10-year-old pointed a finger gun, so the principal expelled him for a year
10-year-old pointed a finger gun, so the principal expelled him for a year
A 2023 state law requires a yearlong expulsion for any student who threatens mass violence on school property. But some students have been kicked out even when school officials determined that the threat was not credible.
Something I often think about: when people make obviously wrong and very public decisions like this, do they have to hear about it from people they know personally? Like, do this principal's friends know how funny it would be to insist on using a finger gun gesture every time they see him for the rest of his life? And the joy of getting to explain the joke every time you introduce to him to anyone...
Maybe this is why I don't have that many friends, lmao.
This is a pretty convoluted situation. The law seems extreme in its application, yet we've very recently had a teacher shot by an angry child of only six years. Unfortunately for this child, who may not have been a legitimate threat, our society has not addressed the larger issues at hand, so useless laws like this that won't actually solve the problem make some people feel better.