[Rhodes22-list] Oh My God!

[Herb Parsons]

I read that one too, and was all prepared to be outraged as well; 
however, I think this is a case of creating "attention grabbing 
headlines". I suspect that the kid turning off the computers of those 
around him during the computer class was the real disruption that got 
him in trouble. If you isolate the two, it makes it pretty apparent.

If he was ONLY turning off computers during computer class, would he 
have been disciplined - most likely
If he was ONLY "passing wind" during class, would have been disciplined 
- probably not

If the last one was the case though, THEN it would have made for a 
really interesting story. Right up there with the ones about 5 year olds 
being disciplined for "sexual harrassment" for kissing girls.

Now THAT was an art form when I was a kid :)

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Good thing they finally busted this kid.  Imagine, if you let this
> kind of thing go on he'd eventually end of Governor of some state
> ignoring the slaughter of Thanksgiving turkeys. In my family, "passing
> gas" was considered an art form and I've always been a competitive
> person.  Thank goodness my school teachers had a sense of humor - at
> least I'd like to think they did.
>
> Brad
>
> http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1121083gas1.html
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