7-year old suspended for biting his Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun.

[Anjerith]

It used to be that a man had to look for reasons for why Homeschooling is better than Public Schools. These days, I just have to wake up.

[SirPiken]

How do you deal with kids on so much sugar in the morning? You are in a haze and they are bouncing off walls?

I wonder if this trend has anything to do with over diagnosing of ADD. They crash from the sugar rush in class, where if you ignore the diet, you point fingers at a learning disorder.

The is no scientific data that suggests that sugar induces hyperactivity. If anything high blood sugar levels tend to make people sleepy.
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The majority of studies show no connection between sugar and hyperactivity. Some people, particularly parents and teachers, believe that sugar causes hyperactivity, and that children's behavior often gets more rowdy, excited and energetic after they eat too many sugary foods and drink too many sugary drinks (such as chocolates/sweets or soft drinks). One particular study found that the perception by parents regarding their children's hyperactivity depended on their belief as to whether they had been given sugar

[Felya]

The is no scientific data that suggests that sugar induces hyperactivity. If anything high blood sugar levels tend to make people sleepy.
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002426.htm
Refined (processed) sugars may have some effect on children's activity. Because refined sugars and carbohydrates enter the bloodstream quickly, they produce rapid fluctuations in blood glucose levels. This might trigger adrenaline and make a child more active. Sometimes, falling adrenaline levels bring on a period of decreased activity.

[Valeloot]

man back when i was in school i was given a RPC for walking around the track with my friend acting out a scene from MIB we were using our folders to shoot aliens. when my mother came in to the school and she was told that i was making wrong gestures and that people thought i was going to shoot them. my mother laughed her ass off and said ya right the only thing u should be scared of him shooting out of a traperkeeper is paper but then again those paper cuts can hurt.

[Tradewind]

When did Geocities become a popular news blogging platform again?

[breadisfunny]

To me it is the same as putting syrup on waffles and calling it a breakfast, or sugar on French toast. No wonder kids go crazy then get dumb as you described.

i was a kid and i ate that breakfast. i dont see the problem.

[Ciddy]

Last I checked, the number of people killed by gun-shaped pop tarts is an astonishing zero.

Jesus christ this "zero tolerance" idiocy is fucking stupid. Zero tolerance is for REAL FUCKING WEAPONS, not food, not squirt guns, not finger guns, not bubble guns.

Agreed. I'm all for increased security (metal detectors, locker searches, even having armed security guards around schools), but this "zero tolerance" bullshit where kids get suspended for finger guns and things like this is beyond retarded, as are the people who enforce it.

We used to play with those little cap guns and squirt guns a lot when I was in early grade school (although we're talking 20+ years ago). Took them out to the playground and had all sorts of fun. To the best of my knowledge, a grand total of 0 people were killed, or even injured, by those. They might get taken away if we got caught with them, but nothing so extreme as suspension would happen.

You'd get expelled (maybe even sent to juvenile hall or something) for taking something like that to a school now.

[Sorrior]

I don't care if he bit it into the shape of hitler's face (actually that would be pretty impressive...) IT'S A POP TART!!

We're reaching thought police levels here, between stuff like this and the prior thread where they were punishing finger-guns.

I'm surprised they haven't banned pencils. Break one of those right and you have a sharp wooden shank that could do a lot more damage than a slightly soggy gun-shaped pop-tart.

No we're already at thought police levels..When you can get arrested AND locked away fo SIMPSONS porn you're at thought police levels....It HAS happened...Multiple times....

Sad thing is this is how the worlds going right now. If it even could be dangerous somewhere some how some way then we gotta do away with it...And yes i KNOW it was bart and lisa...Shouldn't matter they're CARTOON characters.

What our schools are doing is just a reflection of this whole hyper safe mentality..PC will be the death of humanity..And TBH i don;t see this ending short of a REAL war or something forcing people to realizing what REAL danger is..Alot of people perceptions on what is or isn;t dangerous are all kindsa f'd up right now. They see danger in simple kids games and playstyles while ignoring the TRUE danger of losing our rights and freedoms....

Worlds a messed up place right now.

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The is no scientific data that suggests that sugar induces hyperactivity. If anything high blood sugar levels tend to make people sleepy.
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As a recovering diabetic..This is indeed quite true.

Also sorry for the accidental necro..Came up in a search for a recent thread...

[smokeydown]

I found a picture, it's pretty good, the boy has talent.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2903500.html

[Jaroko]

This is just 1 more reason to avoid putting your childern into a public school system, Teachers are all crazy. " Home schooling " is laughed at because of the bad parents
that get lazy and dont take it serious. however if you are willing ( and have the money ) teaching your child from home is just the way to go. There's so many websites and businesses out there that will teach them everything they need to know.

It's common sence, Why put them in a place where they can be subjected to mental & physical abuse from Bullys and Teachers, The risk of them getting gunned down, sexual abuse, kidnapping, Boring classes and now - sheer stupidity. Might as well send you kid to jall. The child this happened to will probably get bullyed for this event for the rest of his school years.

[Nakura Chambers]

I used to dismiss such things as stupidity. But it's becoming so frequent that I am now convinced that our school systems are intentionally trying to raise a generation of socially broken adults.

You're exactly right, there are incidents like this happening all over the country. Public schools have become little more than political indoctrination camps for the left. It's gotten to the point where if you want your children to have a bright future and the ability to think for themselves, you pretty much have to send them to private school or homeschool them.

[Bathory]

I'd have been expelled from elementary school 50 times over. Back in 3rd grade my friend and I had a thriving business of making really cool paper guns and selling them. .

I remember those! i think I still have one actually tucked away in a year book. My friends and I would have silent gun fights in the middle of class :P

[bekilrwale]

The poor kid probably doesn't even understand why he got in trouble for eating food. Anti-gun culture is really starting to get ridiculous.

[cherb]

This is just 1 more reason to avoid putting your childern into a public school system, Teachers are all crazy. " Home schooling " is laughed at because of the bad parents
that get lazy and dont take it serious. however if you are willing ( and have the money ) teaching your child from home is just the way to go. There's so many websites and businesses out there that will teach them everything they need to know.

It's common sence, Why put them in a place where they can be subjected to mental & physical abuse from Bullys and Teachers, The risk of them getting gunned down, sexual abuse, kidnapping, Boring classes and now - sheer stupidity. Might as well send you kid to jall. The child this happened to will probably get bullyed for this event for the rest of his school years.

While being suspended over a pop tart is dumb, I'd strongly disagree with alot of what you said. Homeschooling isn't necessarily bad, but often times the kids are sheltered from many things. "Boring classes" is often times a student being too lazy to learn, not every class is going to be fun and full of excitement, and if the kid goes to college I'd rather him have a variety of teachers and students that he has learned to work with, instead of only working with his parents. To each their own, but I think public school at least teaches a kid a little of how the world really is, rather than keeping them at a house where they don't have nearly as many opportunities to meet new people, make new friends, etc. Bullies will also forever be a part of life, and I'd rather my kid know how to deal with that instead of just avoiding him ever having to deal with someone trying to bully them.

[Bakis]

Suspend his parents for feeding him junk instead.

[Hooked]

I bet this wouldnt happen in the ghetto, those moms would go ape shit if their kid was suspended fo dat.

[nimryas]

Lol, i cant believe the retardness that has come to some people. You see more and more of these news articles everyday and I'm not one to nation bash or anything, but things are getting out of hand in the USA... It's a seven year old for crying out loud, ~15 years ago this wouldnt even be a problem and it shouldn't be now.

[Itisamuh]

well, stupid isn't exclusive to one side of the gun debate, now is it?

Oh, I'd say it's entirely on the anti-gun side.

[Sorrior]

Lol, i cant believe the retardness that has come to some people. You see more and more of these news articles everyday and I'm not one to nation bash or anything, but things are getting out of hand in the USA... It's a seven year old for crying out loud, ~15 years ago this wouldnt even be a problem and it shouldn't be now.

England does simialr things man...then in new zealand some anime is illegal because it might give people "predatory tendencies" shall we say and i;m not talking hentai(specifically Puni Puni Poemi is my thought)...TBH the whole goddamn 1st world is going nuts IMO.

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You're exactly right, there are incidents like this happening all over the country. Public schools have become little more than political indoctrination camps for the left. It's gotten to the point where if you want your children to have a bright future and the ability to think for themselves, you pretty much have to send them to private school or homeschool them.

Which CAN then lead to a political indoctrination towards the right...No what we need if anything is to revert to the old 80s-70s style of things...MAYBE 70s...Schools are too damn paranoid and from what i know even waivers don;t prevent lawsuits anymore. TBH i say we make schools roughly immune to lawsuits(ACTUAL abuse would be dealt with by law enforcement as usual..and i mean abuse by teachers) and things should start to sort out from there.

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The poor kid probably doesn't even understand why he got in trouble for eating food. Anti-gun culture is really starting to get ridiculous.

I didn't get why i got sent home for telling a teacher to bite me when pissed in high school(i just needed some alone time and they wouldn't let me be...wasn't even bothering anyone till they started getting on my case)....Seems she thought i was telling her to perform a sex act..Ya know what she thought..I'm like "WTF PEOPLE it just mean leave me alone even kids know that".

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While being suspended over a pop tart is dumb, I'd strongly disagree with alot of what you said. Homeschooling isn't necessarily bad, but often times the kids are sheltered from many things. "Boring classes" is often times a student being too lazy to learn, not every class is going to be fun and full of excitement, and if the kid goes to college I'd rather him have a variety of teachers and students that he has learned to work with, instead of only working with his parents. To each their own, but I think public school at least teaches a kid a little of how the world really is, rather than keeping them at a house where they don't have nearly as many opportunities to meet new people, make new friends, etc. Bullies will also forever be a part of life, and I'd rather my kid know how to deal with that instead of just avoiding him ever having to deal with someone trying to bully them.

As a kid who was juggled around his district like a foster kid and homes i can attest to this.My Homeschool periods did FAR more damage to me then anything else short of the borderline day prison school(you don't even wanna know about THAT place).

[larrakeyah]

It used to be that a man had to look for reasons for why Homeschooling is better than Public Schools. These days, I just have to wake up.

Private school is the way to go.