3rd Grader Suspended for Sniffing Shirt

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MsRusty said:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346358,00.html


I didn't know one could get high on sniffing markers! Surely this is an overreaction on the school's part. Was such extreme action needed?
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Oh, for Goodness sakes! IF a child can get high by sniffing the marks made by a magic marker, PERHAPS the school shouldn't use magic markers.

You know what? In the next few years, our kids will be going to school in their underpants because someone will decide shirts and pants are mainly used to hide weapons. They'll be sucking on bottles for lunch, because spoons, forks and knives are WAY too dangerous! All testing will be oral, with kids responding in sign language, because pencils can poke eyes out.

When is enough enough??
 
Amraann said:
Crayola MAKES scented markers!!

This child is 8 years old!

I agree he was told to stop and did not ... please do not tell me that every time a 3rd grader does not follow that direction he is suspended for a day??

I think NOT .. more likely he loses some privilege.. Not a one day suspension..

Typical the school trying to cover their butts over some extreme reaction.
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I agree.

I highly doubt smelling the marks on his shirt would have done anything at all. Plus, if he was doing it to get high, he would have been sniffing the actual markers.

ETA: That's not to say that sniffing markers means you are trying to get high.
 
Amraann said:
Crayola MAKES scented markers!!

This child is 8 years old!

I agree he was told to stop and did not ... please do not tell me that every time a 3rd grader does not follow that direction he is suspended for a day??

I think NOT .. more likely he loses some privilege.. Not a one day suspension..

Typical the school trying to cover their butts over some extreme reaction.
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:clap: :clap: :clap:
at least they did not call police to have the kid arrested.
 
I think the majority of third grade teachers must be wacko. That's the grade I had most trouble with and have read so many other stories.
 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346358,00.html

Here is a picture of Eathen Harris. I saw him interviewed on the local news last night. He is such a sweetie and he is just a baby!!

In NO WAY was this little guy trying to "get high".

There is no room for an individual evaluation anymore. Zero tolerance can be just plain lazy. If anybody had taken the time to talk to this little guy this would not have happened.

And shame on the school for having dangerous markers anyway!
 
Speaking of zero tolerance, I heard on Fox News earlier of a 1st grader was labeled as a sexual harrasser for patting or swatting somebody's behind. This may have it's own thread, I don't know, I just put it here because it's also a case of an elementary school going too far.
 
txsvicki said:
I think the majority of third grade teachers must be wacko. That's the grade I had most trouble with and have read so many other stories.
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I am a third grade teacher and I don't consider myself to be a wacko. I would like to believe that there might be a little more to the story than what was noted in the article. It seems to me that was extreme, but if they have a zero tolerance policy then it has to be followed for the safety of the students.
 
There is one type of permanent marker that has a very strong, unpleasant odor. I think this is the type that could be harmful. I doubt it would be the washable markers. If it is so harmful for children to sniff, it should not be used in a classroom, much less on a child's clothes. I used one of those strong smelling ones one time making a poster and it took a long time to get the smell out of the room. I made a note on the brand and didn't buy that kind again. I am not clear if this was an art project with the children decorating a shirt, or if the boy put the stripe there himself, but in either case the shirt should have been washed before he wore it. I don't blame the boy if he was wearing a shirt with a dangerous substance on it. He is a child. The teacher could have had the office call and ask that another shirt be brought to the child. That happens if a child accidentally wets himself or spills something on him. To suspend him for three days, as was originally done, is very unreasonable to me. Even one day is too much, because I think it could have been handled differently.
 
Annie said:
There is one type of permanent marker that has a very strong, unpleasant odor. I think this is the type that could be harmful. I doubt it would be the washable markers. If it is so harmful for children to sniff, it should not be used in a classroom, much less on a child's clothes. I used one of those strong smelling ones one time making a poster and it took a long time to get the smell out of the room. I made a note on the brand and didn't buy that kind again. I am not clear if this was an art project with the children decorating a shirt, or if the boy put the stripe there himself, but in either case the shirt should have been washed before he wore it. I don't blame the boy if he was wearing a shirt with a dangerous substance on it. He is a child. The teacher could have had the office call and ask that another shirt be brought to the child. That happens if a child accidentally wets himself or spills something on him. To suspend him for three days, as was originally done, is very unreasonable to me. Even one day is too much, because I think it could have been handled differently.
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amen! honestly, if it were an issue why were permanent markers allowed in the classroom to begin with? and who in their right mind would believe sniffing a line draw on a shirt made by a permanent marker would be enough to make a child high. Kids have accidents, they get pen and marker on their clothing and hands, which is why most use pencils or washable crayons.....

It's apparent rules for teachers to follow these days are so tight they have no leeway for individual assesment.

Now if this was repeated daily behavior with this child and markers that would be another issue entirely, but that is not what was reported.

I am so glad my kid isn't going to public school. TG!

This poor kid.... I can just wait for the day someone gets suspended for smelling someones stinky armpit when they don't know they need deodorant.... or the day someone brings peanuts to school, he or she will be accused of attempted murder. we'll be reading about that too.
 
jannuncutt said:
When I was around that age, I would sometimes sniff magic markers because I liked the way they smelled. I think that the school overreacted.
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When I was in school, I LOVED the way the papers smelled when they were run off from the ditto machine. :crazy: The old kind where they used the metal cylinder drums and the ink was purple.
 
deanws said:
When I was in school, I LOVED the way the papers smelled when they were run off from the ditto machine. :crazy: The old kind where they used the metal cylinder drums and the ink was purple.
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Oh YEAH! The smell of dittos and and that yummy minty paste! Oh the memories!:crazy:
 
golfmom said:
Huffing can be a serious thing, but how exactly would anyone think that he could get high from sniffing marker stripe on his shirt?

That is not huffing and it won't get you high sniffing your shirt.
Jeez, next they'll make Bounce fabric softener illegal.
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I kind of laughed. Sorry. I thought the same thing.
 
I sniff the scent of a lawyer talking to that kid's parents. LOL I bet they are huffing as we speak. :)
 
SeriouslySearching said:
I sniff the scent of a lawyer talking to that kid's parents. LOL I bet they are huffing as we speak. :)
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ROTFLMAO! My thoughts exactly.

I loved the ditto machine aroma! Also the minty paste! We used to cover our palms with Elmer's glue and then peel it off. We did all kinds of things with "school substances!" That's what kids do. I seriously doubt this had a thing to do with getting high. I used to love the smell of gasoline, go figure!

I am a teacher. To me, "zero tolerance," is just another way of saying thought-less. Brain dead. We don't analyze each individual case to come up with a logical, just consequence. We knee-jerk our way to absurdity. To be politically and socially "correct."

Eve
 
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