The War Against Boys – news from the front
MrDave writes "
Eight-year-old punished with detention for pointing a chicken strip at another student in the cafeteria while saying "pow, pow, pow."
Third grader given five-day suspension for violating substance abuse policy after classmates reported that he took a "purple pill." His offense was taking a multivitamin with his lunch.
16-year-old honor student expelled when security guard found a butter knife in the bed of his pickup truck. The knife apparently fell out of a box of household items he and his father had transported the previous day from his grandmother's home to a local Goodwill store.
Phyllis Schlafly comments, “Almost all zero tolerance rulings punish boys. Boys are also the victims of the current fad to eliminate recess and build new schools without playgrounds. This nonsense may be part of the feminist agenda to try to make little boys behave like little girls.”
Read more here".
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