This is just so, so sad.
Six year old Margot Gaines, a kindergartener, has Down's Syndrome. In a fit of anger in class recently, Margot pretended to point a gun at her teacher.
The result? While little Margot doesn't have an official police record, after the police were called in, a police report was filed. This news report fills in the blanks.
Here's the key. Margot has Down's Syndrome. It was stated in the report that she didn't understand what she was saying or doing. And, yet, school district suits went ahead and filed a report with the police, scarring this child potentially for life. Surely, the teacher had to know about Margot's condition, and even if she didn't, she over-reacted. Which is what a lot of teachers and principals have been doing since 9/11/01.
My heart goes out to the Gaines family. And so do prayers.
2 comments:
Insanity is the new norm it seems.
Eat a Pop Tart that vaguely resembles a pistol? Send for PD and accuse him of gun threats.
Plays cops and robbers in the school yard - call PD and accuse them of promoting violence and making gun threats.
Seems logical to me (NOT!).
They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel by picking on a kid with DS!! Do they expect to come out of this smelling like a rose?? Do they think the media will PRAISE this move? I really son't think these idiots consider their reactions very well.
Hypersensitivity has reduced the intellect of a lot of administrators to peanut brittle. Emphasize the brittle.
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