Zero Brains

I don't read a lot of news, but I saw this article on Yahoo. Zero-brains...I mean ... tolerance ... policies have claimed another victim. This time, the victim is a first grader in Delaware who brought some kind of camping silverware (a combination fork, knife, and spoon) to school to use at lunch. The student, six year old Zachary Christie, faced a suspension of 45 days. Fortunately, the school board had the sense to reduce his suspension.

My guess is that the kid brought something like this to school.






Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Oh, the humanity!
Hide your pudding, kids. He has a spoon!!!!!




People (most of them, anyway) are gifted with brains for making judgments. It is really hard to come up with a set of rules which work in every situation. When lawmakers and school administrators avoid using common sense to make decisions in favor of catch-all rules, silly things like can this happen. (Here's another prime example of administrators and lawmakers shirking their responsibility to use their brains.)