Jail time for making paper airplane in class...

[BanjoJohn]

yeah I get it...... because I don't post very often nor do you know who I really am, I'm a troll. i'll remember that.

I don't think you do. It's not how often you post, but the absurdity of what you post. Actually troll didn't come to mind when I read your post.

What do you think they have done with the kid (kindergarden or 1st grade) that ate his pop tart into the shape of a pistol while at school?

 

[moosensquirrel]

Protect them from the consequences. When do the magically start respecting outside authority, if their action have no consequences out side the home?

I was protecting them from possible abuse by priests as well as teachers, many of which have their own agendas. Whenever I was punished at school, I usually got it again at home. It is good to have some respect for authority, but you have to stand up for yourself when necessary as well. Public schools do not teach this today, nor do many private ones I will venture.

 

[Ken Ford]

I was protecting them from possible abuse by priests as well as teachers, many of which have their own agendas. Whenever I was punished at school, I usually got it again at home. It is good to have some respect for authority, but you have to stand up for yourself when necessary as well. Public schools do not teach this today, nor do many private ones I will venture.

Because too many parent protect them from getting in trouble at school.
They should have both consequences.

 

[Ken Ford]

The crime carried UP TOO 30 days in jail. In SC that's juvy, now up to doesn't mean mandatory. Most he would get for first time offenses would be probation.

Hammer a few more kids there would be less kids needing hammered to begin with.

 

[RdKill]

My nephew was involved in a similar incident. Several years ago when he was in high school at E Rome (I think)..one of the Rome HSs anyway...He threw a paper airplane in class and it struck a cardboard model someone made of the world trade centers. Because a couple of other students thought that was funny and laughed, the teacher sent him to the office and tried to get him arrested for "terrorism". Seriously...My sister was called to the office (She was a teacher there) They ended up letting him off with a warning.

 

[Bulldog Man]

The crime carried UP TOO 30 days in jail. In SC that's juvy, now up to doesn't mean mandatory. Most he would get for first time offenses would be probation.

Hammer a few more kids there would be less kids needing hammered to begin with.

Ken I agree if everything you have said on this topic just not the amount of punishment for the crime I don't agree with

 

[Ken Ford]

Ken I agree if everything you have said on this topic just not the amount of punishment for the crime I don't agree with

What? Probation?

 

[aFarewellToKings]

The sentence about the kid's intent makes no sense.
"The student reportedly admitted to throwing the paper airplane in a meeting with McIver and a vice principal, but said he intended to hit him in the eye."
If he intended, it should have been "and said he intended".
If it's a "but" it should have been "but he said he didn't intend".
With a reporter without proper language skills, it's impossible to judge the issue.
However, it's always the victim's (teacher's) right to request to press charges. It's up to the prosecutor to decide if it's worth preceding and up the the court whether to convict. It's also the school's decision whether to ask the teacher to press or not press charges.

 

[GeauxLSU]

He's 17 years old and still throwing airplanes at his female teacher?!?! I'm going to go way out on a limb and say he's a 17 year old freshman... sophomore tops. I'm also going to go out on a limb and say a lack of consequences is what has gotten the young aeronautics engineer where he is today.