Rutz is being a twit, and confusing his own messed-up prejudices with science.
But the school principal and board are confusing a petty literal reading of a rule with appropriate action. A kid finds a weapon, secretes it away to give to authorities, and you penalize him as if he willfully brought it there in the first place.
Unless there's something not being reported (like IF the authorities already had heard the kid had it, and IF he concocted the finding-it story as a cover to get out of trouble), the school principal wins hands down in my opinion. Way to teach kids what honesty and doing the right thing will get you today.
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Date: 2006-12-14 07:46 pm (UTC)*stunned*
Rutz is being a twit, and confusing his own messed-up prejudices with science.
But the school principal and board are confusing a petty literal reading of a rule with appropriate action. A kid finds a weapon, secretes it away to give to authorities, and you penalize him as if he willfully brought it there in the first place.
Unless there's something not being reported (like IF the authorities already had heard the kid had it, and IF he concocted the finding-it story as a cover to get out of trouble), the school principal wins hands down in my opinion. Way to teach kids what honesty and doing the right thing will get you today.