Reply #19: over reaction

[pop goes the weasel]

I'm allergic to wheat, yet adults constantly try to slip wheat into my diet, thinking that if I don't know it's there, it won't affect me. Why do they do it? Lack of respect and stupidity worthy of a 13 year old. Yet I would be considered a crank to call the police on them. At least in this case, it was an actual 13 year old acting like one. Punishing the kid beyond a good tongue lashing is inappropriate. What is needed is some educational effort on the part of the school regarding respecting differences and the practice of good citizenship. People aren't born knowing these things, and punishing the kid for being as ignorant and foolish as one could expect a person to be who has only been able to speak and walk and control his own bladder for 10 years reflects poorly on his society.