13-Yr Old Boy Suspended For Drawing A Gun

[Zerbean]

Link to News Article

Unbelievable.


MESA, Arizona — Officials at an Arizona school suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates.

The boy's parents said the drawing was a harmless doodle and school officials overreacted.

"The school made him feel like he committed a crime. They are doing more damage than good," said the boy's mother, Paula Mosteller.

The drawing did not show blood, bullets, injuries or target any human, the parents said. And the East Valley Tribune reported that the boy said he did not intend for the picture to be a threat.

Administrators of Payne Junior High in nearby Chandler suspended the boy on Monday for five days but later reduced it to three days.

The boy's father, Ben Mosteller, said that when he went to the school to discuss his son's punishment, school officials mentioned the seriousness of the issue and talked about the 1999 massacre at Colorado's Columbine High School, where two teenagers shot and killed 12 students, a teacher and themselves. Mosteller said he was offended by the reference.

Chandler district spokesman Terry Locke said the crude sketch was "absolutely considered a threat," and that threatening words or pictures are punishable.

[Phooey]

EDIT: Lol, this kid needs to learn how to draw.

[Phigdizzle]

wow, you cant even draw pictures anymore! what about pictures of guns in books ie, history books!

[Zerbean]

PICS or STFU ??

Link to article there with a picture of the drawing what more you want?

[Mr. Awesome]

Every time my pen hits paper...BAM PENIS!!!! I can't stop drawing cocks!

[kerunt]

Here is the email of Karen Martin, the principal:
martin.karen@chandler.k12.az.us

[Oxll Sunslayer]

WTF? I drew guns when I was a kid... And many kids drew guns shooting people... Kids can't be kids anymore?


ps. Is that really the principal's email? Cause I hope Karen Martin is going to get a wack of "YOUR A FUCKING FASCIST" messages.

[kerunt]

Oxll, apparently it is.

[Oxll Sunslayer]

I hardly believe she'll be answering that email anymore, but still sent in a good ol' wtf FASCIST msg.

[kerunt]

Yeah I emailed her, too:

So you suspended a 13 year old for drawing a gun? What planet are you from? What kind of self respecting 13 year old kid doesn't draw guns during boring and pointless lessons? This is flat-out the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. You want to suspend someone? Suspend yourself for being an idiot and not knowing how to do your job.

Hopefully she'll reply - I would love to have a lively conversation with her.

[Mr. Awesome]

Its a huge over-reaction, I throw in my hat as far as boys who have drawn guns. I used to have notebooks full of stick figures blowing the fuck out of each other...with guns...you know what I mean...back to the point. But as has been already stated, every boy has drawn at least one gun in his life. Granted the kid is the worst artist that I have ever seen, who gives a fuck...does that mean that people will have to stop passing notes too because it might be that we are trading secret code that will get leaked to Al-Qaida (sp?). Fuck that school.

[Princess]

This is a serious overreaction. Totally ridiculous.

[Zerbean]

When I was in third grade I loved the show Ahhhh! Real Monsters, so I decided to 'create' my own.... he was a guy completely made up of basically welded together single shot pirate style pistols...

No one said anything to me about it.

[Gwenchicken]

Originally Posted by Mr. Awesome

Every time my pen hits paper...BAM PENIS!!!! I can't stop drawing cocks!

LOLZ, I was going to make this reference, but you beat me to it.

[Mr. Awesome]

Thats why I am the funny one!

[Aceblackjack]

I used to draw guns too when I was little, but now, you can't do it, you can't draw ANYTHING realted to violence. You can't even hug someone in school now!