Thursday, September 11, 2008

Educator's Razor Sharp Minds Too Dull To Be Weapons

The stupidity of PC is magnified by the stupidity of those that enforce it.

Island fourth grader suspended for using broken pencil sharpener
A 10-year-old Hilton Head Island boy has been suspended from school for having something most students carry in their supply boxes: a pencil sharpener.

The problem was his sharpener had broken, but he decided to use it anyway.

A teacher at Hilton Head Island International Baccalaureate Elementary School noticed the boy had what appeared to be a small razor blade during class on Tuesday, according to a Beaufort County sheriff's report.


It was obvious that the blade was the metal insert commonly found in a child's small, plastic pencil sharpener, the deputy noted.


In their defense I can hears the echoes of, "I vas only following ze rules!" instead of complimenting him on his ingenuity.