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So if you think schools aren't getting tough since CT shooting look at this story...
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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 572043" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>When oldest boy, who is mildly Aspie, was in 8th grade, he had an art assignment to put a new twist on a classic painting. This was during the beginning of the Iraq war. My son did a take on Van Gogh's "Starry Night." He added some jetfighters and called it "Starry Night over Baghdad with Jetfighters." I still have it hanging up. We did get a call from the teacher about it but our argument was that he is a kid obsessed with military hardware and this is a positive example of him combining his interests.</p><p></p><p>I have tons of stories but the one I use to illustrate the stupidity of the school system is about difficult child. When he was in 6th grade, he was being tormented by his math teacher. He was sent to school psychiatric. At some point in the discussion, he told her that when he became a grown-up, he would come back to the school with his army and blow it up. The psychiatric asked him if he saw the army to which he responded: "No. Why, do you?" It was only my threat to go to the media that forced them to back off their planned suspension.</p><p></p><p>I think we have to be vigilant but we can't over-react with stupidity. The finger pointing incident is a glaring example of this stupidity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 572043, member: 3493"] When oldest boy, who is mildly Aspie, was in 8th grade, he had an art assignment to put a new twist on a classic painting. This was during the beginning of the Iraq war. My son did a take on Van Gogh's "Starry Night." He added some jetfighters and called it "Starry Night over Baghdad with Jetfighters." I still have it hanging up. We did get a call from the teacher about it but our argument was that he is a kid obsessed with military hardware and this is a positive example of him combining his interests. I have tons of stories but the one I use to illustrate the stupidity of the school system is about difficult child. When he was in 6th grade, he was being tormented by his math teacher. He was sent to school psychiatric. At some point in the discussion, he told her that when he became a grown-up, he would come back to the school with his army and blow it up. The psychiatric asked him if he saw the army to which he responded: "No. Why, do you?" It was only my threat to go to the media that forced them to back off their planned suspension. I think we have to be vigilant but we can't over-react with stupidity. The finger pointing incident is a glaring example of this stupidity. [/QUOTE]
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