On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:47:56 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:31:43 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote:

A Baltimore area elementary school recently suspended a seven year old
boy for chewing a breakfast pastry into a shape resembling a gun.
There also seems to be some dispute over whether the boy said “bang
bang” after doing so (some also claim there might have been a second
Pop-Tarter on the grassy knoll).

For any students who were traumatized by the frightening toaster
strudel ordeal, counseling is available:

The school sent home a letter to parents saying, “During breakfast
this morning, one of our students used food to make inappropriate
gestures that disrupted the class. While no physical threats were made
and no one was harmed, the student had to be removed from the
classroom.”

Parents should talk to their children if they’re troubled by the
incident, the school said, and the school counselor will be available
for any student who needs to talk.

It’s been pointed out that because the Pop Tart had a filling, the
pastry weapon was likely considered to be loaded — a much more
egregious zero-tolerance violation indeed — hence the suspension.

The letter sent to the parents of students is here. The educators will
now undoubtedly insist that any Pop Tarts consumed on school property
undergo a mandatory 24-hour cooling off period after coming out of the
toaster.

http://michellemalkin.com/2013/03/05...ed-pastry-gun/

The true story is the child was eating the pastry, trying to make it
look like a mountain.

Obviously we need the federal government to pay for two million more
art teachers; union, of course.