An irate Staten Island mom blasted a grade school principal Wednesday for treating her son like a pint-sized Plaxico Burress after he brought a 2-inch-long toy gun to school.
"This principal is a bully and a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44, after her teary fourth-grader was nearly suspended for playing with the tiny toy at lunch.
"The school should be embarrassed. This is a common-sense issue." Patrick Timoney, 9, was terrified when he was yanked into the principal's office to discuss the teeny-weeny plastic "weapon."
"The gun was so little," the boy said. "I don't understand why the principal got so upset. I was a little nervous. They made me sign a statement."
Patrick and a friend were playing with Lego figures in the school cafeteria on Tuesday when he pulled out the faux machine gun and stuck it in the hands of his plastic police officer.
Boom! Trouble ensued, with Patrick's mom getting a phone call from Public School 52 Principal Evelyn Mastroianni saying her son had somehow gone from straight A's to the NRA.
"I was in disbelief," the still-fuming mother said. "Why didn't anyone step up with an ounce of common sense and put an end to the harassment of my child?"
Timoney said her boy loved the toy figure because her husband is a retired police officer.
I think the toy gun is a sensitive issue with the shooting at schools. I personally would not have brought toys to school or they would end up in the teachers desk. I just think you take the toy away from the kid and give it back to him when he goes home and tell him to not bring it to school. I would not use a scare tatic on a kid.
When I was in school I used to have a pocket knife with me most days. Not because I was going to stab someone with it because I was in Cub scouts then Boy scouts and they taught you to be responsible and to be prepared for everyday issues. Cutting rope,carving ect. Some kids had larger folding knifes they carried on their belts. No metal detectors then. I don't know it they have them now, but I'd imagine they probably do.
At Chin Be Gota camp in wisconsin they had a rifle range there with .22 caliber rifles. That was the best part of camp and all the kids had knifes.
The only scare tactic now is from the government that anyone with a knife or a gun will eventually harm/kill people. They're simply brainwashing the next generation for total government rule. A defenseless society is a vulnerable society. Ask any criminal.
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I still have my pocket knife when I was a kid. There was always a use for it when you needed it. I just think that people are more scared today with the thought of a kid bringing a gun to school and start shooting.
When I was in school I used to have a pocket knife with me most days. Not because I was going to stab someone with it because I was in Cub scouts then Boy scouts and they taught you to be responsible and to be prepared for everyday issues. Cutting rope,carving ect. Some kids had larger folding knifes they carried on their belts. No metal detectors then. I don't know it they have them now, but I'd imagine they probably do.
At Chin Be Gota camp in wisconsin they had a rifle range there with .22 caliber rifles. That was the best part of camp and all the kids had knifes.
The only scare tactic now is from the government that anyone with a knife or a gun will eventually harm/kill people. They're simply brainwashing the next generation for total government rule. A defenseless society is a vulnerable society. Ask any criminal.
Have you ever been in a Chicago public school in the last 20 years or so? I spent a large portion of my childhood in the city and I can't imagine what would go down if every kid had a knife in school.
I might be wrong, but my impression from previous posts is that either you're not from the city or you haven't been there in a LONG time. You can't apply the same principals in large urban areas that you do in the country. It's a much less stable environment with many more kids raising themselves with minimal guidance than in other areas. I could go on with the differences for days. You're comparing your life many years ago or out in the country to a completely different environment. These are the kids these rules are made for.
My point is, I don't think the metal detectors in school are a part of the government's fear mongering. In a lot of places, these measures are needed. And this may be off point, but I think part of the problem in school's is that the faculty has little authority in taking control of their classrooms and hallways. This country is too damn law suit happy, a lot teachers' hands are tied... in public schools anyways.
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