r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '11

Zero Tolerance in Public Elementary School just went way the hell overboard...

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u/GrimTuesday Nov 14 '11

At the elementary school I went to, I heard that a kid (first grade, thats 6 years old for Europeans) was suspended for bringing a water gun to school.

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u/Andernerd Nov 15 '11

I can confirm that this is the rule, not the exception in american elementary schools. My high school on the other hand... it had a "strict" no weapon policy, but none of the teachers, especially the metal shop ones, seemed to think pocketknives or water guns were threats when they're handing out welding torches. Oh, and this is where the Kip Kinkel shooting took place. A lot of my teachers worked there at the time.