Idiots Teaching Children
Has anybody ever murdered anyone by pointing their fingers at them to make the sign for a gun? A deaf Grand Island, Nebraska preschooler has been asked to change the sign for his name because it violates a school's weapons policy!
From 1011now.com, via @FreeRangeKids:
Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it."He's deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy," explained Hunter's father, Brian Spanjer.
Grand Island's "Weapons in Schools" Board Policy 8470 forbids "any instrument...that looks like a weapon," But a three year-old's hands?
"Anybody that I have talked to thinks this is absolutely ridiculous. This is not threatening in any way," said Hunter's grandmother Janet Logue.
"It's a symbol. It's an actual sign, a registered sign, through S.E.E.," Brian Spanjer said.
S.E.E. stands for Signing Exact English, Hunter's sign language. Hunter's name gesture is modified with crossed-fingers to show it is uniquely his own.
"We are working with the parents to come to the best solution we can for the child," said Jack Sheard, Grand Island Public Schools spokesperson.
That's just about all GIPS officials will say for now.
Anybody know the sign for a whole lot of heads up a whole lot of asses?
There wasn't this nuttery when I was growing up about guns. Boys played with guns. They made their fingers into guns. The world didn't end. The world didn't even notice:
Simply amazing. The administrators involved should be fired for incompetency and wasting the taxpayer's money.
(One day it will be pirates.)
jerry at August 27, 2012 11:46 PM
Parents really need to get their children away from those fools.
If anyone is considering home based education for your children, I can tell you from experience, it's a lot easier than you think. And it's so very satisfying.
Ken R at August 28, 2012 2:34 AM
Sending your child to a public school is now indistinguishable from child abuse.
The left have so thoroughly infiltrated the system that there is no value left in it.
brian at August 28, 2012 4:49 AM
"Anybody know the sign for a whole lot of heads up a whole lot of asses?"
I have a hand sign in mind for those Nebraska "educators" that would work for this.
Howard at August 28, 2012 5:54 AM
That's pretty sad.
As for guns, I play guns with my son. He gets very excited when I fall down and play dead. Do I see him becoming a mass murderer some day for it? Not at all.
Kendra at August 28, 2012 6:34 AM
Just imagine telling a hearing child:
"sorry kid, you cannot pronounce your name that way any more - it's wrong!"
That's pretty much what they are doing here.
Charles at August 28, 2012 6:58 AM
Hunter eh? Kid is a walking time bomb. Change his name to Sue or Leslie.
Sio at August 28, 2012 7:01 AM
What would they do if a kid named Colt went to that school?
Steamer at August 28, 2012 8:29 AM
Sadly I think there are only two ways for the parents to win this. Either there will be enough public pressure that the school will back down (this time) or the parents will have to sue. I swear sometimes I think this nonsense is dreamed up to provide full employment for lawyers. "Don't like it? Don't expect us to be reasonable. Hire a lawyer!"
rm at August 28, 2012 9:14 AM
So ADA "reasonable accommodation" requirements doesn't trump a school's zero judgment policy regarding its anti-gun hysteria. Interesting.
Bill O Rights at August 28, 2012 11:45 AM
School policies about weapons, things which look like weapons, and things which remind one of a weapon, are a wierd response to the Columbine Colorado High School massacre of April 20, 1999
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre ).
People ask, what were the signs which could have identified the murderers before they acted? Schools focus on guns, toy guns, finger signs, and any hostile gesture or thought.
Schools start by "reasoning" that any hostile action is a possible sign of a future murderer. This leads to the "zero tolerance" craze. They would like to suspend and expel any student who shows hostility. Of course, this identifies say 70% of high school students, too many to actually expel.
Their second thought is to suppress all signs of hostility under the theory that anyone who continues to show these signs, despite a pervasive and cruel suppression, must be a murderer in the making.
Applying this to a three year-old is bureaucratic fairness. The child has to follow the suppression rules or be identified later as a likely murderer.
Realize further that, on averqage, neither the teachers nor the students want to be in school, and no one sees much benefit from making the students sit at desks all day, not learning, and not learning much which will benefit them later. No wonder the teachers are afraid of the hostility created by school practice and policy.
All of this, despite the risk of death being much higher driving to school than being at school.
Andrew_M_Garland at August 28, 2012 1:51 PM
When I was in high school I had a friend whose real name was Gunnar. He constantly got a lot of flack from school administrators for having long sideburns, which was a violation of the dress code.
If he was a high school student today he could have a tall, spikey, orange mohawk and a bone in his nose, and wear high heels and pedal pushers, and be expelled for saying his name.
Ken R at August 28, 2012 2:20 PM
My 3 year old just "shot" a passing car. Psycopath! Now he's running away sccreaming "Ahhhhhh, my butt's on fire!!". I guess he's a pyromaniac in the making, to boot.
No, wait, he's a 3 year old boy. Silly me.
momof4 at August 28, 2012 3:28 PM
You scoff, but that hand sign is deadly.
Proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqQPvSj5Ido&feature=related
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at August 28, 2012 3:52 PM
"School policies about weapons, things which look like weapons, and things which remind one of a weapon, are a wierd response to the Columbine Colorado High School massacre of April 20, 1999 ..."
Not going to argue with that, but when I hear about policies like these, I always think it's more a matter of covering bureaucratic backsides than preventing violence, hurt feelings, etc.
Old RPM Daddy at August 28, 2012 3:53 PM
Pirate children are given guns while they are still in nursery school. Pirate thinking goes, if my kid doesn't make it to kindergarten after the initial shoot-out, he doesn't deserve to. Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!
(The Road Pirates did our annual bike ride to Backbone State Park last weekend, and a good time and a great deal of rum was had by all!)
Pirate Jo at August 28, 2012 6:09 PM
I'm in San Antonio right now, and every tourist-trap souvenir stand has toy guns, bows and arrows, and even PINK guns for the lil' cowgirls (to go with their sparkly pink hats and boots!)
I saw the most adorable pair of twins, little blonde girls about 5, all decked out in their cowgirl finest, on the Riverwalk. They most certainly did not look like future mass murderers.
Kat at August 28, 2012 7:31 PM
Board Policy 8470 forbids "any instrument...that looks like a weapon,"
So much for a school band. All those rifle-barrel-appearances in the woodwind sction. The bayonet-like spikes on cellos and violas. The "bullpup assault weapon" silgouette of violins. The sword wielded by the conductor.
And Phys-Ed! Humans doing pushups resemble field mortars, folks! Heck, just standing the outline looks like a bullet!
John A at August 28, 2012 10:19 PM
"Now he's running away sccreaming "Ahhhhhh, my butt's on fire!!". "
I hate when that happens...
Cousin Dave at August 29, 2012 7:01 AM
Play guns, hell I wanted play dynamite!
Assholio at August 29, 2012 9:55 PM
Time to freak out: She has her own AR-15.
Radwaste at October 21, 2012 5:42 AM
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