Every time I see one of these examples of zero-tolerance idiocy, I think “gosh, this can’t be that widespread, can it?” Then a few days goes by, and I am proven wrong. It is widespread, and it springs up in (seemingly) the most unlikely places, geography-wise, like Gastonia, NC. Then, I realize most of these reports come from institutions that are in the grip of a progressive-liberal mindset: federal, state and local government apparatchiks and public-school system administrators are the perpetrators most of the time. Sure enough, this report comes from such an outpost – the Brookside Indoctrination Camp Elementary School in Gastonia. (from WSOC TV, Charlotte)
GASTONIA, N.C. – A Gastonia mother says her son was suspended for calling a teacher “cute.” Chiquita Lockett said her 9-year-old
son, Emanyea, spent the last two days at home. Lockett said the principal of Brookside Elementary called her Wednesday to say the incident was a form of “sexual harassment.” Emanyea told Eyewitness News a substitute teacher overheard him tell another student a teacher was cute.
Then he was suspended. ”It’s not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way,” Lockett said. “So why would he be suspended for two days?” A district spokeswoman said she could not go into detail, but said Emanyea was suspended for “inappropriate behavior” after making “inappropriate statements.”
The district’s Code of Conduct doesn’t list “inappropriate behavior,” but says “disruption of school” is punishable by five days of out-of-school suspension.
Sigh.
