Would Your Kid Mischief Have You Facing Suspension—or Police—Today?
We’ve read a series of stories lately about children being suspended and removed from Advanced Placement classes for complaining about a teacher on Facebook, nearly suspended for bringing a 2-inch Lego gun to class, arrested for doodling and charged with a felony for stabbing a classmate with a pencil.
For many commenters—and to civil liberties groups which have taken up some of these cases—the schools are overreacting, taking zero tolerance a bit too far and unnecessarily delegating discipline to law enforcement.
But, for us, the stories made us wonder what childhood mischief, considered minor then, would have you removed from the classroom or in front of a judge today.
So tell us …
What are some of the things you did in school that, today, might go on your permanent record? Tell us about the deed, the punishment and what, if anything, you learned from the experience.
Answer in the comments below.
Read answers to last week’s question: “When Watching TV, What Makes You Scream: ‘That’s Not Legal!’”
Featured answer:
Posted by Patricia P. Werschulz: “The first episode of Eli Stone had him switch from defending a pharmaceutical company to becoming the plaintiff’s lawyer in the same case. I was in law school and I started screaming ‘You can’t do that!’ My husband had to try and calm me down. Not only did the show get the law wrong, they got the science wrong too. (I am a former scientist.) He resolved never to watch another lawyer show with me. I never watched the show again.”
