Teen Faces Criminal Assault Charges for Shooting Spitwads in School
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Andrew Mikel II, a freshman honor student and Junior ROTC cadet at Spotsylvania High School in Virginia, hopes to attend the U.S. Naval Academy after he graduates. But for now, the 14-year-old is at home, serving out a suspension sentence handed down from school administrators after he shot plastic “spitwads” at other students. 
Last December, Andrew was punished for using the hollow body of a ballpoint pen to blow small plastic pellets at three students during his lunch period.
At first, Andrew was slapped with a 10-day suspension, but the county school board later voted to extend his punishment, citing the school’s Student Code of Conduct no-tolerance policy that requires any student found with “any type of weapon, or object used to intimidate, threaten or harm others“ be ”expelled for a minimum of 365 days“ unless ”special circumstances exist.”
Andrew’s family claims the school is “criminalizing childish behavior” and the freshman is filing an appeal to be reinstated.
But the youngster’s problems could go well-beyond the schoolyard. The school district referred the “assault” case to the Spotsylania Sheriff’s Office which has charged Mikel with three separate misdemeanor criminal counts.
Andrew is now serving out a community service sentence and has been forced to enroll in substance abuse and anger management counseling to avoid further prosecution.
Is there a difference between a kid blowing spitwads at fellow students and a criminal charged with possession of a weapon and misdemeanor assault?
No, according to Spotsylvania Police Capt. Liz Scott. “Assault is assault is assault,” she told Fox News. “There were three victims that were involved in this, and I think the public needs to remember that,” she added.
Mikel's "weapon" (Image: Fox News)
The school’s assistant principal agrees. During a December 21 disciplinary hearing, Lisa Andruss said Mikel’s behavior indicated a disturbing trend because he was disciplined in junior high for shooting rubber bands. In addition, he was suspended in 8th grade for bringing a comb to school that resembled a pocket knife.
The school guidance department told Andrew that as a result of his tarnished record, he will no longer be considered as a viable candidate for the Naval Academy.
The whole situation has Mikel’s parents baffled. Andrew Mikel Sr., a former Navy Seabee and Marine officer, told Fox News that he’s been left “scratching my head at the whole thing.”
“One thing is he must attend substance abuse counseling – he’s never had a substance abuse issue in his life,” he said.
“Right from the get go the Assistant Principal Lisa Andruss said, ‘Come pick up your son, he’s being suspended for 10 days, we’re recommending expulsion, and we’re going to push this to the fullest extent of the law,” he continued. “When I arrived she showed me what amounts to a pee shooter: a plastic pen casing about four inches long and these little plastic balls that he’d had from a toy guy that he had years ago and found in his closet recently. This thing is harmless.”
Andrew admits his stunt was dumb and only did it because he “thought it would be cool.”
Since the school decided to expel him for the remainder of the school year, the family has enlisted legal help from The Rutherford Institute, a “civil liberties organization that provides free legal services to people whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated.”
“What happened to Andrew Mikel is an example of how oppressive zero-tolerance policies have become,” John Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute says. “School officials have developed a very dangerous mindset that allows virtually no freedom for students, while at the same time criminalizing childish behavior.”
“My son did an infraction and he deserves a just punishment, but this is like cutting someone’s hand off for stealing a piece of cabbage,” Andrew’s father said. “If my son, instead of shooting a spitball, went up and punched a student right in the face he would only have gotten five days suspension and even if he‘d drawn blood the school resource officer said police still wouldn’t have gotten involved.” But since police and school officials are considering Mikel’s spitwad shooter as a “weapon,” the case has taken on a whole new meaning.
“It takes four state agencies to go after someone with a spitwad: It takes the sheriff’s department, the commonwealth attorney, the school board on various levels and the department of juvenile justice … what a fine use of taxpayer resources,” he added.
The Mikels plan to appeal their son’s disciplinary sentence next week and hope that his record will be cleared.
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Comments (177)
voodoolife
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:38amOkay kids! Stop being kids! It’s the new rule!
I gotta quote Eddie Murphy from Beverly Hills Cop…
“What’s the f&%kin’ charge for getting pushed out of a moving car, huh? Jaywalking?!”
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:31amI was just going to let the Blaze know about this! To late, I’m getting Old!
So this kid gets suspended, and the 4 year old who cant make good decisions yet; brings a knife and is still in school! WTF? Where is this Sh_t Hole World going too? We need our Heads Examined for putting up with this! I keep thinking it can’t possibly get any worse, than its like it does, and its ten time worse than what I thought! Oh heres just one more story that will make your day! Let the Govt. know that your boss is doing a Sh_ty Job and the Union wants to give you a raise! Let the Govt. Know, so they can send it to the Dept of Justice/American Bar Ass. WTF? Do you ever worry, your neighbors are watching you? Or are we in Communist Country, and our Govt. know what were doing even when we take a Bath? So when I said, I give up and things can’t get any worse it just did again!
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Report Post »randy
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:24amGood thing I was never caught dropping dissected frog eyes from biology class in my fiends beef stew at lunch in 9th grade. I knew he ate them when I saw him sopping up the stew juices with his bread and butter :)
Report Post »2012.CHANGE.I.CAN.BELIEVE.IN.
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:21amWhat an absolute disgrace. That’s all I can say.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:18am@UpstateNYConservative — I owe you a hug for a comment at another story. (I really grated on WhiteTeaParty’s last nerve. LOVED how you stood up for me.)
@My Sacred Honor — I went to the link you gave me about the multiple names. I listened to your heart and appreciate what I heard. Am going back and enjoy your comments again. Thank you, Sir!
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 2:06amSHOWTIME – When you provided the list (updated from MY SACRED HONOR original list), I was compiling the same type of list. Going back, looking at the type of posts. I love who ever came up with the Wall of Stupid, or was it Wall of Shame – Any hoots, it’s one thing if the folks on that list provide some decent facts, to where we can bounce our thoughts, experience, education, etc. back and forth, and it be constructive. But, the majority of the time, the folks on this list spout off an opinion (that’s ok – first ammendment) but, don’t want to back it up with any facts. Or like with ENICOM, I always ask what he/she would do or decide for that situation (story) and he/she never replies with any thing legit response. I’m trying to remember not to cuss at them (I apologize the one time I did) but, damn it’s hard not to want to knock some sense into Stupid.
Here is the latest list of liberal trolls – we can ignore them, dialoge (I which the Blaze would add a spell checker :) ) with them to try and educate them (even Stupid people should have a chance to learn) – There was some good responses through that chain of emails
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Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 2:25am@etetetet
Report Post »I reported it, but I couldn’t find the list that you just gave. THANK YOU!!! (Guess what I’m fixing to do?!)
xxx ooo
Patriot Z
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:52amThis is rediculous. The principal and admins should loose their jobs. this would amoutn to a detention or 2 in my dat (im 34) this 0 tolerance is the biggest joke. you are going to destroy a kid who has a real promising future for something Im sure we all did. The bigger question is why are people not out in front of that school every day with signs protesting? We need to quit assuming that some online yelling is going to do anything. we need to hit the street and have toes admins faces on every conservative blog.
Report Post »Conservative Screenwriter
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:04amAmen. You’re right. We need to take this to the next level if we want to win. I’m in.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:30pmHow does he have a promising future? To me a history of infractions is not a promising future.
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:48amAdd your comments
Report Post »Conservative Screenwriter
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:47amWhat’s happened to our schools? It’s a freakin spit ball! No one I know of would have ever graduated today if they suspended us for that. How would do you get through BIOLOGY class? Get over it. Okay if there is a record of him doing it, okay, then deal with it. And get on with it. These DAMN LIBERALS! GET OUT OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM!! YOU F%$&^ING IT UP. And take your plush pensions and stick it up your A$$.
Report Post »BeingThere
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:45amFire everyone involved and arm the students!
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:01amHa, funniest post I’ve read all day.
Report Post »fastfwd
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:44amWHAT A BUNCH OF LUNATICS ! These Marxist idiots are so way out of control ! If this crap was going on when i was in school they would have locked me up for life !! This PC crap has got to stop.
Report Post »ThatchWeave
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:40amThis is exactly what our enemies and terrorists wanted us to do and how to react. If we lose common sense and remain politically correct, we are spawning future generations that can not or will not defend our country from real threats.
Zero tolerance policy SHOULD include INTENT and some common sense would go a long way.
Report Post »megansmom
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:41amCommon sense ? What’s that?
Report Post »mjbeejr
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:25amIf this kid were a dope smoking unkempt, wise ass, long haired, hippie freak, would this be a story?
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:23amThere is something wrong with this kid that he repeatably displays this kind of behavior. He should be evaluated for mental health issues. First it was rubber bands, then a comb that looked like a pocketknife, and now plastic pellets shot at other kids. This isn’t just childish behavior, but something gone wrong in his head.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:38amDiane Tx You need to have your head examined. He should have his head examined for shooting rubberbands and spitwads two events from jounior high through high school? I am not going to be quiet any more. People, we had better start drawing the line on this abuse of power. I for one will not be submissive and quiet any more.
Report Post »portague
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:44amNothings wrong with him he is just a kid kids tend to do stupid things. Hell in science class I was the only one willing to dissect the fetal pig in my group. After cutting it I decided to basically play with it made people in my group gag but they thought it was funny. However some turd in another group was watching mine and reported me to the principle and i got suspended for making what we where doing fun for my group members.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:28pmDiane I agree. The kid is 14 years old, this is elementary school stuff. He shows lack of discipline and respect for rules and authority. And you want him “protecting” the country?
Report Post »JoeySocal
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:22amIts ok, in a few years he can enlist and then he’ll get a real weapon.
Report Post »racer1488
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:21amDid you see the story about a kid who got suspended for making a “gun” with his hand? These fickin libs are ruining this country. Guess if they had their way us “kids” could never have played cowboy and indians.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 5:02amOOPS! PC ALERT! I know you meant cowboys and native americans.
Report Post »jim1flyer
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:19amSo following their logic a food fight would be considered assault with a deadly weapon? The mystery meat in the cafeteria can kill you but only if you eat too much. The entire scene in Animal House will now have to be banned from schools because of the violence and weapons being used during the scene.
Report Post »Does anyone have any common sense left in this world?
amerbur
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:18amYou have got to be kidding me. I say arrest Lisa Andrus for malicious foolishness and abuse of this student. She should then loose her job for making such rediculous theats. This kid could be suspended for a couple of days and then be given a warning if he repeats this. If shooting rubberbands and spitwads can keep a kid out of the academy, or have him expelled from school. then we might as well give up – There will be no boys left to serve this country. No wonder our boys explode with rage. We might as well have them wearing pink tu tus and toe shoes, with politically correct binders on their balls.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:13amAssault? No. Bullying? Yes. This school has taken this issue completely over the top.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:11amMore absurd BS being served up by lefty school administrators against a kid who wants to go to a the Naval Academy. That’s why they are doing this; the kid is patriotic and they HATE THAT!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:15amOn second thought you are correct … he would probably be fighting against their side … SEIU, ACORN, BROWN SHIRTS … they feel the need to “take him out” early.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:21amAnd furthermore……..After reading more of this insane BS it is obvious that their real goal is to DESTROY this boy. It is sickening that these CRIMINAL FASCIST administrators and the equally misguided police women have the power to do this. This is what happens when a free people allow their liberties to be chipped away little by little and relinquish control of their lives to bureaucrats. WAKE UP America!
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 2:45amIt’s not a Navy or political thing. Assault charges are way too far but he got in trouble because it’s against the rules. Yes he wants to be in the Navy, but he shows lack of discipline and lack of respect for rules an authority. Not the kind of person I want in the service.
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:10amA spit wad is a folded up piece of paper. Anything else is a projectile. Kids got nothing coming. Besides he wants to be an Officer. Blah!…..Carry on McDuff
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 9:23amHe’s 14 years old and thinking outside the box….projectiles…really.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 11:24ama plastic pen casing about four inches long and these little plastic balls that he’d had from a toy guy that he had years ago and found in his closet recently
[these little plastic balls]
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:09amWhat a pathetic waste of state resources. All four state agencies needs to wake up or be replaced.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:15amNo, no, not replaced, DELETED! The problem we have in America is that there are way too many agencies, departments, etc. etc. They are choking the country to death…….let’s rid ourselves of most of them. And besides, they are loaded with lazy unionized public employees whose interest is in self, not service to the country!
Report Post »AmericanLass
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:05amVictims ? Assault ? No, what this young man did was a boy being a boy. Wonder if we can go back into the childhoods of these school terrorist administrators to see the trail of “victims” they left behind. Now I am a “victim” for haven just read what these child abusers have been doing to our children.
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:39amLets see a real gun a real knife thats dull, or a spitball pen? Same Punishment! This is just so wong; I’m not military so is this going to ruin his military career if he wanted one?! Is there not a differnce?
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:05amthis is getting so retarded…..they are having trouble getting adults to let them tell us how to live our lives so they go after the kids…………when i was in school i did the same thing….got paddled on walkway in fron of other classes and did not even think of doing it again…now 62 years old and still don’t do spit balls………but do have my carry
YellowFin
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:04amGlad I went to school when sanity reigned in the 50‘s and early 60’s.
YellowFin
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:11amRemember the movie “Uncle Buck”?
Report Post »Uncle Buck went to the old principles office and said his niece was a “silly heart”, and indicated she should stay that way because she was just a kid.
That is what kids do, they are silly hearts and they do silly things. That is why we call them kids, they are not adults yet.
Shoshanna
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 5:10amHow I miss my “Leave it to Beaver” days back in the 50s and 60s when we would play Cowboys and Indians, right in the school yard during recess and we even used squirt guns. Can you imagine? Lethal squirt gun weapons! My entire small town school would have been in prison if it were today.
Lately I can hardly believe what I read, or see on television: I feel like I’m in some sort of a Twilight Zone.
Honestly, if I didn’t have Christ in my life, I’m not sure if I could cope with all this.
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:04amI’m sure my post will have been censored, so here’s the G-rated version:
Vag Nation.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:42am[Ah-ay en-may!] [Ell-way ated-stay]
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:54pmWe cannot stop until we breed the warrior spirit out of our future military leaders, and that starts with the government’s mission to indoctrinate them in our schools. This dangerous criminal will be made an example of.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 11:56pmGood thing it wasn’t lethal paperclips and rubber bands.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 11:59pmThe ******** will now demand all pens and pencils be taken away.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:02amSpitsylvania High School
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:06amOh my gosh … I don’t think I know anyone who I went to school with who would not be branded a “criminal” today…. time to toughen up … I think all these “school administrators” must have been weenies in school.
Get a grip folks. You may need this young man to save your a$$ in the future.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:06amGood thing he didn’t recite a prayer, or say the Pledge of Allegiance. He probably didn’t recite the communist manifesto perfectly, so they had to derail his career. When they searched him, they found a BLT, to the gas chamber with him.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:06amSo the kid is Jr ROTC
Report Post »and his dad is in the Navy ?
I’m betting the school administration are 100 % Obama voters
Their hostility and antagonism towards the kid and his dad is oozing out their pores
C.ChristieJ.Bolton2012
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:09amIt was during lunch … not even class! The school administrators should lose their jobs and the school board members that voted to extend his punishment should be voted out.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:14am@cheezwhiz
Report Post »Agreed, this stinks, the kid seems like he is on a great path, and this comes up? We just had a case in Denver where a girl, in ROTC, forgot to unpack some practice rifle in her car, there was a surprise inspection/search at school, she told the school the rifles were in there from the ROTC practice, the community had to preasure the schoolboard to not expel her. It seems the good kids are being targeted and we coddle the @#$#@wipes. If Johnny is caught dealing drugs, we have to give him a second, third, forth chance and grants to go to college. For the straight A student that shows any speck of Christianity or Patriotism, kill their career. Our founders would weep.
Buck_Turgidson
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:19am“The ******** will now demand all pens and pencils be taken away.”
Small-town sheriffs are not known to be Liberal…
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:23am@Buck_Turgidson
Report Post »That’s because small town sheriffs have common sense and serve their community, not social justice but true justice.
1TrueOne55
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:44amGlad I graduated in 1973. This is what Progressivism does in our public schools, I always hear them scream for help when some one shoots up a school from outside. But when they have locked up all those that could actually help them. They will be sitting next to them in jail when their masters turn on them.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:54amHe did have an earlier record of shooting rubber bands.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:58amIf these kind of a–inine rules had been in place when I was growing up, I would have been doing life in prison,
royrescue
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:01amthis is a little extreme,the punishment does not fit the crime.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:20amI would bet these same school administrators would have driven one of their female students to an abortion clinic without parental knowledge all in the name of protecting the children.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:33amAw, c’mon!!! You’re putting me on!!! What kid hasn’t thrown a spitball in school?! I suppose rubber bands are lethal weapons? I’ve killed flies with rubber bands.
Make the kid write 500 times, “I must not propel spit objects in school.” Or, make him turn in a five-page theme paper on why he must not do whatever he did again. The kid’s a kid!
I hope the judge LAUGHS at the charge, tells the school officials that they are being mentally abusive, and gives the kid to a sentence of turning in a theme at the next session of court! (That’s what my son was given when he wrecked his car. There were five other boys in court for the same thing, and the judge fined themn $100 each. They had on tee shirts and jeans. My son had on a suit and tie. The next session of court came. We were finally sitting in an empty courtroom except for us. The judge asked why we were there, and my son stood and said he was turning in his paper the judge had requested. The judge smiled at him and asked him to step forward. Timmy had on his suit and tie again, too. The judge took the paper, thanked him, and told us to have a good day.)
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:38am@cheezwhiz
Report Post »Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:06am
So the kid is Jr ROTC
and his dad is in the Navy ?
I’m betting the school administration are 100 % Obama voters
Their hostility and antagonism towards the kid and his dad is oozing out their pores
—————————
SPOT On, Girlfriend!
Wouldn‘t surprise me if the school’s faculty would be sending Lt. Col. Lakin hate mail, too!
ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:49amBuck_Turgidson
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:19am
“The ******** will now demand all pens and pencils be taken away.”
Small-town sheriffs are not known to be Liberal…
what about sheriff i’vebeenduped in az? i’d say he adorns the title of liberal kook
Report Post »TNT1
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 2:25amIf it was a muslim kid or a black kid their stance would’ve been no harm no foul f****** idiots
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 2:35amFor a violent crime like this one , he should get life with no parole .
Report Post »For the things I did when I was @ school I should get the chair .
Polwatcher
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 5:10amI guess pea shooters are also now illegal. Every boy used pea shooters when I was young. The libs are trying to make everybody a criminal.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 6:22amWhat’s particularly amazing is the fact that they are using history books that have been re-written to fit the progressive agenda and didn’t demand that the publisher replace them with accurate books immediately, but they can go to all the trouble of prosecuting this child to the extent of the law. As for his appointment to Annapolis, I would hope, if this is the last breech of school rules, that they would look at this for what it is – immature, but ridiculous, all the way down to the sheriff’s involvement. Straighten up, Andrew!
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 6:55amGood grief. Wonder what school or kid would have done if one of those plastic balls would have hit someone in the eye.
Report Post »Just can’t have any fun any more.
TexasCommonSense
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 8:15amIn the mean time, gang-bangers are running rampant in various inner-city schools causing REAL dangers to teachers and other students.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 9:12amI know its just a matter of time before they ban straws…just think…fhe danger has been all around our poor kids for years and we didn’t even see it. What were we thinking? I demand we next get rid of the paper used to make the ammo…..
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 10:32amDidn’t say which school has a total loss of common sense.
I guess if shooting spitwads and rubber bands is a crime,,,,,I should have been handed a ‘life-sentence’. While I now do not condone shooting spitwads,,,it’s one of those things done in school. No doubt the hypocrits in charge there have done the same thing.
It never ceases to amaze me how people can loose their common sense.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 10:42amGee…I guess i shoud still be in prison. That was my MO back in High School. I was the spitball King. Good thing that was 40 years ago I guess…
Report Post »brntout
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 11:09ammaybe he will face a plastic pellet firing squad
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 11:12amIf you let your kids attend government schools then you have nobody to blame. Government is out of control. Home school your kids and don’t feed the beast.
Report Post »tcook719
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 11:48amNobody that I know would have been able to attend college if this was the case at my school. Our society is becoming so soft and politically correct. The kid should get a detention and a slap on the wrist. The administrators should be fired for wasting the counties time and money with a case this meaningless. Yet again, they are doing what school administrators do best…
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:50pmThis young man does not fit the new model for service academies anyhow. The current model is for pacified politically correct soft warriors. We need warriors that can empathize with our enemy for the greater good of non-aggressive pacification. Gone are the days of destroying the enemy. Our soldiers will be the new politically correct martyrs of tomorrow where winning the war is not important: We lost the war, but we did so in a politically correct, compassionate and sensitive fashion.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 2:05pmNEO FAN…you got that right…homeschool myself…thinking about the grandkids too…these public schools aren’t getting any better either!…
Report Post »docvet
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 2:28pmHey, ya want to put sombodys eye out! Hahahahaha This whole thing is getting hilarious in the schools. Although, they may have a point. Our parents and grandparents did the same thing and look what happened to them. They became so violent that they kicked the Germans and Japanese all the way back to thier countries, and then some. Then they built a country so great that it had to be Progressivised over several generations until King Obama became available to finish the job. Remember that the “Greatest Generation shot spit wads, drank booze, smoked cigarettes and carried guns (not toy ones or “finger guns”), but also had the courage to stop bagging groceries and save the world. Insanity abounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 8:03pmI can’t believe this kind of insanity is possible in America anywhere. When I was in government grade school we took bic pens apart and shot actual spit wads at each other all the time. Although unsanitary, completely harmless. His were significantly more sanitary than ours. We would have gotten life in prison for the stunts we used to do in todays wussy climate. If this wasn’t so sad it would be funny as hell! Our society is completely lost I fear. I usually don’t like law suits, but in this case I hope this kid sues the school, sheriffs dept., the state and fed govt. for big bucks and all infractions removed from his record.
Report Post »DogTags
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 11:39pmSecular humanist “educators” overreacting to slight misbehavior because their value sytem does not provide for an inner moral restraint. They simply have to control behavior by force rather than teach children to be good.
http://americancreed.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/zero-tolerance-secular-humanism/
Report Post »ilovethiscountry
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:48amHomescjooling is the answer. Homeschooled my grandkids.
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