a beer out to of the fridge in the teacher’s lounge? Was she chugging Nyquil? Nope, none of the above. Amanda was drinking grape juice. She was drinking grape juice she got at the school cafeteria! And no, it wasn’t fermented.
So, how can Amanda be suspended for violating the school’s zero tolerance policy on alcohol --- for drinking grape juice? OK .. here’s the part where you need to be sitting down. Amanda was suspended because she joked with her friends that she was drinking wine. We all know how young girls like to act grownup.. so Amanda is trying to act grown up by joking that she’s drinking wine.
Suspended --- nine days. Mandatory. No exceptions.
If Amanda had actually brought some real wine into the school, the punishment would have been exactly the same. Makes a hell of a lot of sense, doesn't it?
Gwinnett County schools also have a zero-tolerance policy on smoking. What if some kid puts a pencil in his mouth and pretends to be taking a drag on a cigarette? Suspended? I guess so! Mandatory, you know. No exceptions!
I would suppose that Gwinnett County schools have a zero-tolerance policy on sexual activity. Well, what if one student confesses to a good friend her dream about a discussion of the big bang theory with the captain of the football team (an easier scenario to believe than the captain of the debate team)? Would revealing a dream violate zero-tolerance?
This is idiocy, my friends. Complete, unadulterated idiocy. These are government employees working in a government institution that has complete control over your child for hours a day … government employees showing the world how idiotic policies produce idiotic results.
Take a closer look at zero-tolerance policies. What is the purpose? The purpose, my friends, is to shield and protect government school administrators from actually having to exercise rational thought process in reviewing student conduct to see if it warrants punishment or not. The purpose is to make the administrator’s jobs easier. A equals B and B equals suspension. No thought -- No consideration -- No review of the facts -- No deliberation -- No thinking --- just acting. A perfect word for the typical government employee to inhabit.
And what do these zero-tolerance policies teach our children? They teach our children that the world is black and white --- no gray. A situation is either this way or its that way – and there can be no in between. It’s a simple bipolar world, good and bad, positive and negative, x or y, and there’s no need to make any use of your intellectual capabilities to interpret those thousands of points between.
In simple terms, zero tolerance policies teach our kids this one important lesson --- a lesson so important to the left. Don’t think. Just react.