10 y/o girl arrested for using knife to cut steak

[Breath]

In the absence of the legal guardians of this child, the schools' principal/superintendant (who is technically legally responsible for a childs' safety and wellfare on school property during school hours) made the call to make this NON-Incident a precendent to an example of what will happen to anyone else who brings a BANNED object to school.

...if that was school policy.
If it was not policy, he/she overreacted.

 

[SRC]

...if that was school policy.
If it was not policy, he/she overreacted.

:homo:

But I know at my son's school .. and based on all the other cases that have hit the news in the past 5 years relating to this same exact situation .. this is the case, that IS the rule and punishment.

 

[Dodge_Sniper]

The teachers should've taken the knife off her, and call the Parents about it. It would've been easily solved that way without any problems.

:homo: The child shouldn't have had it at school, yes, but she wasn't going psycho, she was using the object, a steak knife, for it's exact intended purpose, cutting a steak. She's 10 years old, and was arrested, and that is completely uncalled for. How's that going to go over in juvenile hall?

-Wathcha in for dude?
-I shot my girlfriend's new boyfriend. You?
-I was having sex with my girlfriend.
-What about you new kid? What'd you do?
[Petitie voice]
-I was cutting a steak.

A steak knife is not a weapon, so stop saying that. It is an eating utensil. A gun is a weapon, a hand grenade is a weapon, a steak knife is not. Just like a pen, pencil, light bulb, keyboard, shoe, etc. is not a weapon. Anything can be used as a weapon under the right conditions. I could kill a man with my fingers. Let's have me arrested for having weapons in school.

Let's take a side trip. 5th grade, I brought a hand grenade, A REAL hand grenade to school for show and tell. Keep in mind, it wasn't life, but it was a real one. What happened? I pulled it out for show and tell, and the class freaked out. I got TWO DAYS of ISS(In School Suspension).

Anything weird here? I didn't get arrested for bringing a weapon, a REAL weapon to school. We had zero tolerance back then as well.

But back to the topic at hand. If anybody should be punished, it's the parents. The child was doing nothing wrong. Other than eating.

 

[SRC]

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Anything weird here? I didn't get arrested for bringing a weapon, a REAL weapon to school. We had zero tolerance back then as well.

I guess you are just one lucky SOB then .. you take weapons to school and yell out bomb threats, yet you're still walking around free.

You should like .. start a movement or something :smiley24:

 

[Dodge_Sniper]

The hand grenade case must have been a bit of pure luck. I was young though, and didn't do it as a dangerous situation. As I said, it was not live, it'd already been used in the war. I thought it'd be cool to show off. But as I've said, the bomb thing at my school(5th grade - 11th grade, two different schools), none of the teachers take anything seriously.

Then again, the kids do chew tobacco in the bathrooms...and classrooms...and one kid snorted pills...my school actually sucks.

 

[SRC]

...my school actually sucks.

then your situation does not relate to this one then .. this school obviously takes things seriously.

 

[Dodge_Sniper]

then your situation does not relate to this one then .. this school obviously takes things seriously.

Actually, I said two different schools. My elementary school obviously assessed the situation properly, and felt that I wasn't actually going to bomb the school, and therefore gave me a light punishment.

 

[SRC]

You missed (or ignored perhaps) my point entirely .. so nevermind I guess, I'm not starting another discussion with another point misser. Sorry

 

[The Joker]

Actually I agree with it .. parents shouldn't send weapons to school with their children. All it takes is one bad kid to get it and do some damage.

Her mother should have cut the damn steak up before she packe dher lunch. I mean, good fucking grief ..a 10 yr old does not need a steak knife on her person .. ever .. period.

My 11 yr old isn't even allowed to cut his own steak .. kids don't need to use knives.

idiot parents.

Idiot parents?

Dude, you're just being way over protective.

A 10 yr old is way more than old enough to use a knife. Parents and people in general are way overprotective, it's not about what she COULD have done, it's about what she DID do, which was nothing.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Idiot parents?

Dude, you're just being way over protective.

A 10 yr old is way more than old enough to use a knife. Parents and people in general are way overprotective, it's not about what she COULD have done, it's about what she DID do, which was nothing.

Why did you bring up an 8 month old thread to say the same thing everyone else did?

It's the job of the school to prevent anything that COULD happen. Not sit back and go "oh shit" after it DID happen.

Preventive measures could have stopped 9/11, could have stopped Columbine, could have stopped... well you get the point.

When someone is made an example of, then it sends the message to all other idiot parents out there.

Ten year olds are NOT CAPABLE of handling knives safely on their own because they simply do not fully understand the consequences of misusing or mishandling a potentially dangerous object.

By your reasoning, we should just hand them a fully loaded 38 special and send them off to the gun range by themselves.

No, sorry, that reasoning is of poor judgment.

 

[The Joker]

This is 8months old? Sorry, lol, went to the Who's Online, and someone was looking at it lol.

And, sending a kid to a gun range with a 38special is much more dramatic than a small bloody steak knife.

Besides, she handled it safely on her own until she was arrested, didn't she?

And also, not allowing a 11 year old to use a normal knife at home? That's stupid. I was using knives when I was 4.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

They stepped in as a preventive measure. I'll stay up all night until I drive this point into your head. They were 100% correct in their assessment and their actions.

 

[The Joker]

Ok, I understand taking it from her,but calling the authorities, and sending her to juvenile hall is complete bullshit.

Should've called her parents.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

I imagine they did, considering the article mentioned a quote from her uncle.

I said it in my previous posts 8 months ago. Knives, guns and other objects are flat out banned on school property.

Period.

I'll bet you her guardian(s) signed the piece of paper they were handed at the beginning of the school year and understood, yet moronically forgot, the rules they were made aware of and still sent her off with a banned object to school.

The guardian(s) simply should have KNOWN BETTER.

 

[Boomer]

I think they should have said fuck the knife and checked out how the steak was prepared. If its well done, you take her ass down town dammit!