Following news that high school freshman Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade clock which police described as a “hoax bomb” onto campus, police declined to file charges and President Obama reached and invited Mohamed to bring his clock and visit the White House. Contrast that with the experience of an unnamed elementary school student who was threatened with expulsion–and ultimately pulled from the school–for drawing a picture of a Ninja holding a gun.
Or contrast Mohamed’s experience with that of the Washington state elementary school students who were suspended for bringing a Nerf gun to school. It was June 2013 when theNew York Daily News reported that the students were suspended for violating the school’s “zero tolerance” on guns–Nerf or otherwise. Or consider the 7-year-old student whose parents had to hire a lawyer after the school threatened to suspend the child for chewing a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun. CBS News reported that the incident occurred in March 2013–that the student chewed the Pop-Tart into just the right shape then said, “Look, I made a gun.”
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6 comments:
Kids have also been expelled for drawing pictures of their dads in army uniforms with their weapons.
What a screwed up world we live in.
Yes, it is a screwed up world and with a Muslim sympathizer in the white house.
a hoax bomb and a hoax clock. it's a 1970's digital clock
We are in a very, very compromised position in this country. The imposter in chief has not only appointed this deluded scum to sensitive positions, he has the media completely fooled as well. I really think it may be too late to reverse some of the damage that has been done.
Have we had enough yet??
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