In case you haven’t heard the latest in our schools, here’s what’s going on in a couple. A North Carolina nine year old fourth grade student has been suspended from school for commenting to a friend that one of his teachers is cute.
As reported by WSOC - TV and NY Daily News, the student was overheard by a substitute teacher. She reported the incident to the principal who took action with a charge of "sexual harassment." The facts appear to be that the student did not speak to the teacher whom he admired nor the substitute. He only made a comment.
Meanwhile in the Boston Globe there is a story about a seven year old first grade student that was attacked on a school bus by a bully. The bully took his new gloves and was choking him so hard he could not breathe. The seven year old kicked the bully in the groin. Another case of sexual harassment. He was suspended and the bully was treated as the victim.
I would like to say to the administrators of the schools, "have you lost your minds?" What boy hasn’t had a crush on a teacher and what boy won’t defend himself with whatever force necessary? If this is typical of the schools in this country, then we may as well turn off the lights. The party’s over.
We didn’t have any cute teachers when I went to school. They had to pass an ugly test before they were hired.
PMO
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