Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School
I can quite definitely see the need for American schools to have such anti-weapons policies, even if every particle of my cultural heritage and upbringing is screaming in agony at the very idea of kids having access to weapons in the first place. I think someone needs to go back to school and learn the difference between a registered name-sign made with fingers for the purposes of communication and a machine designed to propel copper projectiles into targets, usually living ones for the purpose of making them non-living ones. Fingers are not generally known for doing that.
Traditionally, the British Civil Service (who used to pay my wages for posing as one of their number) has a reputation for being rather stuffy and bound by the infamous red tape. However, there are rules and there are rules, and then there's taking the piss. I'm certain even my former employers would think this school board's ruling was a step too far.
Quote: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?
I can quite definitely see the need for American schools to have such anti-weapons policies, even if every particle of my cultural heritage and upbringing is screaming in agony at the very idea of kids having access to weapons in the first place. I think someone needs to go back to school and learn the difference between a registered name-sign made with fingers for the purposes of communication and a machine designed to propel copper projectiles into targets, usually living ones for the purpose of making them non-living ones. Fingers are not generally known for doing that.
Traditionally, the British Civil Service (who used to pay my wages for posing as one of their number) has a reputation for being rather stuffy and bound by the infamous red tape. However, there are rules and there are rules, and then there's taking the piss. I'm certain even my former employers would think this school board's ruling was a step too far.
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