Pa. kindergartner suspended for bubble gun remark

[sarisataka]

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MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. (AP) — A 5-year-old Pennsylvania girl who told another girl she was going to shoot her with a pink toy gun that blows soapy bubbles has been suspended from kindergarten.
Her family has hired an attorney to fight the punishment, which initially was 10 days but was reduced to two.
Attorney Robin Ficker says Mount Carmel Area School District officials labeled the girl a "terrorist threat" for the bubble gun remark, made Jan. 10 as both girls waited for a school bus.

http://news.yahoo.com/pa-kindergartner-suspended-bubble-gun-remark-035057936.html

This question from the comments

How is that we seem to be able to locate 5 year olds who smart talk about bubbles, but we can not find mass murderers who kill people by the bus load ! ?

and does anyone think a ten or two day suspension makes any sense in this case?

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. What would you care to bet the other

kid's mother made a complaint? Certainly not 10 days...I'd need to more before I passed judgement on 2 days.

[rrneck]

2. Zero tolerance for words.

And they let a teachable moment pass them by.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Educrat idiocy

[krispos42]

4. Locking

This doesn't fit the SoP of the Group. Please try GD.

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Krispos42, Group Host