Reply #20: the real issue here [View All]

is that the adults in charge are quite content to pass these mindless rules because it relieves them of having to make decisions. Follow me for a minute here.

These things start with the educational establishment. By that I mean the state boards of education and the area education associations. These people take their lead from the'experts' in academia.

Word gets to the Superintendents that zero tolerance on guns and knives serve several purposes. One, it conveys to the public your proactive and caring approach, It is politically flame proof, who could object? Also when an incident does come up you are again protected from any uncomfortable decisions because...Hey I'm just following the rule.

The local board approves because the superintendent is the expert, and how can you vote against it, you would look like a Neanderthal.

IMO the purpose of the adults is to guide and direct. If life was so simple that a few rules makes it all right, society would have done it a long time ago. Oops I guess they call those totalitarian regimes. And that comes dangerously close to the truth, the educational establishment is much more comfortable with the ideals of communism than democracy. The allusion of public involvement is there but 99% of the decisions are made by the establishment and the elected boards have little if any control.

And that is why little boys face action, because they did something they did not know was wrong. Disciplining these kids is criminal and I would be the most obnoxious person imaginable until a true adult found some courage and made the right decision instead of hiding behind rules that can be overlooked if they wanted to.