VIEW TRAFFIC IN Major Roads Center City Plymouth Meeting/Mid County Valley Forge/KOP South Jersey

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I feel for him."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_64146477","adminTags":null,"views":4273,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"6-Year-Old Exiled For Camping Utensil in School","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2444814,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 22:11:50 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1061774","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I understand that the little boy did not intend to do any harm, but you have to look at it from another perspective. I'm the mother of a 5yr-old and would be very upset if this was her classmate. Children get curious and who knows what accident could have occurred. He took the utensil to school without his mother's permission, which was wrong. And if she did know, she should be punished also. There is too much going on in schools to overlook this incident. Forty-five days may be a little harsh, but there should definitely be some sort of ramifications."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_64146477","adminTags":null,"views":4273,"createdBy":9592947,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"6-Year-Old Exiled For Camping Utensil in School","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2444814,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 22:23:02 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"WWWMichaelCassidyWS","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1061841","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"@anonymous ; You would have been a good Nazis, "Let imprison a six year old for acting like a six year old because the rules said it". Hell, 2nd offence lets hang him because as a society we are to stupid to learn and use discretion. Statutory rules are used in place of common sense."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_64146477","adminTags":null,"views":4273,"createdBy":12850675,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"6-Year-Old Exiled For Camping Utensil in School","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2444814,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 22:23:51 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Farfromfrum","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1061846","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Give me a break...This was NOT a weapon, this was a mess kit. If it was deemed dangerous, would the cub scouts have given them out???"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_64146477","adminTags":null,"views":4273,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"6-Year-Old Exiled For Camping Utensil in School","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2444814,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 23:00:23 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1062026","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Mike cassidy. this is not the anonymous you blew up on but you are one strange dude. xanax anyone. yes the 45 days seem harsh but rules are rules. it could be that this kid had a temper tantrum and was found to be a bit scary. i enjoy how you throw out word like a blatant child. are you 6 years old? maybe you should use some common sense on statutory rules. if you say ok to this child because he seems so cute then when does it end. what would happen if he hurt your child?"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_64146477","adminTags":null,"views":4273,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"6-Year-Old Exiled For Camping Utensil in School","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2444814,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 00:34:33 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1062410","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Rules are rules. If you know you shouldn't have things of that nature in school, then don't bring them. I seriously doubt that his mother didn't know that he had it. I don't know too many six year olds that pack their own lunch. She should have used more discretion. Besides just because a child wants something doesn't mean he has to get his way. That's why they make plastic spoons. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_64146477","adminTags":null,"views":4273,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"6-Year-Old Exiled For Camping Utensil in School","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2444814,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 02:06:03 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1062736","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Are you people kidding me? Have you ever actually seen one of these utensils? The knife on these sets can barely cut bread, let alone harm somebody. The pencils the children use in class are more of a threat than this. Maybe we should take them away. Come to think of it, lets take away the shoelaces also. They might try and harm somebody with them. Get real people. There does come a time for common sense and a little discretion."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_64146477","adminTags":null,"views":4273,"createdBy":9478454,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"6-Year-Old Exiled For Camping Utensil in School","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2444814,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 10:12:07 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"nuffera","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1063536","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Six years old??? Have we not gone over the top with the zero tolerance thing??? Have the "adults" involved in this tripe lost their minds??? All he wanted to do is use his favorite spoon to eat his pudding. I agree with michaelcassidyws, there is no common sense used here!!! But then we have a nation of pure idiots!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_64146477","adminTags":null,"views":4273,"createdBy":13602547,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"6-Year-Old Exiled For Camping Utensil in School","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2444814,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 11:02:12 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"jdwolfpack","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1063626","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I understand that this young man is a 6 year old first grader but he did bring a weapon to school and should have been punished. I am not sure if 45 days in reform school was the correct punishment but a harsh punishment was the correct course of action. You can say oh the knife was not sharp, or any thing you want but still it comes back to the fact that he brought a knife to school. Also just to let everyone know you can earn the right to carry a pocket knife in cub scouts but you have to be older, follow several rules including to take it only to scout functions, and taking it to school would cause a scout to have it taken away and that scout would need to re-earn the right to carry the knife. I place much of the blame for this 6 year old taking a knife to school on the parents because they should have made it clear he could only use it at home and that it could not be taken to school at all. It is our job as parents to make sure our children know the rules and his parents failed that one in this case. I understand that commen sense should have played a role here but saying oh he is only 6 and should be allowed to have a less harsh punishment is not right. His entire school record (his past behavior) should determine the punishment and why the current event happened as well as if any harm came to others while the event happened. If someone had been hurt by this knife you know everyone would be outraged that he was able to bring the weapon to school and would not be on his side at all so lets all be thankful no one did get hurt and hope that everyone involved learns a lesson!! "}],"error":"","totPages":4}

{"comments":[{"body":"I am so tired of curious kindergarteners being suspended for playing 'doctor' and six-year olds being sent to reform school because their cub scout survival tool makes them Jack the Ripper while teens beat the crap out of each other and get away with it or have sex in class WITH THE TEACHER PRESENT or even worse WITH THE TEACHER, but they are poor put upon little darlings. Talk about an upside down world! Since we're already so big on abortion, why don't we just kill off all the little beasts before they reach the dangerous age of 3-6 years old? Oh, I forgot, then there would be no adults after awhile, would there?

Parents, teachers, principals and other law makers of schools, for crying out loud, get serious and take each case on an individual basis. Where have reason and sanity gone? Political correctness has gone too far. Wake up, America!","createdAt":"16 Oct 2009 18:43:11 GMT","fromUserId":13661713,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1080933,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20091016023725","username":"mysticmaggie"},{"body":"That's rediculous. Maybe they should have some zero- tolerance for soma those corrupted politicians.","createdAt":"15 Oct 2009 09:13:49 GMT","fromUserId":9365767,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1070370,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090731125049","username":"Lateasha"},{"body":"Good thing you posted your comment as Anonymous like the COWARD you are. It's a freakin' utility, it's not a weapon. "OH MY GOD HE'S GOT A SPOON LOOKOUT!"

You afraid little johnny is gonna get bloodlust and stab some other kid for no reason? give me a f*cking break.

Meanwhile, what if the kid gets mugged on his walk home? (Yes I was mugged walking home from school one day, when I *wished* I had a knife to defend myself.)","createdAt":"15 Oct 2009 06:26:40 GMT","fromUserId":12554556,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1070251,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090916074517","username":"phillydrifter"},{"body":"I got news for ya that u can use anything as a weapon. A common door for example , which is pleatiful in schools. A JOKER once decided to jump out from behind a closed door in dark hallway at me... I STRUCK HIM so hard with that door he bounced off the closet wall and was dazed. Didn't think of that one huh...servers him right for jumpin out to scare someone.","createdAt":"15 Oct 2009 03:14:29 GMT","fromUserId":13620074,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1069718,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20091014082300","username":"fb_565208318"},{"body":"I forgot to mention my little cub scout, now 14 yr old boyscout, is working on his eagle project and that scouting has been an AMAZING program for him!","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 23:16:14 GMT","fromUserId":9741125,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1068635,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090805100841","username":"greeneyed_lady"},{"body":"My now 14 yr old son received one of those mess kits as a cub scout. He's used it faithfully through all his scouting years and yes, he did eat all his meals with it and brought it to school in his lunch box when he was little... simply because it was a "cool boy scout thing" He never even considered it to be something dangerous, nor did I... this is ridiculous! ","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 23:13:39 GMT","fromUserId":9741125,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1068610,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090805100841","username":"greeneyed_lady"},{"body":"Correct . . it's Christina School Distrct; it's Christiana High School. And JDWOLFPAC is 100% correct. The parents should not have allowed the instrument to be taken to school, pudding or no pudding. I would be willing to bet you all would be up in arms if another child had gotten a hold of it and stabbed your child. And that fork can be used on a nice little arm, just like the knife. But you know what ticks me off? The amount of adults that showed up to the meeting! I've been to a number of board meetings and PTA meetings. Trust me when I say that not even half of those people show up for budget discussions, uniform discussions, etc. But mention that news media might be there, both local national, you can't get through the door! Sort of makes me go . . . hmmmmmmm.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 18:21:03 GMT","fromUserId":13055274,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1066472,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090928092123","username":"Annie22"},{"body":"As a teacher who has been stabbed in the classroom I believe the student should not be allowed to bring anything with a knife attached to it to school. No student at any age should be allowed to bring anything that could be used a weapon into a school. The school district in my opinion is wrong to go against the zero tolerance rule. Parents need to start being held accountable for the lack of common sense. The student who stabbed me was a 2nd grader. Yes it could happen to your son or daughter. Any knife, cub scout or swiss is dangerous. I am still teaching and because of poor parenting still watching out for students with weapons.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 17:10:32 GMT","fromUserId":13610821,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1065858,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20091014011016","username":"neweducation"},{"body":"the kid was taking it in for a very harmless reasson the school must have relized it was a wepon when it dropped from his pocket the school should have infromed his parents and just suspened him the reasson he took to school was not murderous but it was","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 16:52:32 GMT","fromUserId":12070539,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1065735,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090901094003","username":"kerrywenrich"},{"body":"Parents need to check what their kids are carrying to school and be more diligent. Although the child meant no harm, it was a potentially hazardous item and should not be brought to school. Rules are made for a reason - to protect society. Send the mother to reform school, not the child!","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 16:16:00 GMT","fromUserId":9226292,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1065456,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090729122428","username":"concerned"},{"body":"Im not questioning the innocence of the child, Im sure he meant no harm but the parents should known what their child was taking to school.

Parents need to be on top of things these days. No excuse for them not knowing that he was taking his pocket/camping utensil to school.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 16:08:36 GMT","fromUserId":9585490,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1065392,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090803123044","username":"tulipwalk23"},{"body":"I feel sorry for this kid and the others of his generation. By the time they reach my age, they're going to have review a 1,000 point checklist to see if they're in compliance of all the ridiculous rules and regulations imposed on them before they walk out the door in the morning.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 15:56:12 GMT","fromUserId":9224992,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1065287,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090729120710","username":"hotHD"},{"body":"This is fine until the next kid who is not a cute little boy brings something in similar and their parents say " if my child was a cute ...." The zero tolerance takes all level of bias out of the equation in todays society.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 15:45:11 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1065211,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"Look, the kid needs to learn about rules now while he is young. You let him see weakness now he will take advantage of it when he is older.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 15:21:28 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1065037,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"To whoever posted this: "Too bad his "favorite spoon" was attached to a weapon. He should have asked someone before he brought it to school. Waste of news coverage."
The kid is 6 years old-- you moron--it was a effin cub scout tool.
You are right on one thing though--this shouldn't be news. Common sense has left the building ( with Elvis?) when the schoolofficials cannot apply the rules without the any inkling of it. The adults in this case--the school administrators should have asked themselves if suspeding little Johnny was overkill.
Bottom line is that the school is no safer. The only lesson the kid learned is tha his teachers and principal are a bunfh of robotic idiots.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 14:01:47 GMT","fromUserId":10039357,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1064440,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090812114544","username":"right_center"},{"body":"@ Anonymous 9:08AM
I read your tirade. Maybe we should institute a "Weapons Ban" on boyscout utensils, all because your neighbor shouldn't be held accountable for cutting off her own finger. Surely wasn't her fault was it? Yep, that bad, bad knife went crazy. Thanks for informing us of the time you and the others had spent discussing this issue in your "Cultural Foundations of Education Graduate" class. Sounds to me like the breeding ground of more educated idiots. ","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 13:53:22 GMT","fromUserId":9224992,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1064389,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090729120710","username":"hotHD"},{"body":"People need to get over themselves and their kids. ","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 13:32:47 GMT","fromUserId":10151782,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1064249,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090814041658","username":"cinsch77"},{"body":"christina school district? isn't it christiana?","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 13:17:46 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1064171,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"ZERO tolerance means just that. ZERO tolerance. But now, kids are going to see... school districts can be tolerant of "accidentally" or "unintentionally" bringing a weapon to school. Suppose a kid gets caught with a knife he brought for bad intentions, but because he got caught before he did anything, he knows he can get away with the excuse "I brought it in to cut my apple, I didn't have intentions to use it in a bad way, please don't punish me" this student can get out of maximum punishment, because he knows the school district has allowed this before.

Second of all, one of my neighbors accidentally cut off part of her fingertip, to the point that she has barely any fingerprint left, WITH ONE OF THESE "not dangerous" utensils... it CAN hurt people. A knife is a knife... a pencil is a pencil, and I've never heard of anyone being hurt by a pencil enough to have to go the hospital, but I know from my neighbors experience, a pocket knife can do it.

Third of all, don't assume because someone is a boy scout, or was a boy scout, they are always going to be a good person... two of the boys I grew up with who were boy scouts were in trouble in middle school, high school, and have in their adult lives been in trouble with the law. Obviously this 6 year old boy is very innocent, and had no intentions, but I'm just making a point against someone saying "the boy scouts with the small pocket knife get caught."

Fourth of all, if this was a kid in Philadelphia School District as opposed to a suburb, do you feel he would be given the same support from the nation; I'm in a Cultural Foundations of Education Graduate class, and this is something we discussed last night, how some people might not think a 6 year old in Philly would be just as innocent as a 6 year old in Delaware. I'm hoping everyone would fight this fight the same regardless of where the child is from, or what they look like, if the story was the same!","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 13:08:11 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1064106,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"FARFROMFRUM, you hit the nail on the head! This whole thing was blown so badly out of proportion it's ridiculous.

To all the other people who think he should be punished:

What does a 6 year old know? Who's to say that the little boy didn't put it in his backpack on a whim, unbeknownst to his parents? Kids do things like that all the time, most of the time with no malice attached to the action. Unless there are serious problems at school, what are parents supposed to do, search their kids backpacks each and every day before and after school? If you say you do that, you're lying. Okay, so he brought a questionable object into school and he found out it's against the rules. Do you really think that he'd ever do it again or any other kid for that matter? This story has gotten way more attention that it deserves and he did NOT deserve to be suspended from school. ","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 13:04:17 GMT","fromUserId":9426934,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1064085,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090731081936","username":"amakay"},{"body":"No doubt, not too long ago, a boy would have eaten his pudding with this "weapon", put it back in his pocket and life would have gone on normally. Today, it makes national news. I think far too many people of this country have gone insane. No doubt also, we didn't have all this "political correctness" around back then either. What's next, a hair splitting, nation wide debate on whether or not to allow pencils in school because they contain lead and they could possibly be used to puncture another student? What an excessive bunch of uptight micro-managing whiners we have today.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 13:01:48 GMT","fromUserId":9224992,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1064075,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090729120710","username":"hotHD"},{"body":"anonymous's. Lets try to remember that this is a six year old who eats with this utensil without having to ask permission to use it. Anonymous...waste of news coverage?? more like a waste of CPU monitor keyboard and mouse on your side.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 12:52:51 GMT","fromUserId":9384821,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1064033,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090731080205","username":"funnystuff"},{"body":"How is it that all the boy scouts with small pocket knifes get caught but the kids with the uzi's and semi-automatics who are actually going to do harm always seem to get into school with no one noticing? ","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 12:21:04 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1063908,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"Zero tolerance came about because people got upset that schools were using "discretion" in decicing punishments. "Weapons" offenses are under a federal law that require a one year expulsion, so they already had some leaway built into their policies. Public pressure is a bad way to make policy. I wish the school district well in their future policy review.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 12:05:01 GMT","fromUserId":13603816,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1063823,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20091014075946","username":"compostmom"},{"body":"I understand that this young man is a 6 year old first grader but he did bring a weapon to school and should have been punished. I am not sure if 45 days in reform school was the correct punishment but a harsh punishment was the correct course of action. You can say oh the knife was not sharp, or any thing you want but still it comes back to the fact that he brought a knife to school. Also just to let everyone know you can earn the right to carry a pocket knife in cub scouts but you have to be older, follow several rules including to take it only to scout functions, and taking it to school would cause a scout to have it taken away and that scout would need to re-earn the right to carry the knife. I place much of the blame for this 6 year old taking a knife to school on the parents because they should have made it clear he could only use it at home and that it could not be taken to school at all. It is our job as parents to make sure our children know the rules and his parents failed that one in this case. I understand that commen sense should have played a role here but saying oh he is only 6 and should be allowed to have a less harsh punishment is not right. His entire school record (his past behavior) should determine the punishment and why the current event happened as well as if any harm came to others while the event happened. If someone had been hurt by this knife you know everyone would be outraged that he was able to bring the weapon to school and would not be on his side at all so lets all be thankful no one did get hurt and hope that everyone involved learns a lesson!! ","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 11:02:12 GMT","fromUserId":13602547,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1063626,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20091014063734","username":"jdwolfpack"},{"body":"Six years old??? Have we not gone over the top with the zero tolerance thing??? Have the "adults" involved in this tripe lost their minds??? All he wanted to do is use his favorite spoon to eat his pudding. I agree with michaelcassidyws, there is no common sense used here!!! But then we have a nation of pure idiots!","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 10:12:07 GMT","fromUserId":9478454,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1063536,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090801042558","username":"nuffera"},{"body":"Are you people kidding me? Have you ever actually seen one of these utensils? The knife on these sets can barely cut bread, let alone harm somebody. The pencils the children use in class are more of a threat than this. Maybe we should take them away. Come to think of it, lets take away the shoelaces also. They might try and harm somebody with them. Get real people. There does come a time for common sense and a little discretion.","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 02:06:03 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1062736,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"Rules are rules. If you know you shouldn't have things of that nature in school, then don't bring them. I seriously doubt that his mother didn't know that he had it. I don't know too many six year olds that pack their own lunch. She should have used more discretion. Besides just because a child wants something doesn't mean he has to get his way. That's why they make plastic spoons. ","createdAt":"14 Oct 2009 00:34:33 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1062410,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"Mike cassidy. this is not the anonymous you blew up on but you are one strange dude. xanax anyone. yes the 45 days seem harsh but rules are rules. it could be that this kid had a temper tantrum and was found to be a bit scary. i enjoy how you throw out word like a blatant child. are you 6 years old? maybe you should use some common sense on statutory rules. if you say ok to this child because he seems so cute then when does it end. what would happen if he hurt your child?","createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 23:00:23 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1062026,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"Give me a break...This was NOT a weapon, this was a mess kit. If it was deemed dangerous, would the cub scouts have given them out???","createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 22:23:51 GMT","fromUserId":12850675,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1061846,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090921015014","username":"Farfromfrum"},{"body":"@anonymous ; You would have been a good Nazis, "Let imprison a six year old for acting like a six year old because the rules said it". Hell, 2nd offence lets hang him because as a society we are to stupid to learn and use discretion. Statutory rules are used in place of common sense.","createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 22:23:02 GMT","fromUserId":9592947,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1061841,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090803023950","username":"WWWMichaelCassidyWS"},{"body":"I understand that the little boy did not intend to do any harm, but you have to look at it from another perspective. I'm the mother of a 5yr-old and would be very upset if this was her classmate. Children get curious and who knows what accident could have occurred. He took the utensil to school without his mother's permission, which was wrong. And if she did know, she should be punished also. There is too much going on in schools to overlook this incident. Forty-five days may be a little harsh, but there should definitely be some sort of ramifications.","createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 22:11:50 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1061774,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"What ever happened to handling situations individually and looking at the facts instead of ignoring them? Poor kid...he is just 6 years old and wanted to eat from his favorite spoon! I feel for him.","createdAt":"13 Oct 2009 22:05:49 GMT","fromUserId":7918844,"isDefaultUserIconUploaded":false,"isDisabled":false,"isVisible":true,"messageId":1061733,"pathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","reviewed":true,"updatedAt":"20090813055530","username":"anonymous_user"},{"body":"Too bad his "favorite spoon" was attached to a weapon. He should have asked someone before he brought it to school. Waste of news coverage. 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